MINNEAPOLIS — Cold winters and dry summers can have different impacts on animals in our state. Despite challenging weather patterns, pheasant numbers have taken off in southwestern Minnesota. "That ...

Post Bulletin Outdoors columnist Eric Atherton suggests Minnesota's pheasant hunting season become a hybrid of two neighboring states' seasons: Iowa's later start and South Dakota's lengthy season.

Following up on the Pheasant Summit he called last December, Gov. Mark Dayton Monday announced a four-year "action plan" aimed at revitalizing Minnesota's pheasant hunting tradition. The state's ...

The city of Ortonville, on Minnesota's western border, will host the 2025 Governor's Pheasant Opener, according to an announcement from Governor Tim Walz. Then-Gov. Mark Dayton pulls up on a pheasant ...

Southwest region pheasant numbers saw significant, triple-digit increases in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ annual roadside pheasant survey. “Pheasant hunters certainly have reason to ...

SLEEPY EYE — Sleepy Eye will host the 2024 Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener, Gov. Tim Walz announced. The 2024 event, scheduled for Oct. 11-12, will be the 12th annual Governor’s Pheasant ...

MANKATO, Minn. -- Pheasants will be the focus in Mankato this weekend as the community hosts the Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener. Gov. Mark Dayton will lead the festivities. “For sixty ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz spent Saturday morning tramping through tall grass on the opening day of Minnesota’s pheasant hunting season, giving the campaign a ...

A black Lab holds a pheasant it retrieved in tall grass. This year's annual roadside survey shows pheasant numbers up in southwestern Minnesota compared to 2022, but down in many other areas. ST. PAUL ...

The 2024 event, scheduled for Oct. 11-12, will be the 12th annual Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener, according to a news release from Walz's office. submitted an application on behalf of the ...