Iowa’s pheasant population is expected to benefit from the 2024-25 mild winter and average spring that much of the state experienced.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources conducts its annual upland population survey each August, which is the best indicator of what populations will be this fall. Results from the August roadside survey will be available around September 15th.
Reports of hens with chicks started in southern Iowa in mid-May and sightings have since been reported from across the state.
