The 100th pheasant season in Iowa opens Saturday and DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenshutz says it is setting up to be a good one. He says it was the fourth mildest winter in state history and virtually all of the hens survived from last fall. The survival rate makes up for some loss of young birds in wet weather after the hatch and counts still were up 40 percent statewide. Bogenschutz says some 77,000 hunters headed out to chase the ringnecks last year, and that number could be over 80,000 this season.
The season runs through January 10th.
