Pheasant season off to rough start

How was the first weekend of pheasant season?
“Not good,” said Nebraska Game and Parks Conservation Officer Sophie Gobber.
Gobber said she talked to more non-resident hunters than resident hunters and estimated one dead rooster to every 25 hunters.
With the Emergency Grazing Act in place, habitat is “miserable,” she said.
Around Grant, Gobber said hunters would flush 20-30 birds from one pivot corner, then not see another bird the rest of the morning.
Hunters around Imperial weren’t that lucky.
The area’s drought isn’t helping the pheasant population. With coyote numbers soaring, a lack of water and insects led to a severe lack of pheasant populations.
Across the state, Gobber said the only region having much success is around Kearney.
One way Gobber said area farmers can help the situation is to visit with Isaac Young at Enders SRA about enrolling land into the Game and Parks public access plan.