{"id":228756,"date":"2021-06-28T11:53:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=228756"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:56:48","slug":"spring-pheasant-population-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=228756","title":{"rendered":"ND Spring Pheasant population up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Wildlife officials say North Dakota\u2019s spring pheasant population estimate is up 3% from last year but worry that an extended drought could cut into hunting prospects in the fall. The number of roosters detected this spring was up in the northwest, southeast and northeast regions. The southwest area, which is generally considered the state\u2019s main pheasant hunting region, was recorded at 18.4 crows per stop, down from 19.6 in 2020. Wildlife officials say drought is causing delayed growth in nesting cover, brood-rearing cover and croplands across the state. The Bismarck Tribune reports that extended drought could prevent insect hatches, reducing food available to chicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Wildlife officials say North Dakota\u2019s spring pheasant population estimate is up 3% from last year but worry that an extended drought could cut into hunting prospects in the fall. The number of roosters detected this spring was up in the northwest, southeast and northeast regions. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228805,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228756\/revisions\/228805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}