{"id":4286,"date":"2012-09-20T14:32:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2012-09-20T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T19:32:43","slug":"larger-pheasant-population-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=4286","title":{"rendered":"Larger Pheasant Population in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A summer survey shows a much larger<br \/>\npheasant population in North Dakota this year, but wildlife<br \/>\nofficials are urging hunters in some areas to temper expectations<br \/>\nbecause last year&#8217;s numbers were low.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The state Game and Fish Department estimates that the number of<br \/>\npheasants statewide is up 59 percent over the year.<\/p>\n<p>Upland Game Management Supervisor Stan Kohn says the increase is encouraging, though he says habitat continues to be lost to haying or to crops.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kohn cites several factors for the population increase,<br \/>\nincluding a mild winter and a nice spring.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three straight harsh winters beginning in 2008 cut into pheasant<br \/>\nnumbers.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s survey found a population drop of one-third<br \/>\nfrom the previous year.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This year&#8217;s regular pheasant season opens Oct. 13 and runs<br \/>\nthrough next Jan. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) &#8211; A summer survey shows a much larger pheasant population in North Dakota this year, but wildlife officials are urging hunters in some areas to temper expectations because last year&#8217;s numbers were low. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The state Game and Fish Department estimates that the number of pheasants statewide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4286","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\/4286","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=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4288,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions\/4288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}