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Pheasant Crowing Counts 2026

The number of roosters heard during the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2026 spring pheasant crowing count survey was 23.2 crows per stop, up 9% statewide from last year. Learn more in this week's NDO News.


North Dakota Outdoors Weekly Show

Pheasant Crowing Counts 2026

Spring pheasant crowing counts have been completed. Find out what the numbers showed in this week's NDO Webcast with upland game biologist RJ Gross.

North Dakota Outdoors Podcast

Guests: Russ Kinzler, Department Missouri River System fisheries management supervisor

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re onsite at Lake Sakakawea’s Douglas Bay for walleye spawning. Ron Wilson, Department North Dakota Outdoors editor, steps in as co-host to learn more about the significance of collecting walleye eggs from Russ Kinzler, Department Missouri River System fisheries management supervisor, a 33-year veteran of this annual spring operation.

North Dakota Game and Fish Blogs

Behind the Badge

Getting home safe. Read this week's Behind the Badge by warden Dominic Falch.

The Drift