Fewer ducks for 2017 fall hunting season in North Dakota
8/16/2017 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
North Dakota
Adams County, ND
Barnes County, ND
Benson County, ND
Billings County, ND
Bottineau County, ND
Bowman County, ND
Burke County, ND
Burleigh County, ND
Cass County, ND
Cavalier County, ND
Dickey County, ND
Divide County, ND
Dunn County, ND
Eddy County, ND
Emmons County, ND
Foster County, ND
Golden Valley County, ND
Grand Forks County, ND
Grant County, ND
Griggs County, ND
Hettinger County, ND
Kidder County, ND
LaMoure County, ND
Logan County, ND
McHenry County, ND
McIntosh County, ND
McKenzie County, ND
McLean County, ND
Mercer County, ND
Morton County, ND
Mountrail County, ND
Nelson County, ND
Oliver County, ND
Pembina County, ND
Pierce County, ND
Ramsey County, ND
Ransom County, ND
Renville County, ND
Richland County, ND
Rolette County, ND
Sargent County, ND
Sheridan County, ND
Sioux County, ND
Slope County, ND
Stark County, ND
Steele County, ND
Stutsman County, ND
Towner County, ND
Traill County, ND
Walsh County, ND
Ward County, ND
Wells County, ND
Williams County, ND
Start Date: 1/1/2017
- End Date: 12/31/2017
The 2017 drought limited the success for pheasant hunters in North Dakota and lowered the number of ducks breeding in the state in 2018. The 2017 duck harvest was just 309,000 birds, considerably below the benchmark for a good year of 500,000.
KVLY-TV Fargo - Valley News Live (N.D.), June 22, 2018
North Dakota has 5 percent fewer duck broods compared to summer 2016, due to drought and the continued decline in the amount of grassland habitat and wetlands, according to a survey by the state Game and Fish Department. NDGFD also estimated that the overall fall duck flight will be down 8 percent. There was 38 percent less water available to ducks, compared to last summer, with much of the change occurring in small, seasonal wetlands that have gone dry.
Bismarck Tribune (N.D.), Aug. 11, 2017
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2017 drought impacts pheasant hunt, lowers breeding ducks - Rapid City Journal (SD).
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