How to Manage 200 Acres for Pheasants | Ann Byers

Tyler flies solo this week (Matt's out) to talk pheasant season with Anne Byers: an NRCS employee, Osceola County Conservation Board member, and a landowner who's spent 25+ years managing 200 acres of her family's Iowa ground specifically for pheasants. They dig into what this year's pheasant numbers are actually looking like across Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota (spoiler: the signs point to another strong season), the exact habitat mix Anne plants to hold birds through winter and protect nesting hens in spring, how she handles predator control and invasive trees on her property, and why she'd rather protect pheasant season than deer season these days. Plus: her annual public-land camping trips to the South Dakota grasslands for sharptails and prairie chickens, the Mossberg 500 she won at a Ducks Unlimited banquet 20 years ago, and — yes — the pack goats that carry her birds out of the field. Guest: Anne Byers — Anne Byers Instagram (dogs, hunting, and the goats). For Osceola County and other Iowa county conservation area info, check out My County Parks Follow the Upduck Podcast: Instagram Facebook YouTube TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices