Minnesota's prairie chicken population now stands at about 3,000 breeding birds in the spring and 6,000 birds in the fall. Historically, the prairie chickens were numerous in Minnesota. Records show ...

Sen. Roger Marshall showed some of his Senate colleagues a video of the mating ritual of the lesser prairie chicken. Now, he said, everyone is talking about them. “I grew up hunting prairie chickens, ...

GLYNDON, Minn. -- The show begins while sunrise is still just a reddish-orange rumor in the eastern sky. You hear it before you can see much of anything. Rapid wing beats ("Is that one over there? I ...

Increased protections for the lesser prairie chicken were rejected by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday with the two Kansas Republicans leading the effort to protect farmers, ranchers and producers. Sen.

Two prairie chickens face off at sunrise at the Kellerton Wildlife Management Area. Prairie chickens, a native species to parts of the Midwest and the Great Plains, were extirpated from the state ...

PRATT, Kan. (WIBW) - The 2023 Kansas Upland Game Bird Forecast predicts a low chance of success for those who have their sites set on pheasants, however, quail and greater prairie chickens should be ...

Hunters can apply now to be included in a lottery for one of 126 permits available for the 2016 Minnesota prairie chicken season. Applications are available wherever Minnesota hunting and fishing ...

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has released its upland game bird hunting forecast for 2023. The forecast is available online and will soon be in printed form, according to a news release.

When Thayne Smith settled into a hiding place recently at the edge of a crop field in north-central Kansas, he felt as though he had traveled back in time. Like a scene from the past, the sky was ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will allow sharp-tailed grouse hunting in Grand Forks County north of U.S. Highway 2 this fall, an area that has traditionally been closed to sharptail ...