Jerry
My friend's farm near Huron has had poor pheasant numbers for going on 3-4 yrs. There has been a steady decline in numbers on his land for about 5-6 yrs running.

Last year he said don't bother coming out. I went anyway. Our group of 12-14 bagged 15-18 birds in two days. This year he said he like to visit with us but don't bother bringing a gun. The state count for the area is a fraction of last year.

I imagine the western part of the state was pretty hard hit by the drought and that storm finished whatever was left.