Hungarian Partridge

[winniewalleye777]

Has anyone been seeing any Partridge this year? I saw a group of about a dozen of them under a tree yesterday near the Marshall area while pheasant hunting.

[loosegoose]

I saw around 10 of them when we were deer hunting. Not as many of them around as 20 years ago but I think there is getting to be more and more every year.

[skunk-ape]

I've seen 2 flocks this year, 10-12 birds each. It's the first time in a couple of years that I've seen any. Saw alot more 15-20 years ago and some say that they like small grain fields and that makes sense because 15-20 years ago there were more oats and wheat fields at least where I'm at in the Gaylord area.

[chirodoc]

Hunted about 2 hours yesterday and saw 3 flocks. Hun numbers around Pipestone area have been pretty good for the last couple of years.

[TundraKing]

I've seen a few flocks south of Hutch this year while pheasant hunting. Shot a loner about a month ago.

[lawdog]

I've seen a few around this fall. Its not like they were back in the 80's, but there are some around. I'd rather have all the pheasants we have around than the partridge.

[winniewalleye777]

Yea I agree, I would rather have all of the pheasants around. I was just wondering if the population of Partridge was comin back at all. Around Marshall there is almost too much snow to hunt pheasants so I have just been road hunting pretty much. I saw a flock of about a dozen partridge and we took 3 out of there. It would be nice if the population would come back so we can hunt them during these snowy winters.