Panhandle pheasant numbers are looking a little better. Scroll down to the bottom of the article. Hopefully we will continue to get timely summer rains for the next two years to to keep the vegetation green and full of fat juicy insects.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/game_management/pheasant/

Thanks for posting this…i

So that's why I haven't seen any since 2010-2011... thanks for sharing.

I quit hunting out there when the farmers around Halfway (where my father-in-law lived) all switched over to cotton. No CRP land and no corn. Thus no birds.

Unfortunately, cotton is starting to creep father north. I'm seeing more cotton each year in Dallam County. It also doesn't help the quail and pheasant when farmers put cattle on the corn stubble and grassy corners as soon as fields are harvested. By January, there is little cover remaining until May.