Huge general rain across the pheasant belt today. Major lift for pheasants I'd think.
Curious- why would a "huge general rain" at peak of first hatch be a major lift for pheasants?
Lots of the pheasant belt east of here is in a general drought right now at the time when the grasses and crops need to do their growing if they're going to at all. Rain in August won't do much for the grass or crops. A shortage of rain then in turn will make for a shortage of feed which, perceived or real, will cause farmers and ranchers to hay and graze places they might not have to otherwise. So in the face of that reality, a general rain over the pheasant belt causing cover and forage to grow is a major lift for pheasants.
