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The grass is short here and most if not all the CRP has been cut. The hawks are definitely eating well.

I drove out to the cabin and back on Saturday. So from Pierre to Custer and back. There are some areas with grass, to be expected in a drought year.
Most of it looks like a pool table however. I agree with the posters who said what you have by June is what you'll get.

I believe that early on, the chicks get much of their moisture from dew on grass. When there's no dew and little grass it's tough on them.

I can't remember exactly what year, 2013-2015 sometime ND had a bad drought with nearly 0 bugs and the western part of the state still hasn't recovered pheasant numbers.

In tbe past, years as dry as this mean fewer birds, and almost zero young ones. No dew this summer. And if it doesn't rain, I won't go hunting, even on my own land, due to fire danger. Access will be hard to find.