BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The grouse and partridge hunting seasons open Sept. 13. In this week’s segment of North Dakota Outdoors, Mike Anderson tells us what hunters can expect this fall.

Every spring, starting in mid-March, upland game biologists conduct sharp-tailed grouse surveys by going to leks or dancing grounds statewide to get population estimates.

“Our spring sharptail surveys went well. The conditions were great for the surveys, but our numbers were down 15% from where we were last year. Pretty consistently across the state. And we noticed that decline, but we are not too concerned because our numbers in 2024 were much higher than where they had been so we’re still sitting pretty well for sharptail,” said NDGF Upland Game Supervisor Jesse Kolar.

Late summer brood counts for upl

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