Pope County Pheasant Restoration

Pope County Pheasant Restoration Dedicated to restoring Pheasant populations in Pope County PCPR is the Oldest Pheasant Organization in Minnesota – You are part of it!!

Pope County Pheasant Restoration (PCPR) is a non-profit organization with over 500 members, conservationists, and sportsmen established in 1982. Our purpose is to promote the growth of the Pope County area pheasant population through conservation practices such as establishing and supporting habitat, contributing to habitat programs of other organizations, releasing pheasants onto public lands and

the education of our area residents and youth. We are committed to our local area, spending all of our members’ contributions within the Pope County area for the restoration of the pheasant population. For the past 42 years PCPR has aggressively sought ways to restore the once plentiful pheasants. Thanks to successful conservation efforts, good sportsmanship, and the generosity of our members and donors, Pope County Pheasant Restoration has made a difference.

06/17/2026
05/22/2026
05/03/2026

In honor of Tax Season 🥴

04/15/2026

MN DNR Pheasant Action Plan 2025-2030

A Big Thank You to Everyone who attended our PCPR 44th Annual Fundraising Banquet. We sold out early and gave Away ove...
03/08/2026

A Big Thank You to Everyone who attended our PCPR 44th Annual Fundraising Banquet. We sold out early and gave Away over 50 Guns and 140+ prizes!! A special Thanks to the crew at the Minnewaska House Brewing Co + Grill did a fantastic job!! Hats off to them for hosting a full house in style.

02/27/2026

PCPR provides two $1500 Scholarships to graduating High School students each year. We send the information to local school counselors. Home School students are also elgible.

Students can also contact us to get an application by emailing: [email protected]

Deadline for applications is April 1, 2026 this year.

02/07/2026

Does shooting coyotes make the population explode?
You’ve probably heard it explained like this. Shoot a few coyotes, the remaining ones “do a roll call” by howling, realize numbers are low, and suddenly crank out way more pups. That idea gets repeated by hunters, non-hunters, and even shows up in books and documentaries. It sounds scientific, it sounds mysterious, and it sounds like nature “fighting back.” The problem is, there’s no actual research showing coyotes communicate population levels through howling or intentionally increase reproduction because fewer voices answer back. That explanation traces back largely to Dan Flores, who is a historian, not a wildlife biologist, and it was a theory, not a fact.

What does happen is much simpler and far less dramatic. When coyotes are removed from an area with an established population, there may be more food available for the remaining animals. More food can mean slightly higher pup survival or slightly larger litters, not a population “explosion.” If you remove several coyotes that would’ve each had four pups, and one remaining female has six, you’re still ending up with fewer coyotes overall. That’s exactly what field research shows. While coyotes are resilient and hard to eliminate at a statewide level, local removal reduces local populations. They don’t spike upward. The idea that hunting coyotes makes their numbers explode isn’t backed by science, it’s just a persistent myth that sounds good but doesn’t hold up.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Owner, DeLong Lures

01/24/2026
12/28/2025

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PO Box 111
Glenwood, MN
56334

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