New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

This spring's decrease in crowing counts for rooster pheasants was not unexpected according to North Dakota Game & Fish Department Upland Game Biologist RJ Gross. And while the statewide decrease of 22 percent year-over-year of roosters heard marking their territories in the early morning hours on the countryside seems large, he points to the fact that in terms of actual numbers, the decr...