We are always looking for ways to help landowners develop
and improve suitable habitat for pheasants and wildlife that
is accessible to public hunting. We assist landowners with
cost-sharing programs to plant trees and food plots. The
following is a list of our sponsored/co-sponsored Habitat
projects:
PHEASANT FOR
THE FUTURE
SPONSORED/CO-SPONSORED HABITAT PROJECTS
(Open to Public Hunting)
Project description
Property Owner
Location
1. 55 acre grass seeding – PLOTS Mike
Mitzel Towner ND/Hwy 2 east, north at mile
marker 176 5 miles, east 1/8 mile at first house
2. 3 row shrub planting -
PLOTS Robin Funke Surrey
ND/Hwy 2 east, north on Deering Rd 1 mile, east of gravel
pit
3. 12 row shrub planting - PLOTS Larry
Schatz Bergen ND/Hwy 52
E, as you enter
Bergen go N on Township road ¼ mile, east ½ mile
4. 480 acres - PLOTS
Scott & Makoti
ND/SW ¼ 3-152-87,SE ¼ 4-152-87,NW ¼ 10-152-87
Marrietta
Lester
5. Danielson Waterfowl Production
Area Rush Lake
(PFTF paid for chemical application to
eliminate weeds; purchased seed to
restore native grasses)
6. 520 Acres – PFTF Youth Hunting
area Doug Hauge Minot - west on 66th
Ave SW 3 miles
7. Mallard Island
(5 yr agreement starting in 1992 to
improve habitat - $1,500 each year in
coop agreement with G&F)
8. 180 acres of CRP/tree
planting Troy Bertsch
Strawberry Lake
9. 112 acres
Eugene
Gibson
Plaza – Highway 23/Ward County line
10. 5 acre tree
planting Jay
Christianson 6 miles east of Lostwood National
Wildlife Refuge
11. Tree
Planting Leonard
Porter
South of Wildrose
12. Cost Share on grass seed
drill Mountrail County Mountrail
County Soil Conservation
Soil Conservation
13. 300 acre PFTF Youth Hunting
Area Doug Stevik Berthold -
junction of County Rd 9 and 14
14. 952 aces CRP/Native
Grass Ron Aadnes
Stanley – NE ¼ 36-157-91, SE ¼ 21-157-91, NE ¼ 28-157-91,
NW ¼ 27-157-91, SE ¼ 34-157-91
15. 160 acre Youth Hunting
Area Dan Jaeger Balfour
– SE ¼ 5-151-77
16. 320 acres (native
grass seeding, food Paul & Phil Brandvold
14 miles west of South Prairie School off Hwy 83 S
plot tree-row plantings) - PLOTS & WRP
17. 320 acres CRP/Food Plot (PLOTS)
Dave Kimball
Ryder - E 1/2 25-151-87
Pheasants
for the Future, Inc., concentrated on establishing hunting
opportunities for our area youths by improving access
and game bird availability. Through the generosity of
the Doug Hauge family, 453 acres of land, consisting of
CRP grasses, tree plots, and food plots, is available
for youth hunting. Access is limited to walk-in traffic
only and is restricted to youth that are accompanied by
an adult member of Pheasants for the Future. The adult
may not carry a gun, but dogs are allowed during bird
season. This area has abundant wildlife consisting of
beaver, deer, waterfowl, and of course pheasant. To
ensure adequate opportunities to see and shoot pheasant,
Pheasants for the Future provide winter feed to the area
pheasants and also release at least 250 birds each
spring.