Prairie Sportsman
Save the Sharpie
Clip: Season 11 Episode 1 | 10m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about sharp-tailed grouse hunting and management.
Host Bret Amundson goes sharp-tailed grouse hunting at the Holy Cow Ranch near Hinckley with game managers, biologists and outdoor enthusiasts. Once common throughout Minnesota in the early 1900s, the sharpie’s population declined as its native grassland habitat declined. Natural resource managers and outdoor organizations have been working to restore the prairie birds’ habitat.
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Prairie Sportsman is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS
Production sponsorship is provided by funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, West Central Initiative, Shalom Hill Farm, and members of Pioneer PBS.
Prairie Sportsman
Save the Sharpie
Clip: Season 11 Episode 1 | 10m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Bret Amundson goes sharp-tailed grouse hunting at the Holy Cow Ranch near Hinckley with game managers, biologists and outdoor enthusiasts. Once common throughout Minnesota in the early 1900s, the sharpie’s population declined as its native grassland habitat declined. Natural resource managers and outdoor organizations have been working to restore the prairie birds’ habitat.
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