Hunters Report Increased Ptarmigan Sightings This Winter
4:28 Hunting ptarmigan in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has been relatively easy this year, compared to the last few years. “This year we’ve got lot of ptarmigan all over,” said Daniel Nelson, an Elder who lives in Napakiak. “They were kind of declining in number, you know. The past two or three years I’d go ptarmigan hunting and I’d barely see some, just a few flocks. Most of the time I get home with nothing, but this year I return with average of 12 ptarmigan per trip.” Neither the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service nor the Alaska Department of Fish and Game track the number of ptar...
Source: kyuk.org