Grouse and Prairie Chicken Statisitcs

Year	Season Structure		Number of	Total	Grouse	Breeding Ground Counts
	Season	Opening	Licensed	Harvest	Harvested	(males per square mile)
	Length (days)	Day	Hunters	(all grouse)	per Hunter	P Chicken	ST Grouse
1945	30	29-Sep	8,000	61,600	7.7
1946	29	15-Oct	9,700	38,800	4.0
1947	30	01-Oct	14,600	73,100	5.0
1948	30	25-Sep	17,000	112,200	6.6
1949	30	24-Sep	21,300	120,100	5.6
1950	15	30-Sep	16,300	49,300	3.0
1951	15	06-Oct	15,350	56,300	3.7
1952	16	20-Sep	24,700	146,700	5.9
1953	10	19-Sep	19,200	82,300	4.3	0.29
1954	16	18-Sep	27,000	151,000	5.6	0.28
1955	16	17-Sep	24,000	106,000	4.4	0.23	3.12
1956	9	06-Oct	7,400	19,900	2.7	0.20	2.22
1957	9	28-Sep	9,200	24,900	2.7	0.21	1.96
1958	10	13-Sep	21,800	119,700	5.5	0.19	2.60
1959	31	19-Sep	11,200	74,000	6.6	1.20	3.64
1960	34	17-Sep	5,900	24,600	4.2	0.46	2.30
1961	20	23-Sep	8,600	29,300	3.4		1.31
1962	33	29-Sep	12,600	35,200	2.8	0.61	1.60
1963	41	21-Sep	27,650	108,100	3.9		2.56
1964	50	12-Sep	16,800	89,200	5.3	0.67	2.88
1965	37	25-Sep	17,700	67,450	3.8		2.04
1966	58	17-Sep	17,300	72,500	4.2	0.74	2.09
1967	65	23-Sep	19,400	94,500	4.9		2.67
1968	71	21-Sep	20,300	100,100	4.9	0.43	2.72
1969	77	13-Sep	20,400	96,500	4.7	0.44	2.81
1970	44	19-Sep	18,800	88,700	4.7	0.41	2.03
1971	42	18-Sep				0.33	1.26
1972	44	16-Sep	18,680	116,900	6.3	0.40	1.11
1973	76	15-Sep	27,450	179,800	6.6	0.54	1.85
1974	71	21-Sep	26,670	146,950	5.5	0.67	1.83
1975	72	20-Sep	23,530	90,600	3.9	0.64	1.07
1976	57	18-Sep	22,240	112,800	5.1	0.42	1.17
1977	58	17-Sep	19,600	64,300	3.3	0.26	0.73
1978	68	16-Sep	21,400	104,700	4.9	0.45	0.72
1979	78	15-Sep	23,000	174,300	7.6	0.73	1.20
1980	91	20-Sep	21,930	125,000	5.7	0.71	1.85
1981	57	19-Sep	21,875	111,600	5.1	0.76	1.03
1982	57	18-Sep	16,750	68,700	4.1	0.44	0.78
1983	64	17-Sep	19,500	111,200	5.7	0.44	0.44
1984	71	15-Sep	22,030	119,000	5.4	0.38	1.43
1985	79	21-Sep	21,750	110,900	5.1	0.52	1.37
1986	79	20-Sep	18,380	73,500	4.0	0.51	0.87
1987	80	19-Sep	18,400	97,500	5.3	0.52	1.27
1988	79	17-Sep	17,120	71,900	4.2	0.69	1.99
1989	86	16-Sep	14,060	59,100	4.2	0.39	1.21
1990	86	15-Sep	12,995	61,100	4.7	0.18	1.06
1991	93	21-Sep	16,979	104,400	6.1	0.27	1.60
1992	93	19-Sep	14,123	59,700	4.2	0.18	1.90
1993	93	18-Sep	14,185	61,600	4.3	0.47	1.39
1994	93	17-Sep	15,670	93,900	6.0	0.82	1.68
1995	100	16-Sep	12,312	61,400	5.0	0.60	1.15
1996	93	21-Sep	16,427	83,700	5.1	0.92	1.46
1997	93	20-Sep	17,623	75,300	4.3	0.79	1.17
1998	93	19-Sep	17,933	74,500	4.2	1.09	1.38
1999	93	18-Sep	18,781	86,300	4.6	1.25	1.50
2000	107	16-Sep	17,210	120,900	7.0	0.77	1.24
2001	108	15-Sep	15,795	69,800	4.4	0.70	0.60
2002	102	21-Sep	13,607	41,400	3.0	0.49	0.99
2003	103	20-Sep	15,540	51,900	3.3	0.56	0.71
2004	107	18-Sep	11,514	39,185	3.4	0.37	0.77
2005	107	17-Sep	13,312	50,900	3.8	0.53	0.79
2006*	107	16-Sep	13,971	40,900	2.9	0.57	1.07
*In 2006, the number of grouse routes were reduced. Males per square mile are not direct comparisons to 2005, however they do serve as an index of prairie grouse populations for the routes surveyed.