Minnesota's August roadside wildlife survey is being conducted now — and the results will be eagerly anticipated by pheasant hunters. The counts will give a good picture of what the ringneck population will look like this fall. "I expect it to be down,'' said Kurt Haroldson, DNR pheasant biologist, who coordinates the survey. "With a bad winter followed by a bad spring, it would be shocking to not see it go down.'' About 100 people, mostly DNR employees, drive the 171 25-mile routes during the first two weeks of August and count pheasants and other wildlife they see. Haroldson drove one route the other day in southern Minnesota and counted just two small broods of pheasants. The results of the survey should be released in early September.