At its core, pheasant hunting is a simple pursuit. You, plus maybe a couple of buddies, and a dog tromp through the uplands and lowlands flushing roosters. You walk until you shoot your limit and then ...

Before I ever owned a gun dog, I walked up pheasants on the family farm by myself. While I wouldn’t go back to hunting without a dog, I remember the special thrill of dogless hunting: there’s no ...

“We’ll flush about 150 birds today,” I told my new friend M.D. as we loaded our guns by his truck. A recent transplant to pheasant country at the time, M.D. raptly surveyed the wide fields, trying to ...

Pheasant hunting is a long-standing fall tradition across North America and Europe. Hunters live for that heart-pounding moment when a pheasant bursts from the grass. But a good shot isn’t the only ...

Pheasant hunting success is never easy and requires practice at the clay target range to become proficient. Photo courtesy of the late Joe Forma Hunting Photo Collection The New York State Department ...

While the golden age of pheasant hunting may be behind us (just hunt with an older wingshooter and he’ll tell you all about it) there are still bag limits to be had. This is especially true for ...

This weekend pheasant hunting season has officially kicked off for 2023. In Owatana and Steele County, Governor Tim Walz started off the weekend with the eleventh annual Governor’s Pheasant Hunting ...

South Dakota's traditional pheasant hunting season runs from October 18 to January 31, 2025. The 2024 season was highly successful, with hunters harvesting 1.3 million pheasants. Favorable habitat ...

The Michigan pheasant hunting season is getting a big boost with rooster releases at 13 game and wildlife areas throughout the Lower Peninsula. This fall, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...