If you have done any pheasant hunting around Central Washington in recent years, you know it can be tough. Gone are the days of seeing 50 to 100 birds during a morning’s hunt. We won’t go into the why ...

But this was the last chance to hunt pheasants in 2003. The season doesn't end until the end of the month, but believe it or not, there are things that take precedence over pheasant hunting, although ...

An overcast sky, a temperature in the low 30s and a week-old snow that was anything other than pristine made for the ideal conditions for an early-winter pheasant hunt. For the two Labrador retrievers ...

Pheasant hunting is a good introduction to bird hunting since it is easy to understand the basics but hard to master. A successful hunt takes patience but not a lot of gear. Early-season pheasant ...

AS WE BOUNCE onto the cornfield aboard the school bus, I’m reminded of the last time my dad and I rode in one of these together. Running school buses is our family business, and when I was a kid, I’d ...

Last Saturday, our woodcock, grouse and pheasant seasons opened. Sadly, there just aren’t enough wild woodcock and grouse anymore for our large and concentrated hunting population. To the delight of ...

A colorful, raucous invasive species made good, the ringnecked pheasant is our most successful wildlife import. Brought to Oregon from China in 1881, the pheasant spread from coast to coast. It became ...

Brittanies, setters, pointers, beagles, Labs, a number of other lesser known breeds — and even a few surprising mongrels — have been eagerly waiting all year for their special time to perform. While ...

NEAR DEVILS LAKE -- Tad Schmidt had one of the most enjoyable hunts anyone could ask for last Saturday morning, and he wasn't even carrying a gun. It was the opening morning of North Dakota's two-day ...

FREEMAN, S.D. - Dogs bound through the switchgrass, hunters in orange caps advance in a row behind them. The sun shines, and even if there aren't many pheasants to shoot, all is right with the world.

Imagine a crisp cool morning as your hunting dog bounces out of your pickup truck while you and your hunting buddy prepare to walk through one of the many state game lands in Pennsylvania looking for ...