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 ...

A bag of South Dakota roosters, primarily taken on CREP walk-in. 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 ...

Anyone who has been around a while knows times and trends change. Hunters still at it have proved flexible enough to accept what they are given and to take what they can get. What they can get are ...

This story, “Better Pheasant Hunting Alone,” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Over the past several years, I’ve kept records on more than 100 pheasant hunts. During ...

“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 ...

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 ...

MADISON, MINN. -- Far ahead, we can see the pheasants flushing. First a single, then a couple more. Now, at least a dozen have lit out for the distant cattails. It's December, and these birds have ...

Hunting pheasants on Fish and Game's wildlife management areas is a popular fall tradition for upland bird hunters. To support this tradition, pen-raised pheasants are stocked at 24 sites across the ...

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 ...