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 ...

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MCCLUSKY, N.D. -- We had hardly left the truck on this October afternoon when Chance, a 19-month-old Brittany, congealed into a rigid point in the ditch along the road. There was no doubt that a ...

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 ...

The Michigan pheasant opener last Thursday dawned on the chilly and gloomy side. With an on-again, off-again light rain, I had high hopes that the dogs would have perfect scenting conditions in the ...

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 ...

Rooster! Wild Ringnecked Pheasants were not present on the first Thanksgiving Day table. Nor were they on the menu for anyone in North America returning home after the Civil War.

MADISON, Minn. - We stepped out of the old red farmhouse on the prairie into 8 inches of powder snow. This was good. Maybe the pheasants would hold in the deep powder. Three of us, 30-year friends, ...

The annual opening of Michigan’s pheasant season on October 20 is a revered day for me, and has been since I was a kid. My first memories of hunting are of being in the fields of our farm with ...

Avid hunters took to the fields on Saturday as Wisconsin’s 2024 pheasant hunting season began. Northwest Outlet in Superior began stocking upland hunting gear and apparel prior to the 2024 season and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- There should be increased opportunities for Michigan pheasant hunters in 2023. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that its highly anticipated pheasant ...