Kansas Pheasant News
An anxious dog flushes a rooster out of a patch of grass.(Ultimate Pheasant Hunting)
November Ushers In Kansas Upland Bird Seasons
Oct. 23, 2008The 2008 Kansas pheasant season opens on Saturday, Nov. 1, marking the beginning of upland bird seasons.
PRATT - Upland bird and waterfowl seasons have been open for more than two months now, but that doesn't mean it's time for hunters to put up their shotguns. Quail, pheasant, and prairie chicken (Northwest and East units) seasons are open through Jan. 31, and rabbit and squirrel seasons provide additional opportunities for the avid hunter.
Why No Pheasants in Southeast Kansas? - Dec. 03, 2009
PRATT - With Kansas annually ranking in the top three states in the nation for pheasant hunting, hunters often ask why this popular game bird cannot be found in southeast Kansas. Like all wildlife, pheasants need four things to survive: food, water, cover, and space. If these things are not present in the proper mix for an individual species, it will not thrive. But sometimes it can be more complicated than that.
KANSAS UPLAND BIRD, WATERFOWL SEASONS ON TAP - Oct. 28, 2009
PRATT - The Kansas pheasant and quail seasons return to their traditional opening and closing dates this fall. Both seasons open on Saturday, Nov. 14, and run through Jan. 31, 2010. Prairie chicken season opens a week later - Nov. 21 through Jan. 31, 2010, in the Northwest and East units. In the Southwest Unit, prairie chicken season runs Nov. 21-Dec. 31. (The prairie chicken Southwest Unit is bordered by Highway K-96 on the north and U.S. 281 on the east.)
IT'S ALMOST TIME TO HANG OUT THE -YOUTH GONE HUNTING- SIGN - Oct. 28, 2009
PRATT - The plans are made; you're taking a youngster hunting during the 2009 Kansas pheasant and quail youth season, Nov. 7-8. The lucky kid has been tutored in gun handling and practiced shooting clay targets. Perhaps he or she has even been regaled with predictions of cackling pheasants bursting beneath the feet. Excitement is in the air.
YOUTH LONG TAIL FEATHER CONTESTS HIGHLIGHT NOV. 7-8 YOUTH PHEASANT SEASON - Oct. 21, 2009
NORTON - The Longspur Chapter of Pheasants Forever (PF) in Norton challenges all area youth 16 and younger to enter the long tail feather contest following the 2009 youth pheasant and quail season, Nov. 7-8. Participants are asked to pluck the longest tail feather on the birds they bag and bring them to End Zone Sports and Office Supplies
YOUTH TO GET FIRST SHOT AT PHEASANT AND QUAIL NOV. 7-8 - Oct. 07, 2009
PRATT - The 2009 upland bird hunting forecast is one of the best in the past 20 years. Wherever hunters and others connected to the land meet, conversation revolving around pheasant and quail hunting is animated, and that's good news for Kansas youth.
KANSAS HUNTERS LOOKING FOR AN EXCELLENT UPLAND BIRD SEASON - Sep. 24, 2009
PRATT - Farmers are saying it, and hunters who have driven country roads this summer and early September are backing them up: the 2009 Kansas upland bird season should very good.
SHOTGUN WING-SHOOTING CLINIC AT PRATT GUN CLUB JULY 14 - Jun. 24, 2009
PRATT -- The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) will conduct a basic wing-shooting clinic at the Pratt Gun Club this July. The course will include four sessions conducted on Tuesday evenings beginning July 14 and is open to anyone age 12 or older. The course is designed for beginning shotgun shooters and will provide instruction from the very basic to more advanced techniques.
