Pheasant Hunting News
Winter Habitat Key to Pheasant Survival
PIERRE, S.D. - The winter of 2009-2010 is already one for the record books, leaving many South Dakotans wondering how their state bird, the pheasant, can survive the elements.Statewide small game seasons, a big deal to the many Hoosier hunters who enjoy days afield chasing rabbit, pheasant and quail, open on Nov. 6.
Slow Pheasant Opener Expected - Oct. 29, 2009
The forecast is pretty well known. This weekend across Iowa, we find out where the pheasants are...or aren't. Iowa's premier game bird still draws a crowd. Even last year, with preseason counts at near record lows, 86,000 hunters were in the field.
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.
NJ Small Game Season Opens November 7 - Oct. 27, 2009
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that the 2009-10 small game seasons for pheasant, bobwhite quail, fox and coyote open 8:00 AM on Saturday, November 7. The seasons for rabbit, hares and squirrel (open since September 26), ruffed grouse and woodcock north of Rt. 70 (open since October 15) and raccoon/opossum (open since October 1) remain open with an 8:00 AM start on November 7.
BIRD DOG SEASON OPENING - Oct. 26, 2009
There's the old expression "That dog won't hunt," meaning that someone's assertion lacks credibility. My dog Lizzie won't be stopped from hunting. October has been a tough month for her because I bought a fall turkey permit.
Pheasant Hunting in Massachusetts - Oct. 24, 2009
MassWildlife recognizes the pheasant program as a core agency program that provides valuable hunting opportunities and other outdoor experiences. Ring-necked pheasants have been imported and released in Massachusetts since 1906. At that time the Massachusetts landscape was much different than it is today. The state was 80% open fields and pasture and 20% forested.
Pheasants Forever's 2009 Pheasant Hunting Forecast - Oct. 23, 2009
Overview: Habitat drives pheasant hunting, and the simple truth is that because of the mass exodus of habitat acres from the federal Conservation Reserve Program (1.1 million acres expired last year alone), hunters will find fewer pheasants across much of the core pheasant range than during recent seasons. Another 3.8 million CRP acres will expire this autumn, 4.4 million acres next September, and 21 million acres will be gone from the program by the end of 2012 without a new CRP general signup - of which none are currently scheduled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Safety First This Pheasant Hunting Season - Oct. 23, 2009
Pierre S.D.- Shouts of "rooster, rooster!" spread through South Dakota fields as pheasant season shifts into high gear. While that excitement is part of the thrill of the hunt, Game, Fish and Parks officials also remind hunters to exercise caution and restraint, especially when flushing low-flying roosters.
Pheasants, Facebook and the Future of Conservation - Oct. 21, 2009
Twenty years ago, we couldn't have dreamt how powerful the Internet would become, or how much of an asset it would be to telling our conservation story and engaging new members. Last year, nearly half a million people visited www.PheasantsForever.org. Thousands of those visitors became our newest PF members or bought merchandise. Add those sales to the advertising revenue generated by our sponsors' website advertisements and it's easy to see the financial and educational impact our on-line presence has had to our on-the-ground conservation mission.
