State Wildlife News
Pheasant Proposal Fails - Dec. 03, 2009PIERRE, S.D. - A proposal to increase the daily bag limit of pheasants from 3 to 5 was defeated at the monthly GFP Commission meeting in Pierre on Thursday. A proposal needs five votes from the eight member Commission to become rule, but there were only four supporting the measure so the proposal failed to pass.
Pheasant Season Begins With Sunshine and Crops in The Field - Oct. 17, 2009
Mother Nature decided give pheasant hunters some sunshine for the 2009 South Dakota pheasant opener, but that doesn't necessarily mean blue skies for those chasing roosters.
Brood survey indicates another good year for pheasants - Aug. 28, 2009
PIERRE, S.D. - The S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department counted an average of 6.32 pheasants per mile in 2009 as part of its annual pheasant brood survey, the fourth highest statewide count in the past 45 years.
Pheasant Season Proposed - Mar. 10, 2009
PIERRE, S.D. - A proposal to lengthen the South Dakota pheasant season one week will be considered at the April Game, Fish and Parks Commission meeting in Sioux Falls.
National Pheasant Fest 2009: February 6-8 - Jan. 30, 2009
National Pheasant Fest 2009 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin will be Pheasants Forever's fifth such event. Nearly 30,000 people attended the fourth-ever Fest this past January in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the event has grown into the nation's largest event for upland hunters, farmers, sport dog owners and wildlife habitat conservationists.
Early Ice Causes Concern for Pheasants and Quail - Dec. 30, 2008
BOONE - Many Iowa residents are becoming concerned about Iowa's upland game populations with the recent snowfall and ice across much of Iowa. Preliminary information from the National Climatic Data Center through Dec. 29 shows that Iowa has received an average of 18 inches of snow since Dec 1, while several northeast Iowa towns have seen 20 to 30 inches of snow already this winter.
TPWD Sets Panhandle Pheasant Scoping Meetings - Dec. 12, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking for public input on possible changes to the traditional first weekend in December opening date for pheasant season in the Panhandle. A series of scoping meetings is set for January to give the public additional opportunities to comment.
Pheasants Heading for Cover - Dec. 09, 2008
BOONE-Iowa pheasant hunters are turning to areas with more robust cover to find pheasants after the recent snow and blowing snow filled in road ditches and fence lines. Look for fields enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, rows of conifers or shrubs located next to crop fields as places to be holding the most pheasants.
Pheasant season opens December 1 - Nov. 26, 2008
With deer, quail, and several small game seasons in full swing across Oklahoma, sportsmen may wonder if it could get any better - it can. Dec. 1 brings with it yet another hunting opportunity - pheasant season.
TPWD Seeking Public Input on Possible Pheasant Season Changes - Nov. 26, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas -- Any doubts that the Panhandle pheasant hunting season opener is a big deal need only spend some time at the Amarillo airport — it’s their busiest weekend of the year.
