If you have done any pheasant hunting around Central Washington in recent years, you know it can be tough. Gone are the days of seeing 50 to 100 birds during a morning’s hunt. We won’t go into the why ...

An overcast sky, a temperature in the low 30s and a week-old snow that was anything other than pristine made for the ideal conditions for an early-winter pheasant hunt. For the two Labrador retrievers ...

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 recent October pheasant season here in the Thumb proved to be outstanding for my hunting guests and me, with plenty of wild birds and shooting opportunities. This, of course, left me quite ...

Pheasant hunting is one of the most popular forms of highland hunting in the United States. It’s also a great way to become familiar with upland bird hunting in general. Although you learn the finer ...

Start with a quiz: Most important to successful pheasant hunting throughout the state's pheasant range when the Minnesota ringneck season opens at 9 a.m. Saturday is (A) a good dog; (B) reasonably ...

MARSHALL, Minn. -- Three generations of Rich family hunters move across a sweeping piece of restored prairie in southwestern Minnesota. Five of them in all, they are blaze-orange specks in a sea of ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunt is a nonpartisan event that highlights the importance of hunting, habitat, community and the joy of hoofing afield with friends, family and tail-wagging dogs.

Minnesota pheasant hunters, some 70,000 of whom will be afield next Saturday when the state's 2023 ringneck season opens with bright prospects, especially in the state's southwest and western regions, ...

NEAR DEVILS LAKE -- Tad Schmidt had one of the most enjoyable hunts anyone could ask for last Saturday morning, and he wasn't even carrying a gun. It was the opening morning of North Dakota's two-day ...