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New federal management plans for habitat relied upon by the greater sage grouse in 11 Western states ease restrictions on potentially harmful industrial development and undo collaborative efforts that were years in the making, Backcountry […]
GAMO® Outdoor USA has announced completion of the 6th annual Squirrel Master Classic, one the most exciting outdoor shooting sports events in the country. What started as friendly end-of-hunting-season industry event by Jackie Bushman of […]
SportDOG® Brand, an industry-leading manufacturer of electronic dog-training products and accessories, has introduced the new X-Series line of electronic remote trainers for dogs. Featuring 21 levels of static stimulation as well as vibration and tone, […]
Rinehart Targets®, the worldwide leader in quality archery targets, is proud to announce the addition of the new Raven to its Competition Series of 3D targets. For shooters looking to ‘aim small, miss small’, the […]
One warm fall afternoon I delivered a truckload of fertilizer to an Idaho wheat farmer. After unloading it, we sat in the back of his pickup resting and chatting when a coyote squeezed out of […]
Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, today announced a partnership with National 4-H Council and Pheasants Forever. The program, Corteva Grows Pollinator Habitat, will support monarch butterfly and pollinator habitat at Corteva Agriscience locations throughout […]
The U.S. Senate passed Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Martin Heinrich’s Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act by unanimous consent a month a go. The legislation, S. 1417, will help expedite important […]
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are gearing up to celebrate National Pollinator Week June 18 – 24 by publishing a content series highlighting the importance of pollinator habitat for bees and butterflies, as well as […]
GENERALLY SPEAKING, most pheasant hunters know and follow the hunting basics such as working into the wind, trusting the dog’s nose and only shooting the pretty, colorful ones. But knowing and utilizing a few advanced […]
A dove comes into your section of the field on opening day. You crouch behind a row of sunflowers and excitedly wait for the dove to come into range. The dove keeps coming and you […]
It’s back! Pheasants Forever’s month-long Bird Dogs for Habitat Campaign challenges you to cast a vote and make a donation on behalf of your favorite bird dog breed. Consider this an online bird dog popularity contest […]
My little Brittany is old. My little Brittany is a pheasant dog. She used to have that classic Brittany white stripe between two orange-wrapped eyes. Now you can only see the grayed shadows of those […]
Sharing the outdoors is a longstanding tradition in New Hampshire. A part of that tradition involves a skilled group of outdoor enthusiasts who take part in trapping, a highly regulated activity that provides important benefits […]
October 1 brings the start of Grouse and Woodcock hunting in Maine and hunting wild game birds is one of our favorite activities. We specialize in wild ruffed grouse and migratory woodcock hunts. We do […]
Thanks to their proportions, squirrels can be challenging to bring down—particularly when you’re armed with a rimfire rifle or handgun and not a shotgun. Federal Premium’s trick-shooting YouTube superstar and lifelong squirrel hunter 22plinkster reveals […]
Spear hunting Texas rabbits turns wild when a coon charges me full bore. Gave him a good spear slocking just as he made his lunge for my throat! This is probably a first for You […]
Old school squirrel hunters honed their skills through stealth and observation. They walked the woods slowly and patiently – watching for sign and listening for the squirrels that were there, but wouldn’t always show themselves. […]
The Department of Interior released a Secretarial Order initiating the review of sage grouse conservation plans meant to keep the bird off the endangered species list. The order establishes a DOI interagency team to evaluate, […]
Men dominate the outdoor industry. Walk the aisles of the SHOT Show or the corridors of sportsmen and conservation group headquarters around the country, and you’ll see little sign of a gender balance. Blame history […]
Every year country roads and farmsteads show abundant populations of rabbits. Yet when hunting season comes around they all seem to have vanished. Estimating rabbit populations are difficult for the best of small game biologists. […]
Finally, you can have your cake and eat it too. The Browning Bird’n Lite Strap Vest was made to cover miles in comfort via its patented Bird’n Lite load bearing technology. This system secures and […]
A series of instructional memorandums released today by the Bureau of Land Management can facilitate the continued recovery of greater sage grouse populations and benefit a broad range of sagebrush-dependent wildlife species, says Backcountry Hunters […]
August marks a time of change not only for humans, but wildlife as well. Children head back to the classrooms for a new school year and in the wild, it’s time for young skunks to […]
Each year, increases in fall pheasant populations depend on winter and spring weather conditions and the availability of quality habitat. With winter behind us, attention turns to field reports of pheasant nesting and spring habitat […]
Every time I hunt quail there comes a moment when I want a different dog breed, gender or color. Fortunately for my current dog, I soon arrive at the one and only truth: at any […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that 800,000 acres will be enrolled through three different components of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Of particular note, USDA’s CRP general sign-up completed at the […]
There’s no such thing as a perfect bird dog. If there were, trainers, hunt clubs and testing organizations, e-collar designers and dummy manufacturers would all be out of a job. Perfection is a pipedream – […]
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Bird Dogs for Habitat campaign challenges upland hunters to cast a vote and make a donation on behalf of their favorite bird dog breed. Every vote is a dollar, and every dollar goes […]
What’s your favorite bird dog breed? Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s “Bird Dogs for Habitat” campaign challenges upland hunters to cast a vote and make a tax-deductible donation on behalf of their favorite sporting dog […]
Dusk was overtaking the field, but the action was just heating up. “Peent!” The sound pierced the evening sky. “Peent!” There again was the insistent nasal call. As we peered into the twilight, a bird […]
Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s 2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic presented by Federal Premium Ammunition concluded Sunday, February 21st, drawing thousands of supporters to the weekend event at the Kansas City Convention Center. The annual […]
Easing slowly through the hardwood river bottom, I froze mid-step. The bark of a scolding squirrel rang out from the treetops. Scanning the woods around me, I finally spotted him—halfway up a nearby white oak. […]
Gamo Outdoor USA in partnership with Buckmasters organization is bringing back the 3rd edition of the highly successful, ratings topper Hunting event/TV show from 2014 and 2015, the “Squirrel Master Classic” in its 2016 edition. […]
Pheasants Forever‘s Honey Bee & Monarch Butterfly Partnership has been selected as one of 84 conservation projects in the nation to receive funding as part of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). A proposed investment […]
In 2015, Pheasants Forever, Inc., including its quail division, Quail Forever, worked with more than 35,000 individual landowners and its chapter affiliates completed more than 12,700 wildlife habitat projects, which combined to improve habitat for […]
This live-stream camera provides a one-of-kind viewing of greater sage-grouse: http://bit.ly/GRSGCAM. You’ll want to get up early (at least on the West Coast) to view all the action on the lek. What the heck is […]
In a trance brought on by the warm glow of my Netflix queue, I began to wonder: how did our ancestors survive these long winter months? Short, frosty days that fade into cold, relentless nights […]
In an effort to help reverse the precipitous decline of bobwhite quail since the 1980’s, Quail Forever is hosting the nation’s largest, first-ever Quail Summit on February 20th at the Kansas City Convention in conjunction […]
Determined to improve and conserve upland habitat throughout the country, a record-setting number of members now belong to Pheasants Forever and its quail division, Quail Forever. From the humble beginnings of “The Habitat Organization” in […]
Some of my huntin’ buddies and I really live for being out in a wet patch of woods in the middle of a cool night and hearing the not-so-distant sounds of our coon hounds when […]
The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), also known as the timberdoodle, is a ground-dwelling bird that lives in young forest and shrublands. Woodcock breed across eastern North America and spend the winter in lowlands from the […]
The lesser prairie-chicken had an iconic presence in the plains of southeastern New Mexico. Each spring, visitors from around the world would flock to the heart of lesser prairie-chicken country to participate in the annual […]
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever is making an investment for conservation leaders of the future through the Conservation Career Fair and Shooting Sports Clinic at the 2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic. Sponsored by […]
Dear Pheasant Hunter, Here in Kansas, we’re excited to report great conditions across the state have laid the foundation for an excellent pheasant season. As a result, our biologists report that farmers are seeing more […]
Quality habitat is needed to sustain truly abundant, wild pheasant populations. But from year to year, pheasants live or die with the weather. Fortunately, many pheasant strongholds in the northern and central plains and the upper Midwest […]
Timberdoodle, bog borer, brush snipe, needlenose or whatever you call him locally, the Woodcock is the most difficult to shoot with bow and arrow or any game animal. About 11-inches in length, they weigh about […]
“All Access” 5 Days in the Wild West Chasing Wild Birds – Beginning October 19th. The theme for the 2015 Rooster Road Trip is “All Access.” Montana and North Dakota boast an array of publicly-accessible […]
Minnesota sits on the northern fringe of the pheasant range. But ringnecks do just fine in the North Star state. So do ringneck hunters. When upland bird hunters dream of traveling for a pheasant hunt, […]
Pheasants Forever’s Rooster Road Trip, an annual digital showcase of pheasant hunting on public land habitat & access projects, takes to the field October 19th through October 23rd. This year’s tour heads to the uplands […]
Stealth and a change in hunting tactics are keys to solo pheasant hunting. Solo pheasant hunting is a challenge but by following some special patterns, it can prove successful. Pheasant hunting is usually a social […]
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