At its core, pheasant hunting is a simple pursuit. You, plus maybe a couple of buddies, and a dog tromp through the uplands and lowlands flushing roosters. You walk until you shoot your limit and then ...

Before I ever owned a gun dog, I walked up pheasants on the family farm by myself. While I wouldn’t go back to hunting without a dog, I remember the special thrill of dogless hunting: there’s no ...

The right choke for pheasant hunting will help you put enough pellets in a ringneck’s vitals to drop the bird immediately. Pheasants are big, tough birds, often shot going away, at distances varying ...

Pheasant hunting is a long-standing fall tradition across North America and Europe. Hunters live for that heart-pounding moment when a pheasant bursts from the grass. But a good shot isn’t the only ...

Pheasant hunting success is never easy and requires practice at the clay target range to become proficient. Photo courtesy of the late Joe Forma Hunting Photo Collection The New York State Department ...

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 are still bag limits to be had. This is especially true for ...

DISTANT, Pa. ― Thousands of birds feed, fly, cackle and roost in large enclosed fields at the Southwest State Game Farm in Armstrong County. The birds are ring-necked and hen pheasants that have been ...

South Dakota's traditional pheasant hunting season runs from October 18 to January 31, 2025. The 2024 season was highly successful, with hunters harvesting 1.3 million pheasants. Favorable habitat ...