Pheasant

Planning a Week-Long Pheasant Hunting Trip

Planning a Week-Long Pheasant Hunting Trip Are you ready to hit the open road with human’s best friend for a week-long upland adventure? Well, you have found the right place for your go-to items and preparations for such a trip.  Over the last 4-5 years, I have been fortunate to have had the chance to […]

Comparing Pheasant Hunting Opportunities: South Dakota Public or Iowa Private

Comparing Pheasant Hunting Opportunities: South Dakota Public or Iowa Private Ace worked the fence line with ever-increasing zest, confident in his nose, he zig-zagged through the switchgrass as we moved further into the field trying to decipher the scent. Finally, it seemed the trail went cold and Ace was again looking for the essence of […]

Tips for Hunting in the Snow

Tips for Hunting in the Snow On a snowy Saturday morning last December, I doubted the instincts of one of my Small Munsterlanders, Della. We were chasing pheasants with some of my friends and their dogs. We were two birds shy of a three-man limit and one of those birds was mine. On our way […]

Hunting Pheasants in the Snow

Hunting Pheasants in the Snow As I write this, my legs are burning from a fresh sunburn I received while mowing my acreage for several hours yesterday. While the thought of wading through January’s knee-deep snow drifts seems almost therapeutic. When December gets here though, my sunburn will be long gone and my legs will […]

Make The Most of Pheasant Season 2024

Make The Most of Pheasant Season 2024 The crisp autumn air nipped at my nose as I slipped into my hunting vest, the weight of my shotgun comforting. Today was the day I’d been waiting for: the pheasant season opener. My hunting buddy, Jake, and his lab were already waiting in the field, their excitement […]

Getting Youth Involved in Pheasant Season

Getting Youth Involved in Pheasant Season In Iowa, our season is getting ready to open up, before the season begins, we have a few days set aside for youth to go out and try their luck pheasant hunting. Some days might be better than others while out in the field. When you take your kid, […]

Habitat for the Birds

Habitat for the Birds How was your pheasant and quail season? Great, mediocre, disappointing? If you were disappointed, I’m guessing, it’s because you only flushed a few birds or because you should’ve dusted off your wingshooting skills a little better before the season. Practicing with some clays in the offseason is up to you, but […]

How to Establish Perennial Cover

How to Establish Perennial Cover Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to destroy than it is to build something great? It probably has something to do with the law of entropy, everything degrades into a state of greater disorder over time. This is easy to see people introduce a wrecking ball to […]

Why Your Dog Isn’t Steady

Why Your Dog Isn’t Steady By Ryan Eder If you talk to any hunt testers they will tell you that there are two kinds of dogs; dogs that do not break, and dogs that haven’t broke yet! It is a subtle joke that stems around the idea that all dogs have the possibility of breaking, […]

Pheasant Hunting Should Be Strategic Too!

Pheasant Hunting Should Be Strategic Too! By Dave Owens When it comes to pheasant hunting I think a lot of people think of it as an easy task. Grab your gun, shells, vest, boots, and hit the field to kick up some birds. While there might be some truth to that mentality, pheasant hunting should […]

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