Let’s clear the air first: A pheasant tower shoot is not hunting. These are aptly named “shoots,” derived from traditional English affairs where folks are stationed along flyways as raised gamebirds ...

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 ...

Pheasants shot by hunters at Coastal Wild Wings sit on a cleaning table after the European Tower Shoot is finished. Coastal Wild Wings workers cleaned the birds for hunters on Sunday. BLESSING — Bird ...

Want to hunt pheasants or upland game, but don't have a dog to accompany you? Read on for how to get it done even without man ...

f you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s like I did, and you were much of a fisherman, hunter and reader, you read the “Big Three” of sporting magazines: Sports Afield, Field and Stream and Outdoor Life.

This story, “Better Pheasant Hunting Alone,” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Over the past several years, I’ve kept records on more than 100 pheasant hunts. During ...

Last Saturday, our woodcock, grouse and pheasant seasons opened. Sadly, there just aren’t enough wild woodcock and grouse anymore for our large and concentrated hunting population. To the delight of ...

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 ...