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 ...

Ring-necked pheasants were first stocked by the Pennsylvania Game Commission in 1915, but populations didn’t significantly increase until after 1923 when laws were enacted establishing bag and season ...

Dickinson County has several spots for pheasant hunters. Besides private land, hunters can go to walk-in hunting grounds (land the state leases from private owners) and part of the public land around ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether it’s a small group of pheasants running out in front of you along an old tractor trail between a crop field and a stone wall or a big ringneck exploding out of a tangled thicket of slough ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Youth hunters (age 17 and under) who will have completed hunter education by the time of the event can sign up now for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's free pheasant ...

In the fall of the early 1970s, ring-necked pheasants were the reason I first began hunting. It was a time when wild ring-necks were everywhere in Pennsylvania, a time when you could walk through a ...

For the first time ever on a Sunday the sound of flushed, cackling pheasants and the report of shotgun blasts will be heard in Pennsylvania as junior pheasant hunters and mentored youth hunters of all ...

Pheasant hunting culture has been strong for generations in Pennsylvania — but especially in Lancaster County. Whether from a family member or an old timer at the game lands parking lot, you’ve likely ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Pheasant hunters in Iowa saw high-bag years in both 2023 and 2024. A hunter aims his rifle as he shoots ...