Important: a call to action from Pheasants Forever…
If you love pheasant hunting, please watch this video. Upland game habitat is being destroyed at accelerating rate across the midwest. Since 2006, 1.3 million+ acres of once conserved land have gone...
View ArticleA great look at wintertime pheasants in South Dakota….
Check it out — winter pheasants in South Dakota. Great dogs wood, great birds. And its all on public land.
View ArticleHabitat in crisis: Hunters: Disappearing CRP acres threaten South Dakota way...
Now disappearing in SD– pheasant cover…. I don’t remember anything unusual about South Dakota’s 2007 pheasant opener- blue skies, great dogs, memories made with family & friends, and hundred and...
View ArticleSave South Dakota: The crop insurance connection…
It’s pretty simple: Loose the cover, loose the birds. If you read this post from yesterday, you know that you’re paying for a federal program that’s having a devastating impact on pheasants and other...
View ArticleSouth Dakota is Dying: Here’s Your Chance to Help…
Pheasants Forever If you’ve read my posts about disappearing gamebird habitat in South Dakota (South Dakota is Dying & You’re Killing off SD’s Pheasants. See how.), you know that pheasants, ducks,...
View ArticleThe Dakotas are dying…
This tree line used to hold flocks of pheasants. I wonder if it’s still there. My first trip to South Dakota was in 2000. I was stunned by the number of pheasants, grouse, and partridge I saw. In four...
View ArticleWill the birds be back? South Dakota’s 2014 pheasant opener…
2008 Pheasant opener in South Dakota Will the birds be back? That’s the big questions thousands of hunters will be asking as they head today for the opening of South Dakota’s 2014 pheasant hunting...
View ArticleWatch Tom Brokaw’s Opening Day: The kickoff of a SD pheasant season…
Ah – opening day in South Dakota. I used to look forward to it every year. Tom Brokaw’s documentary Opening Day explores the economic, social, cultural, and emotional impact this day has on people,...
View ArticleWatch this: Chasing Pheasants in Fresh Snow – South Dakota 2019
This video captures the thrills and excitement of pheasant hunting in South Dakota. Check it now. The flush at 1:52 is just plain awesome. Chasing Pheasants in Fresh Snow – South Dakota 2019 Watch...
View ArticleWatch: Hunting Wild Pheasants in a Winter Wonderland – South Dakota 2020
From 2000 to around 2012, the highlight of my year was the week I hunted in South Dakota. That was back during peak pheasant (see chart below), and it was to see a few hundred of those birds a day...
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