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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A colorful, raucous invasive species made good, the ringnecked pheasant is our most successful wildlife import. Brought to Oregon from China in 1881, the pheasant spread from coast to coast. It became ...

October marks 100 years of pheasant hunting in Iowa, and state wildlife officials are predicting a record-breaking year for hunters due to a high pheasant population. Here's what to know about ...

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 ...

Pheasants were first released in southern Michigan in 1917 - pen-reared birds of mixed blood known as “ringnecks” which owe their origins to eastern U.S. game farms, which in turn had gotten their ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania pheasant hunters will be headed afield starting this weekend, for their first season since state officials expanded Sunday hunting opportunities. Saturday, Oct. 11, marks the start of ...