SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Pheasant hunting is a part of the lifestyle in South Dakota. “This is when we really roll out the orange carpet,” said Nick Harrington, communications manager for South Dakota Game ...

The classic pheasant gun is a 12- or 16-gauge repeater, chosen because ringneck pheasants are tough and often found in bunches. When the air is full of cackling roosters, as it commonly was back in ...

DISTANT, Pa. ― Thousands of birds feed, fly, cackle and roost in large enclosed fields at the Southwest State Game Farm in Armstrong County. The birds are ring-necked and hen pheasants that have been ...

HAZEN -- Of the oddities I've experienced in the woods and waters of Arkansas, shooting a pheasant in a cotton patch is one of the weirdest. It happened Saturday while hunting rabbits with friends in ...

Native only to Asia, the pheasant can be found in many parts of the world today, primarily because it is an outstanding upland gamebird. It belongs to the Order Galliformes, the same as chickens and ...

Saturday, Oct. 12, through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. In accordance with North Dakota state law, nonresidents are not allowed to hunt on Game and ...

Jason Hughes of Dubuque aims his gun March 13, 2016, as he shoots a pheasant during a charity event held at Highland Hideaway Hunting in Riverside. (The Gazette) Buy Photo Because of harsh winters and ...

Gov. Tim Walz meets 4-month-old Maisie, a German Shorthaired Pointer, before setting out to hunt during the 2024 pheasant hunting opener. Members of the media park along a road south of Sleepy Eye, to ...

Startled, large flocks of pheasants burst into flight, exploding with colorful fuss and flutter from thickets of wild grass and fallen leaves. But this was decades ago, when California’s autumnal ...