AS WE BOUNCE onto the cornfield aboard the school bus, I’m reminded of the last time my dad and I rode in one of these together. Running school buses is our family business, and when I was a kid, I’d ...

If you have done any pheasant hunting around Central Washington in recent years, you know it can be tough. Gone are the days of seeing 50 to 100 birds during a morning’s hunt. We won’t go into the why ...

Jim Hughes of Starford, Indiana County, and his German shorthaired pointers Blitzen (left), 4, and Axel, 7, return to their vehicle after an unsuccessful pheasant hunt at Dugan’s Marsh at Prince ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunt is a nonpartisan event that highlights the importance of hunting, habitat, community and the joy of hoofing afield with friends, family and tail-wagging dogs.

There are some days just made for pheasant hunting and this was one of them. The December sun was low in the southern sky but its warmth was caressing the rolling hills and farmland and threatening ...

The recent October pheasant season here in the Thumb proved to be outstanding for my hunting guests and me, with plenty of wild birds and shooting opportunities. This, of course, left me quite ...

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 ...

A lonely, male ring-neck pheasant moved onto my property in early May. I say lonely in pure human speculation, but also because he is the only pheasant we have seen and his loud penetrating kok-cack ...

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 ...