By Clair Kofoed, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Now that big game seasons are winding down and a little time remains before last minute holiday shopping begins, it may seem like an ideal time for some pheasant hunting on one of Idaho Fish and Game’s wildlife management areas.
Well yes, it is a nice time to [...]
December 19, 2008 | Posted in
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AUSTIN, Texas — Any doubts that the Panhandle pheasant hunting season opener is a big deal need only spend some time at the Amarillo airport — it’s their busiest weekend of the year.
As multitudes of hunters descend upon the Panhandle for the Dec. 6 opener, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking folks to [...]
December 1, 2008 | Posted in
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With deer, quail, and several small game seasons in full swing across Oklahoma, sportsmen may wonder if it could get any better — it can. Dec. 1 brings with it yet another hunting opportunity — pheasant season.
“From our surveys and reports from the field it looks like this pheasant season will be similar to last [...]
November 30, 2008 | Posted in
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PIERRE, S.D. — For pheasant hunters who were in the fields last year, 2008 may offer a sense of déjà vu as South Dakota once again boasts a near-record population of ringnecks.
Pheasant brood count surveys last year estimated a pheasant population that recalled the Soil Bank days of the 1950s and ’60s and this year’s [...]
October 14, 2008 | Posted in
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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 100,170 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the Commonwealth for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 17,980 birds for the youth only season (Oct. 11-18).
“Based on agency’s budget cuts first implemented in the 2004-05 fiscal year and carried forward since, we reduced our pheasant [...]
October 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Illinois Conservation Foundation Event Benefits Youth Programs
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois Conservation Foundation’s 15th annual Celebrity Quail Hunt on Nov. 2-4 will feature quail and pheasant hunting, guided fishing opportunities, boat tours of Rend Lake, golf, and a variety of shooting sports competitions at the Rend Lake Resort complex in Franklin County.
“The Celebrity Quail Hunt [...]
September 27, 2008 | Posted in
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CONCORD, N.H. – A long-standing fall tradition in New Hampshire, the hunting season for pheasant gets underway on October 1. Around the state, hunters will be afield in pursuit of the flashy, ring-necked upland game birds. This year, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will release 13,500 pheasants, purchased exclusively with revenues from the [...]
September 24, 2008 | Posted in
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North Dakota’s roadside pheasant survey conducted in late July and August revealed lower bird numbers than last year. Total pheasants and brood observations were down 31 percent statewide from last year, while average brood size was down 13 percent, according to Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the state Game and Fish Department.
Pheasant observations [...]
September 22, 2008 | Posted in
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OLYMPIA – Hunters are advised that a portion of the Skagit Wildlife Area in northwest Washington will be closed to hunting through Oct. 3 due to ongoing work on a major estuary-restoration project at the mouth of the Skagit River.
The 175-acre Headquarters Unit of the wildlife area is scheduled to open to hunters and other [...]
September 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Winter and spring weather extremes negatively affected some areas
PRATT — “Good to excellent.” That’s the general prognosis for pheasant, quail, and prairie chicken hunting in Kansas this fall. However, there are some areas where the prospects are not so good due to weather extremes since last fall, so hunters will need to do some pre-season [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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