How to Pheasant Hunt Late Season Roosters in SD

By PJ Maguire
I  have said it before, and I will say it again. When there is snow on the ground and the sloughs are frozen, that is the best time of the year to hunt pheasants. This year we have had snow and freezing temps across the Midwest during a good part of pheasant season. [...]

Late Season Roosters

By Doug Leier
For those of us who like to spend as much time as possible on the outside of the window, October is a sort of early Christmas present. Hunting seasons for just about everything are open, and fall fishing can be just as hot as summer, but without humidity and mosquitoes.
While crunching across the [...]

Pheasant Facts to Fight the Fever

Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson
The countdown on my computer’s screen saver says it all: Nine Days, 18 Hours, 32 Minutes, 14 Seconds.
To help time lapse for you, that’s about sunrise on October 14, 2006 – The opening moment of pheasant season. I expect to find myself walking the five-row shelterbelt west of the Simonson farmstead near Watford [...]

Get Fit for Upland Hunting

Our Outdoors
Nick Simonson

 
Safety in the field goes beyond hunter’s education, being aware of your surroundings and knowing your target and what lies beyond it. Personal physical well-being in the field is usually an afterthought, and when it is addressed, it is usually too late.
The early upland seasons are a walking hunter’s re-introduction to the stress [...]

Late Season Pheasant Hunting

By Doug Leier
Hunting season doesn’t end with the close of deer gun season. In fact, for some hunters the fun is just beginning.
While traditional pheasant hunting images resonate strongly with a warm October sun and a crisp morning walk with dew-soaked boots, don’t think for a minute that December pheasant hunting is reserved exclusively for [...]

Fast & Easy Pheasant Cleaning Tips

By Gary Simonson

This is a pheasant cleaning tip for anyone out there looking to get the most out of the birds they harvest. Give it a try and post up the results in the recipe forum!
Completely skin the bird leaving on the head. Do not gut. Please note these photos were taken at home, if [...]

Pheasant Recipes

Here’s some favorite pheasant recipes of ours.
Baked Pheasant Recipe :

1 can (10.75-oz) cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup Apple cider
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
3/4 tsp. Salt
1/3 cup Chopped onion
1 Clove (small) garlic, minced
1 can (4-oz) sliced mushrooms, drained
2 Pheasants
Paprika

Blend all ingredients except pheasants and paprika. Pour over pheasants and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350, covered, for [...]

Pheasant Hunting Tips – Pheasant Hunting in a Hurricane?

By Perry Thorvig
If you know me, you probably think this article is going to be about hunting around Hurricane Lake in Pierce County. Or, it has something to do with chasing Hurricanes in Florida, Well, it’s not about either of those topics. But, it is about a hurricane. Do you believe in hurricanes in North [...]