Late is Great for No-Rush Roosters

 An Article by Dennis Foster Appearing in MidWest Outdoors There is no need to get in a figurative and then an actual sweat out here in the real world of pheasant hunting. In particular, South Dakota has plenty of birds to go around. Shouting hours start at 10 a.m.,...

Fashionably Late Pheasant Hunting

Late doesn’t mean late to the party. If anything, it means the party has just begun. A holiday, for the birds, as the hordes of hunters have largely packed in for the year. Leaving what amounts to the cagiest birds of the lot, the survivors, to start settling in...

Hunt Pheasants Like a Predator

As a pheasant hunting guide, it’s been my experience that too many pheasant hunters underestimate how difficult it can be to achieve success in the field. In short, far too many hunters expect to find, flush and kill pheasants every time they step into a field. No...

Wild Pheasants

Close the gap on a limit of ringnecks with these tips and put more roosters in your vest. Generally speaking, most pheasant hunters know and follow the hunting basics such as working into the wind, trusting the dog’s nose and only shooting the pretty, colorful...

Tune Up for your Trip

Here in South Dakota, our bird numbers are bouncing back, but that does not necessarily mean easy pickins for hunters. Unless you frequent preserves or commercial operations that release tame, pen-raised pheasants — birds I jokingly refer to as colorful chickens — you...