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The Fort Riley Ramble-My season’s last hunt in Kansas
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Hunting Fort Riley in Kansas from left were Conner Greening, Nicholas Dombrowski, SGM Mark Dombrowski (active duty, Nicholas’s father), Tom Greening (PF member and Tom’s father), Alan Hynek, (PF member; Fort Riley Conservation Branch Chief ) and Shawn Carlson, (PF member).
Three gun dogs struck point, hard, not 10 feet before me. I pulled up my 20 ga. just before a bobwhite broke right. My first shot was behind, but the second put him down.
It was an exciting moment at the Fort Riley Army Base with the Fort Riley Pheasants Forever chapter in south central Kansas. I was also hunting last Friday with members of
Alas, the author with the last bird of the 2011-12 hunting season. Farewell, it was a good one. Let's hope 2012-13 is as good.
the Flint Hills Quail Forever chapter. Both chapters work hard to improve habitat for quail at the 100,656-acre Fort Riley Army Base, most of which is open to public hunting for a small fee.
For you history buffs, the fort was founded in 1853 and was named after Major General Bennett C. Riley, who ran interference against understandably upset Native Americans on the besieged Santa Fe Trail. The base, home to about 25,000 people on any given day, was also once home to the late General George Armstrong Custer.
Not only was the quail hunting exciting at times, but the live fire too. Yes, at one point we were directly beneath the flight path of 105mm artillery shells flying overhead. We also heard 50 cal. machine gunfire off in the distance. Of course, we were hunting far from any firing or impact zones. It was fascinating, though. I always wondered what real artillery fire sounded like. My thanks to our armed forces at Fort Riley and elsewhere, especially overseas, for their service!
As we hunted the expansive prairie and wood lots, civilian Alan Hynek, Fort Riley PF chapter leader and base conservation branch chief, explained the many things the chapter is doing to improve habitat for quail, but also for pheasants, prairie chickens, elk, deer and endangered Topeka shiners, piping plovers, least terns and much more. The chapter’s work includes controlled burns, native plant restoration, food plots, tree control, base youth hunts and much more.
Read more about this interesting adventure in coming issues of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever magazines. If you can’t wait to learn more about Kansas, attend our National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic Feb. 17-19 in Kansas City.
The Nomad is written by Mark Herwig, Editor of the Pheasants Forever Journal and Quail Forever
Journal. Email Mark at MHerwig@pheasantsforever.org.
6,526,717
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
- I’m guessing this sharp-tailed grouse and rooster pheasant were the last birds taken off this CRP land before it was plowed under.
6,526,717. That’s how many acres currently under a CRP contract are set to expire this autumn. If you thought last hunting season was tough, think about the ramifications to pheasants, quail, ducks, deer and our nation’s water quality if we lose 6.5 million acres more of critical habitat created by CRP lands. The clock to re-enroll those acres started this morning when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new CRP General Signup.
Here are the key pieces of information on the upcoming signup:
- Timing: Starting date is Monday, March 12th and it will run through Friday, April 6, 2012
- EBI: Offers for CRP contracts are ranked according to the Environmental Benefits Index (EBI). USDA’s Farm Service Agency collects data for each of the EBI factors based on the relative environmental benefits for the land offered. Each eligible offer is ranked in comparison to all other offers and selections made from that ranking. EBI rankings will use the same factors as the 2011 CRP general signup.
- No Acre Target: The USDA has said there is no current acre target for this signup, so it’s critical that all landowners with an interest in enrollment check out their options at their local USDA Service Center.
- Technical Assistance: Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Biologists are eager to assist landowners make the most competitive offers possible. Contact your local Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Biologist.
- National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic 2012: All attendees to this year’s event in Kansas City can sit down with a biologist and receive one-on-one expert advice on their CRP offer or any other federal conservation program. Stop by the Landowner Habitat Help Room at the show to learn more.
At last year’s National Pheasant Fest in Omaha, USDA Secretary addressed our attendees, “Over the past 25 years, support for CRP has grown thanks to strong backing from partners like Pheasants Forever, farmers, ranchers, conservationists, hunters, fishermen and other outdoor sports enthusiasts. Not only has CRP contributed to the national effort to improve water and air quality, it has preserved habitat for wildlife, and prevented soil erosion by protecting the most sensitive areas including those prone to flash flooding and runoff.”
If you know a landowner interested in CRP, make the call and get them informed on the new CRP General Signup. The clock on 6.5 million acres is ticking. The pheasants and quail that call those acres home are depending on us.
The D.C. Minute is written by Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever’s Vice President of Government Relations.
Pheasants in the Winter Months
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Habitat is the key for pheasants in winter and all year long.
During the coldest month of the year, January, pheasants require twice the energy they burned in October. Yet with adequate habitat, their body fat content can be at its highest in January.
Pheasant bio-energetics requires the birds have three cover types to help survive the coldest of winters. The cover types are roosting, loafing, and food cover. Winter habitat includes grass cover for roosting at night, trees and shrubs to loaf in during the day, and food.
The purpose of each is to reduce the pheasants’ vulnerability to predators, to reduce the birds’ energy requirements, and to increase the body fat content of hens for spring nesting. For each 160 acres, 5 acres should be set aside to provide each of these covers. The relationship of theses covers to each other is also important. Ideally, each cover requirement should be located next to the other, or at most, one quarter mile apart.
With the first deep snow or ice storm, people start to worry about pheasants starving. Keep in mind though, that death due to starving during inclement weather is extremely rare if they have adequate winter habitat. The importance of habitat year-round is paramount to pheasants.
The Big Spur Blog is written by Jesse Beckers, Pheasants Forever’s Regional Wildlife Biologist for North Dakota. If you have a pheasant habitat or pheasant biology question for Jesse, email him at JBeckers@pheasantsforever.org.
Celebrating The Life and Humor of Kim “Sweet Home” Price
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
(left to right) Bob St.Pierre, Howard Vincent, Kim Price and Dave Nomsen in 2008
I remember the first time I ever met Kim Price. It was at SHOT Show in 2005. Pheasants Forever was investigating the formation of Quail Forever and Kim owned Covey Rise, the nation’s only monthly publication dedicated exclusively to the bobwhite quail.
“I bet you couldn’t even hit a quail over a pointed covey,” Kim poked me. “Son, after shooting those basketball-sized pheasants all fall long, a covey of quail would eat you alive.”
It turns out Kim was right about my shooting prowess, but he grossly underestimated the survival instincts of a flushing rooster.
“B Saint P, that basketball was hummin’,” Kim giggled after a rooster flushed behind two empty barrels of his over/under a few years later on a South Dakota prairie.
Kim was a man who favored over/under shotguns, laughed easily, recognized good habitat, loved bird dogs, enjoyed writing and appreciated solid journalism; which is to say we were fast friends.
Around the marketing department, my team affectionately referred to Kim as “Sweet Home” referencing his Alabama roots, southern drawl and steadfast support for our PR efforts. As you probably heard, or inferred by now, Kim passed away last week after a lengthy battle against cancer. He was a champion for quail and for pheasants, he was the epitome of a professional, and he is a friend I will miss forever.
I conducted the following Q&A for a blog post last year. I thought it appropriate for all of you to learn a little more about my friend Kim from his own words.
Kim N. Price
Born in what town: Alexander City, Alabama
Current Town of Residence: Alexander City, Alabama
Family: Wife, Janet; Chilluns, Whitney, Matt, Chase, & Griffin
Occupation: Owner and President of Price Publications, Inc. , publishers of three weekly newspapers and Covey Rise, national quail hunting publication
Dogs: Baxter, a Boykin Spaniel and Herkimer, Collie/lab mix
Favorite place to pheasant hunt: South Dakota
Favorite place to quail hunt: Thomasville, Georgia
Favorite pheasant hunting shotgun: Beretta Lightweight 12- gauge
Favorite quail hunting shotgun: Browning Citori 28-gauge
Best pheasant hunt of your life was: My first time six years ago in Clark, South Dakota, and my last time in Kansas.
Best quail hunt of your life was: Albany, Texas at the Stasney Cook Ranch. We saw probably 60 coveys on the roads driving into the ranch, and over the next two days the dogs found about 70 coveys.
How did you first get involved with Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever? I was asked to serve on the national board to help institute Quail Forever as part of a national organization seeking to restore quail populations across the Northern Bobwhite’s landscape. I also serve as treasurer now.
What is your favorite aspect about serving on the National Board? Conservation is my life and PF/QF is truly all about conservation. Our board is made up of dedicated conservationists who give of their time to work on important conservation issues whether locally at a chapter meeting, at a quarterly national board meeting, a committee meeting or working on pushing conservation issues in Washington, D.C.
What is the single biggest challenge facing Pheasants Forever in the future?
My biggest concern not just for PF/QF, but for all conservation organizations is the loss of critical conservation programs in the 2012 Farm Bill. That one issue is the great challenge for Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever. Fortunately, PF/QF is the hands-down leader in conservation work in Washington on the Farm Bill and PF/QF has an awesome respect among the decision-makers – I know because I’ve seen it in person. It’s about habitat. The loss of sensitive brood rearing habitat and food cover areas that could get plowed under due to a lack of Farm Bill program funding could be disastrous. The Conservation Reserve Program alone helped return pheasant populations to the landscape and without CRP and other conservation-friendly programs, pheasants, quail and other upland species are in for a rough time down the road.
Times are bleak for America’s bobwhite quail. What is it going to take to turn the tide?
Habitat restoration. I know that sounds basic, but it is. States with on-the-ground programs are making a difference using federal and state programs available to landowners. That is key. Since the 1980s bobwhite quail have lost much of their reproductive and successional habitat. Farming practices changed, timber practices changed and fire was removed from the habitat for too long. That closed the timber canopy – ever heard of Kudzu – and quail had no place to live under the tall Southern pine forests. Predators began dominating the shadows and populations started declining in the 70s. By the 1980s, some states, like my own Alabama, had seen as much as 80 percent to 90 percent loss of bobwhite populations. That is significant. Quail Forever’s goal is to get as many on-the-ground chapters working with as many individual landowners on a contiguous basis to promulgate quail restoration. Along with state wildlife quail biologists – many who serve on the National Bobwhite Technical Committee – and federal agencies like the Farm Service Agency, we can work together to make this happen. In a perfect world, the “Deep South” would have just as many Farm Bill biologists helping landowners plan, plant and burn so the landscape benefits Mr. Bob. I asked FSA Administrator Jonathan Coppess at the recent Pheasant Fest in Omaha if it is possible for states and FSA to team up with QF chapters to get these Farm Bill biologists on the ground. He said he would work to help us notify his state managers in the south. That cooperation is what it will take because it represents the biggest opportunity for faster landscape change. Then, we will see bobwhite populations return. They may never get back to the 1960s, but they’ll be back to a point you can go on the back porch and hear that ole man whistle again.
I’ll miss you Sweet Home. I’ll rejoin you down the road for a hunt, so remember to leave a few birds in those coveys for seed.
The Pointer is written by Bob St.Pierre, Quail Forever’s Vice President of Marketing. Follow Bob on Twitter @BobStPierre.
PF Receives Two SportDOG Conservation Fund Grants
Friday, January 6th, 2012
SportDOG, a Pheasants Forever National Sponsor, supports conservation with its annual grants program.
SportDOG has named a pair of Pheasants Forever projects as grant recipients in its annual SportDOG Brand Conservation Fund® program.
- $5,000 conservation grant – Funds will be used toward the purchase of a no-till native grass drill for creating and enhancing wildlife habitat within the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota.
- $,1000 youth grant – The Marion County (Iowa) Pheasants Forever chapter will use its grant to help fund activities that educate youth on the importance of building habitat and the importance of conservation.
SportDOG Brand created its Conservation Fund program in 2007, and introduced the annual grant program in 2008.
“It’s rewarding to see this program continue to grow,” said Lance Tracy, SportDOG Brand VP. “Each year has seen an increase in the number of applicants for these grants. We believe it’s important for us to continue giving something back to the conservation initiatives our employees and customers care about.”
Pheasants Forever chapters or members with a wildlife habitat project or program in need of support are encouraged to apply for one of four $5,000 conservation grants or one $1,000 youth grant that SportDOG will award in 2013. Applications must be submitted by October 1st, 2012. For more information about the grant application process, click here.
Field Notes are written and compiled by Anthony Hauck Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.org and follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauckPF.
Iowa’s Three Rivers PF Chapter Keeps Hope Alive
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Humorist Mark Twain once said, “the news of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” Well, after a visit with the Three Rivers Pheasants Forever Chapter in far northwest Iowa’s Lyon County, news of the total demise of pheasant hunting in the Hawkeye State is equally exaggerated. Iowa pheasant hunting has taken a beating of late, and it certainly isn’t what it used to be, but you can still bag a limit in places, which several of us did last week.
Here in Minnesota (I work at PF’s national office in the Twin Cities), hunting late season in Iowa used to be as big a tradition as the Vikings losing the Super Bowl. Iowa’s pheasant season once extended well after Minnesota’s closed. Since those days, however, Iowa pheasant habitat and hunting has generally declined in most areas – like many other states.
Northwest Iowa’s Three Rivers Chapter has worked hard to preserve quality habitat and they’ve still got quality pheasant hunting because of it. Here is some of the chapter gents after a hunt last week with Pheasants Forever Journal Editor Herwig. Kneeling from left are Larry Wibben, Dustin Timmerman and Craig Van Otterloo; standing from left are Sean Grotewold, Tim Dammann and Jeff Schram.
But, let’s not dwell on the negative just now. Rather, I’d like to report the folks at the Three Rivers chapter have worked hard to improve their public lands and the birds have survived. We hit only one public site where we saw no roosters, but there were hens. We probably bagged half our 11 birds on public land and the other half at two private sites. We missed some birds and saw more roosters flushing long along with numerous hens.
Our hunting conditions were great: a few inches of snow to tamp down the grasses, but not enough to bog down your feet; temps in the 20s so both hunters and dogs could walk long and hard and remain comfortable; and the habitat was great…diverse and tall in places for the birds to hide and stay warm, while other areas were more open for easier walking. It
was also great to see beaver sign along the creeks, deer, Hun tracks, short-eared owls, bald eagles and many fur-bearer sign.
We also hunted through a unique and thriving oak and walnut planting done by agency partners with chapter help to benefit deer, turkey, waterfowl and non-game species alike. I can see why this chapter is successful. At a get-acquainted dinner the night before our hunt, 25 folks showed up to meet the PF editor. This chapter is organized and motivated. Thanks to Pheasants Forever’s Western Iowa Regional Representative, John Linquist, for arranging my visit with the Three Rivers Chapter.
Lastly, I visited an impressive and growing project taking place on either side of the northwest Iowa-South Dakota border where about 700 acres have been protected so far. The interesting thing is both states are pushing for the area, which includes a very large and ancient native American site, to be expanded and protected as either a national monument or park. Thanks to Craig Van Otterloo, chapter habitat chair and Lyon County Conservation Board director, for giving me a tour. Stay tuned to Pheasants Forever Journal next year for more details on this exciting project.
The Nomad is written by Mark Herwig, Editor of the Pheasants Forever Journal and
Quail Forever Journal. Email Mark at MHerwig@pheasantsforever.org.
A PF Supporter Hunts Chukar in their Native Land – Turkey
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
This chukar was bagged in its native land of Turkey by PF enthusiast Mehmet Ekizoglu.
In 2008, Turkish citizen Mehmet Ekizoglu traveled to Illinois to visit the Champaign County Chapter of Pheasants Forever and learn about how they do upland bird habitat conservation. I did a story on Mehmet’s visit in PF’s Fall Preview 2008 issue. Since then, Mehmet and I have stayed in touch via email. This week Mehmet emailed (Turkish time is 8 hours later than Central Time) me some photos from a chukar hunt he did the other day in Cankiri county in the Central Anatolia portion of Turkey. Unlike the United States, the chukar is native from Israel and Turkey through Afghanistan to India and along the inner ranges of the Western Himalayas to Nepal. I’ve hunted chukar in Utah, and was thrilled to hear about a hunt in this very challenging bird’s native land. You can see from the landscape photo that Turkish chukars live in the same dry short grass, high country habitat they inhabit here in the states. From here, I’ll let Mehmet tell the story. You can tell from several comments that he is a caring wildlife conservationist:
“Our hunt was in very rugged and beautiful country. The Hungarian partridge is under protection in this area, so we didn’t shoot them. I killed chukars and did fairly well in shooting. I used a Beretta 12-gauge semi-auto.
At the end of the day, I was fully covered with the seeds of native herbs, flowers and thorns all over my clothing. I didn’t clean myself until I get to a (bare soil) roadside and there I left the most of those seeds. I guess I was a good transfer agent for those native wild flowers.
This chukar country in the bird's native Turkey isn't all that different than where the bird is found in the American west.
I hunted with an elderly friend who owns a shotgun shell company here. He can’t walk very much, but I tried to flush the birds for him. We didn’t use bird dogs this time. I tried to guess the whereabouts of chukars. The birds were in good shape, which means that there was little hunting pressure. Dressing the killed birds, I found out that they’d eaten the crops from the neighboring wheat fields and native grass seeds. Chukar is one of the wild birds that can adapt to farming. The bird still needs a place for nesting and cover, though.
I prepared the meat in the evening. I sauteed the vegetables first and roasted the chukar. I then put them altogether in a heated oven and waited for the meat to get brown. I served the birds with rice on a plate with bread and an olive oil dip.”
I’d love to hunt with Mehmet someday in Turkey. Who knows, perhaps someday he’ll start and chapter there and I can go! Thanks Mehmet for a great story and photos.
The Nomad is written by Mark Herwig, Editor of the Pheasants Forever Journal and Quail Forever Journal. Email Mark at MHerwig@pheasantsforever.org.
A Royal Flush …of the Rooster Kind
Monday, November 21st, 2011
I’ve enjoyed what I call a “Royal Flush” three times in my life, the most recent being with the Antelope Valley Pheasants Forever Chapter in western Nebraska last Friday.
I define a Royal Flush as bagging three wild, fair chase roosters without moving your feet. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it is one of the biggest thrills in the pheasant hunting world.
My last Royal Flush happened on a piece of CRP habitat managed by the chapter near Oshkosh. It was sunny, 60-degrees and a decent wind was blowing in from our right – not ideal for the dogs. We were pushing the field and had flushed a single rooster about halfway. I didn’t shoot since the bird flew low near a dog.
Thanks to the hard work of these Antelope Valley PF Chapter members, from left Youth Coordinator Larry Schwartzkopf, Treasurer Terry McCord and Habitat Chair Dave Cook, we had a great hunt near Oshkosh, Nebraska.
As we continued, several dogs, including my springer, Hunter, were tacking toward the far right corner. It held thick, high grass next to a similarly dense shelterbelt of tall cedars – not something roosters like to fly into. I knew this looked good and was ready. I was not disappointed. Field ends often provide hot action, but usually not like this.
As we got within about 20 yards of the belt, the birds started to flush in rapid succession. About 10 birds broke, mostly roosters, literally at my feet, with some a few yards out. First, I dropped one to my left, then a bit right of center and then straight away behind me! One, two, three….a Nebraska limit in about 10 seconds. Wow, what a thrill.
My first Royal Flush happened about 12 years ago when my hunting buddies pushed a sorghum strip to me as I posted – perhaps not a true Royal, but close. The second Royal occurred when my late springer, Wolf, led me to a similar flock in another CRP field in 2002.
Have you ever scored a rooster Royal Flush? If so, when and where and how long did it take for your heart rate to slow? What are your other incredible rooster shooting memories?
The Nomad is written by Mark Herwig, Editor of the Pheasants Forever Journal and Quail Forever Journal. Email Mark at MHerwig@pheasantsforever.org.
Pheasants Forever Projects on Rooster Road Trip 2011
Friday, November 18th, 2011
We’ve been able to put rooster in our game bags in all five states on Pheasants Forever’s Rooster Road Trip 2011, hunting only public land in a year when pheasant numbers are down dramatically. Not coincidentally, these gamebirds came off lands that were either initially purchased by Pheasants Forever or had help from Pheasants Forever upland habitat improvement projects.
Anthony Hauck, PF's Online Editor, left, and Ryan Diener, PF Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist with a Kansas WIHA rooster.
Kansas
Just northeast of Oberlin, Kansas, is a property that was cropped as recently as a decade ago. The local Sunflower Pheasants Forever chapter won the lease agreement, and planted native warm season grasses, as well as some food plots and small trees and shrubs. The area has been enrolled in the Kansas Walk-In Hunting Area (WIHA) program (#149), and management will continue with summer prescribed burning and native grass restoration.
Nebraska
The goal of the state’s CRP-Management Access Program (CRP-MAP) is to improve upland habitat and provide public access for walk-in hunting. CRP-MAP is funded jointly by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission from Nebraska Habitat Stamp funds and grants from Pheasants Forever chapters across the state. The program is being restructured and transitioned into the Open Fields and Waters program.
Local PF chapter contributions have helped upland habitat at Iowa's Schnepf Wildlife Management Area.
Iowa
The Venenga Wildlife Area near Little Rock in Lyon County was actually the first donated property Pheasants Forever ever received in Iowa, and is open to public hunting. The Schnepf and Swalve Wildlife Management Areas near Ocheyedan have Blizzard Buster food and winter cover plots contributed by the Osceola Pheasants Forever chapter.
South Dakota
More than 50,000 acres are already enrolled in South Dakota’s new Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in the James River Valley. Private landowners have signed a lease agreement to protect habitat and open the areas to public hunting. Every CREP contract has been worked on by a Pheasants Forever Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist, thanks to “The Habitat Organization’s” unique partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Minnesota
Eight Minnesota Pheasants Forever chapters, plus individual and corporate donations through Pheasants Forever’s Build a Wildlife Area program, helped purchase the Roger M. Holmes Wildlife Management Area in Douglas County. The 1,017 acre unit features grasslands, wetlands and timber that provide habitat for pheasants, wild turkeys, waterfowl and many nongame species.
As seen on just the 5-day Rooster Road Trip 2011, Pheasants Forever continues to be the driving force for upland conservation. Thanks for your support of Pheasants Forever and wildlife habitat conservation, and if you’re not yet a Pheasants Forever member, consider joining PF today.
Follow Pheasants Forever’s Rooster Road Trip 2011 at www.RoosterRoadTrip.org, on Facebook , YouTube, and Twitter (#rrt11).
Anthony’s Antics Afield is written by Anthony Hauck, Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.org and follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauck.
Minnesota Preview – Day 5 of the Rooster Road Trip
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Friday, November 18th – Minnesota
Pheasants Forever’s Rooster Road Trip 2011 concludes today in Minnesota. It’s the 35th day of Minnesota’s pheasant hunting season, and we’ll be hunting in the west central part of the state, including Stearns and Douglas Counties.
Shooting Hours: 9AM to Sunset
Daily Limits: 2 rooster pheasants per day / 6 in possession (changes to 3 and 9, respectively, on December 1 through the remainder of the season)
Minnesota PF chapters, like the Wright County PF group, have been actively in public land purchases for almost three decades.
Public Hunting Land
Minnesota Pheasants Forever chapters have put a premium on purchasing lands for permanent public protection, and the Rooster Road Trip will be checking a few of these out. Last year alone, Pheasants Forever in Minnesota participated in 14 land acquisitions totaling 1,312 acres (all land acquisitions are accomplished in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and/or the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and opened to the public for hunting and outdoor recreation), and the organization expects to eclipse that mark in 2011.
Nonresident Licensing
Minnesota’s nonresident small game license is $84.50 and is good for the entire season. Residents age 18-64, and all non-resident hunters, must have a Minnesota Pheasant Stamp validation. The $7.50 pheasant stamp – Pheasants Forever’s first organization goal which came to fruition – is required of all Minnesota pheasant hunters. Since 1983, stamp sales have generated more than $15.5 million for habitat enhancement efforts on both public and private lands in the pheasant range of Minnesota.
Pheasants Forever’s Impact in Minnesota
Pheasants Forever Chapters: 77
Pheasants Forever Members: This will be today’s Pheasants Forever trivia question on Facebook
Quail Forever Members: 103
Habitat projects completed by Pheasants Forever in Minnesota: 24,277 wildlife habitat projects
Total habitat acres improved by Pheasants Forever in Minnesota: 214,812 acres
My Minnesota Memories
Born and raised in Minnesota, this is where the bulk of my pheasant hunting has taken place. I bagged my first rooster here, and hope decades from now to bag my last one here too (not that I’m in a rush). This won’t happen for me or other hunters from my generation without the continued support of Pheasants Forever.
Follow Pheasants Forever’s Rooster Road Trip 2011 at www.RoosterRoadTrip.org, on Facebook , YouTube, and Twitter (#rrt11).
Anthony’s Antics Afield is written by Anthony Hauck, Pheasants Forever’s Online Editor. Email Anthony at AHauck@pheasantsforever.org and follow him on Twitter @AnthonyHauck.
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