High-flying birds during a Hidden Lakes Hunting Resort tower pheasant shoot means hunters have to extend their lead to bring birds down. (Hidden Lakes/Courtesy) YANTIS — “Here they come,” Cord Burnett ...

A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...

Rooster! Wild Ringnecked Pheasants were not present on the first Thanksgiving Day table. Nor were they on the menu for anyone in North America returning home after the Civil War.

Distinctive colours and patterns play a significant role in the courtship of certain birds, helping them blend in with their ...

The latest outbreak of the bird flu has caused the Pennsylvania Game Commission to release some of its winter pheasants earlier than planned and about 4,000 other birds will be kept for potential ...

Hunting pheasants this time of year can be an exercise in futility. And it definitely is an exercise in exercise. Miles walked for each bird bagged goes up exponentially as we race toward the end of ...

The thing about old hunting friends is that despite politics, religion, economic status, team or school affiliations or any ...

KEWANEE, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced a reduction in permits for controlled pheasant hunting in several parts of northern Illinois. The reduction comes after a ...