The cover for Quail Forever’s 20th Anniversary Issue is so cool we just had to share it! See the story behind this wonderful art too! Many of us PF members also hunt quail, or want to. Consider a Quail Forever Membership at link below now to support The Other Upland Tribe ... and get on the list for this keepsake QF Journal Issue. In the end, we are all One for The Habitat Mission, wild places and public access. -Tom “Carp” Carpenter, PF Editor https://www.quailforever.org/SpecialPages/Special-Memberships/2024-Annual-Appeal/2024-Annual-Membership-Appeal.aspx

📸’s from Rooster Road Trip Ep. 3: Mixed Bags & Cover | 2024 Public Land North Dakota Upland Hunt. Check out the full photo gallery and watch Episode 3 at the link below! Roosterroadtrip.org The third episode of this year’s Rooster Road Trip highlighted two days of hunting two completely different regions of North Dakota while linking up two folks who have personal and professional stake in the game. First up, we hit the fields with Cayla Bendel north of Bismark. Cayla used to work for Pheasants Forever and now the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is lucky enough to have her as their R3 Coordinator. As an avid outdoorswoman and mother who loves hunting and fishing; the recruitment, retention, and reactivation of hunters, and what they represent for the future of conservation, is near and dear to her heart. After battling high winds all day, we considered ourselves lucky to secure a mixed bag consisting of a lone sharptail and some pheasants. Saying goodbye to Cayla and western North Dakota wasn’t easy, but we knew we had to hop in the trucks and log some major miles due east. What was destination? The Red River Valley. The next day started bright and early with Seth Owens. Seth is Pheasants Forever’s North Dakota Education and Outreach Coordinator and a certified grouse enthusiast. If there’s anything he loves more than hunting, it’s introducing people to this unique area and the birds that call it home. Mentoring a new hunter is something we should all aspire to do. After all, hunters are the visionaries behind the United States’ conservation movement and public land system and should always be at the table to help define the future of both. This is why educating, engaging, and expanding the upland conservation community is one of the four strategic priorities that drive our work every day. A huge thanks to our Rooster Road Trip sponsors: Federal Premium, SoundGear, Irish Setter Boots, Garmin Fish & Hunt, YETI, Orvis, Ruff Land Performance Kennels, Browning

Pheasant Fact Friday!💡 Winter nights are a freezing 15 hours long, and it is certain the pheasant will be ravenous by breakfast time. The 10 grams of food in its crop at bedtime passed through the crop in four to five hours. When the crop is empty, the pheasant still has 10 hours of darkness until breakfast. During these long nights, the availability of roosting habitat is extremely important to the pheasant. This habitat is the idle grasslands or wetlands cover where birds spend their nights. The quality (thickness and height) of this habitat determines how much energy the birds need to stay warm ... in the same way that the quality of your windows and insulation determines how many cords of wood you will need to stay warm. Without good roosting cover in which to spend their winter nights, the birds must use more fat to survive until breakfast. A couple weeks of cold, 15-hour nights without roosting will kill all pheasants. #pheasantsforever #pheasants #pheasantfactfriday

Be cozy and create wildlife habitat this holiday season. Donate to Pheasants Forever today and get your Sherpa Fleece Pullover. Your gift will ensure healthy habitat and abundant populations of wild pheasants remain on the landscape forever! Act by Dec. 17 to get your Pheasants Forever Sherpa Fleece Pullover in time for the holidays. Link below! https://www.pheasantsforever.org/sherpa

On The Wing Podcast Ep. 293: New Hunters and New Horizons, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Rooster-Road-Trip/Podcast-Ep-293-New-Hunters-and-New-Horizons.aspx This is the third episode of Pheasants Forever’s 15th annual Rooster Road Trip. Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by PF’s Vice President of Marketing Andrew Vavra, PF’s North Dakota Education and Outreach Coordinator Seth Owens, and PF’s Video Production Coordinator Aaron Black-Schmidt to recap the conclusion of the group’s hunt in the Bismarck area and the start of the hunt in the greater Grand Forks region. Episode Highlights: - Vavra provides the play-by-play to the group’s very “birdy” third day of hunting with North Dakota Game & Fish Department’s R3 Coordinator Cayla Bendel. Although there were lots of roosters in the air, Vavra hangs the “missed opportunities” banner over the day following some lackluster group marksmanship. - Owens grabs the R3 baton from Bendel on the fourth day to talk about his effort to pass along the state’s hunting heritage through education events and his stunning photography. Check out Owens’ photography and videography talents on Instagram at @stuff.seth.sees. - Find the companion video accompanying this podcast episode at RoosterRoadTrip.org. While there, enter to win a Browning Citori 825 shotgun and join/renew/extend your Pheasants Forever or Quail Forever membership featuring the new Browning Bird & Buck knife. The On The Wing Podcast is fueled by Purina Pro Plan Shoutout to our Rooster Road Trip Sponsors: Garmin Fish & Hunt, YETI, Federal Premium, Irish Setter Boots, SoundGear, Browning, Orvis, Ruff Land Performance Kennels

During the holiday season, we’re reminded of all we have to be thankful for. As part of the upland community, you understand the importance of our work, what it delivers, and the void that would exist without it. We need more acres of grassland, more birds in the air, and more hunters in the field. From all of us at Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever, and on behalf of the uplands, a heartfelt “Thank You.” None of the work we do is possible without our passionate members, supporters, and partners. Thank you for your commitment. Thank you for your generosity. The uplands are a better place, and have a brighter future, because of you. During this season of giving, we humbly ask you to consider the uplands—what it gives you and what it provides us all. Learn more below on our various ways to give. Happy Holidays! https://www.pheasantsforever.org/waystogive

WATCH NOW‼️ Rooster Road Trip XV Ep. 3 | Mixed Bags & Cover | 2024 Public Land North Dakota Upland Hunt. Link Below! https://youtu.be/8tLFzxpwCR0 The third episode of this year’s Rooster Road Trip highlights two days of hunting wild, publicly accessible pheasants and sharptails in two completely different regions of North Dakota while linking up with two folks who have personal and professional stake in the future of upland habitat conservation. Hunters are the visionaries behind the United States’ conservation movement and public land system and should always be at the table to help define the future of both. This is why educating, engaging, and expanding the upland conservation community is one of the four strategic priorities driving our mission every day. Watch Episode Three of Rooster Road Trip’s journey across North Dakota to see what we, and our bird dogs, discovered today! A huge thank you to our Rooster Road Trip Sponsors: Federal Premium, Garmin Fish & Hunt, Ruff Land Performance Kennels, YETI, Irish Setter Boots, Browning, SoundGear, Orvis

🌟 Hard to beat these deals (especially when 100% of proceeds go toward our conservation mission!) From November 27th - December 2nd, 4 of our overstocked food plot mixes will be available at a discounted price! A perfect time to try a new mix or purchase your go-to mixes! Discounted food plot options are to be planted in either spring/summer or fall depending on the mix! Follow the link below to our seed store to find out more! 🌟 And prices include shipping!! https://www.pfhabitatstore.com/store/items/FP/

Join, renew, or upgrade your membership and be automatically entered to win a Browning Citron 825 Field over & under! Claim your Bird & Buck Knife Set via the special Rooster Road Trip Membership offers below and you'll automatically be entered to win the same Browning Citori 825 shotgun used during the trip! Link below! Roosterroadtrip.org

Time is running out! Till the end of November, when you stop in at any of the ten 24/7 Travel Stores across Kansas, you can make a donation to Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, and each store will match that donation, up to a total of $2,000. That adds up to $4,000 per store, and as much as $40,000 in all for PF & QF initiatives in The Sunflower State. If you're not in Kansas, you can still donate by heading to pheasantsforever.org/247 Your $1 becomes $2. Your $5 becomes $10. Your $10 becomes $20. It’s simple: Go inside after you fuel up your vehicle for the hunt, stock up on your other needs, and support the habitat mission by making a donation at the cash register. Fuel the hunt, fuel conservation! 24/7 Travel Stores

Rooster Road Trip Ep. 3: Mixed Bags and Cover, drops tomorrow at 5pm CST. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be the first to catch all the action, and if you haven't watched the Episode 1 and 2 yet, get caught up while you're there. Link below! https://www.youtube.com/@PheasantsForever Thanks to our Rooster Road Trip sponsors: Orvis, SoundGear, Browning, Federal Premium, YETI, Ruff Land Performance Kennels, Garmin Fish & Hunt, Irish Setter Boots