Attention Kansas hunters!!! November is here, and we’re proud to kick off our Fuel Up For Conservation campaign! All month long, we’re teaming up with 24/7 Travel Stores in Kansas to support wildlife habitats and wild places. Every dollar donated at any 24/7 Travel Store will be matched, up to $2,000 per store—doubling your impact for conservation! While you’re in the store, don’t miss your chance to Register to Win an incredible prize package, including a YETI cooler, Pheasants Forever Life Membership, and tickets to the National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic—no purchase necessary! Can’t make it to a store? You can also donate online at pheasantsforever.org/247 to support this mission. Let’s create and restore habitats, grow public access, and inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts together. 24/7 Travel Stores #pheasantsforever #quailforever #247travelstores

Pheasant Fact Friday!💡 November is here and the first winter snows threaten. With the first real breath of winter, pheasants begin to drift toward thicker cover. If shelterbelts, wetlands, idle grass areas, and crop fields are properly located, the pheasant need not move far to find protection. Ideally these cover types should be located within 0.2 miles of each other. The farther the bird has to travel, the worse the winter habitat. In Wisconsin adult cocks need move only 0.4 miles from their breeding area to find this winter cover, while in Illinois and Michigan they need travel 2.0 and 3.0 miles, respectively. On average, if the cock moves 0.4 miles, the hen will move 0.6 miles, and young birds 1.6 miles. Where winter cover is not properly spaced, pheasants will move greater than 10 miles. Unfortunately, when winter cover is this sparse, birds must use more energy locating it. Once found though, this sparse cover is subject to over-crowding and overuse before spring. #pheasantsforever #pheasant #pheasantfactfriday

BIG NEWS‼️ Pheasants Forever is excited to announce plans for conservation efforts on 120,000 acres of working lands and wildlife habitat in Montana over the next five years. The project – Montana Grasslands and Wildlife Corridors – was recently funded at $25 million by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The RCPP funding will directly support the Montana Grasslands Initiative to impact grasslands by removing or modifying 200 miles of fence to facilitate wildlife movement, seeding 5,000 acres of grass, contracting management improvements on 10,000 acres and establishing reliable livestock water on 100,000 acres of grasslands. Additionally, partners expect to utilize land rental contracts to address barriers to grassland restorations, leverage partnerships, and keep restoration projects intact for a minimum of 10 years on 30,000 acres. Over time, these projects will provide benefits such as enhanced habitat for wildlife, increased livestock forage, improved wildlife connectivity, and carbon sequestration. Learn more at the link below. https://bit.ly/4f7F7x6

The phrase “you get what you pay for” works two ways. The G-Force Arms GF5 Filthy Pheasant is not your grandpa’s heirloom side-by-side — but it doesn’t need to be. Retailing online at just a shade under $400, you could buy damn near seven Filthy Pheasants for the cost of an average high end double gun. And in the age of endless fancy upland garb, it’s downright refreshing to run across a shotgun that a teenage kid can save up for in one summer bagging groceries down at the local Piggly Wiggly. Read the full "G-FORCE ARMS FILTHY PHEASANT REVIEW" by PF & QF senior public relations specialist Casey Sill, at the link below. https://www.pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/G-Force-Arms-Filthy-Pheasant-Review.aspx

Time is running out! Now Through November 4th - Enter to Win the Ultimate Upland Raffle! Link below! https://pheasantsforeverquailforever.uplandfundraising.org/theopenerraffle/Campaign/Details No matter where or how you celebrate this exciting time of year, there are a few inescapable truths: you need healthy populations of wildlife, quality habitat, accessible land, and the proper gear. Luckily, our Ultimate Upland Raffle can make all these things a reality! This winner-takes-all raffle could not only provide you with everything from a year’s supply of Purina Pro Plan to a $1,000 SCHEELS gift card, but your participation will help make the magic of Opening Day a reality for generations to come. Ticket packages start at as low as $20 – get yours today! This exciting and unique way to support our mission of creating more upland habitat is only available through November 4th. Residents of Alabama, California, Tennessee, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin are not eligible to purchase tickets or participate in this raffle.

PF & QF CMCO Bob St. Pierre joins the MeatEater Crew for their Live Radio Podcast halloween episode, to talk all things pheasants, quail, and conservation. Check it out at the link below! https://www.youtube.com/live/jzhzVAKNySA?si=2LjDKOSat-LkgaCc

BIG NEWS‼️ Pheasants Forever is excited to announce plans for conservation efforts on 125,000 acres of working lands and wildlife habitat in South Dakota. The project – Accelerating Prescribed Fire in South Dakota – was recently funded at $24.3 million by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Working with a myriad of partners over the next five years, the funding will be utilized to apply 50,000 acres of prescribed fire on South Dakota’s landscape, and an additional 75,000 acres of technical assistance for the state’s farming and ranching community. This investment is part of the broader effort to tackle the “green glacier” - woody encroachment of eastern redcedar - which is one of the primary threats to intact grassland ecosystems impacting upland wildlife, grazing lands, and migration corridors. Likewise, sustainability measures such as carbon sequestration will benefit from the investment in grasslands. The project will focus on intact grasslands where halting woody encroachment is most impactful. Focal areas include land along the Missouri River, James River, and White River watersheds, but the whole state is eligible for project implementation. Outcomes include 100 outreach events, working with more than 750 landowners, and developing 90 contracts. Learn more at the link below! https://bit.ly/4hnMrGz

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are thrilled to introduce Clay Newcomb – writer, filmmaker, mule-skinner, hound trainer, artist, conservationist and trad archer – as the keynote speaker and featured guest for the 2025 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic celebration dinner. Passes are now available to hear Newcomb’s message and attend the nation’s foremost upland hunting and conservation tradeshow coming to the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City on March 7-9, presented by Federal Ammunition. “We need groups like Quail Forever who are interested in habitat and conservation — not just state agencies but citizen groups,” Newcomb said. “When a resource is culturally valued it will be protected. I’m very excited to attend this year’s Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic as the keynote speaker and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Quail Forever with everyone.” Purchase admission passes now to witness Clay Newcomb’s keynote speech at the 2025 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic. Member and non-member pass options available include full weekend passes, the Friday Night Upland Rally on March 7, and the National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic Banquet Celebration Dinner featuring Clay Newcomb on Saturday evening. Click the link below to review pass options. https://bit.ly/4fq78A0 Clay Newcomb

On The Wing Podcast Ep. 289: Shotshell Ballistics and Innovation with Federal Ammunition's Dan Compton, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://bit.ly/40s0pkC Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Federal Ammunition’s Global Shotgun Shell Director Dan Compton and PF & QF’s Vice President of Corporate Partnership’s Chris Kalis for a conversation about shotshell ballistics, patterning a shotgun, and new ammunition innovations on the horizon. Episode Highlights: - Compton provides step-by-step guidance on how to pattern a shotgun with different distances, chokes, and shotshells. - The guys also discuss Federal Ammunition’s creation of Prairie Storm in 2011 and how it almost got named “Ringneck Rocket.” - Additionally, Compton reveals that Federal Ammunition will be releasing a bismuth and steel blend of Prairie Storm featuring the Pheasants Forever logo next year. - Finally, Compton explains how Quail Forever members can help get more QF shotshells on store shelves. On The Wing Podcast is proudly presented by Purina Pro Plan Federal Premium

It is hard to imagine a gamebird more resilient and resourceful than the ring-necked pheasant. It is also hard to imagine a wild creature as responsive to putting good habitat on the landscape, and to regular management, restoration and renewal of the habitat we have. That is the mission of Pheasants Forever, The Habitat Organization. Grasslands, most ideally in the form of native prairie, serve as the core of the landscape mosaic on which pheasants, and a host of other upland wildlife, thrive. These are the places where our namesake bird survives, nests, raises broods on abundant insects ... simply lives the bulk of its life. Wetlands and brush within or adjacent to these grasslands enhance their value, providing additional “heavy duty” cover for rough times: particularly in winter, but also from predator pressure. Read the entire Pheasant Habitat Essentials Guide including the section " What Pheasants Need" at the link below.

Time is running out to join or renew your Pheasants Forever membership and receive a free PF Shotgun Cleaning Kit to keep your gun running smoothly as you hit the field this season. Link below! https://www.pheasantsforever.org/fall24