National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic 2023 tickets are available now, and make a great holiday gift for the upland enthusiast in your life! Head to the link below to get yours today! https://pfqf.myeventscenter.com/event/2023-Fest-67774 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic 2023, presented by Federal Premium, is back in Minneapolis and promises to be an event you won't want to miss! The nation’s largest upland tradeshow and convention has something for everyone including hunters, landowners, and bird dog enthusiasts. Coming attractions for 2023 include a Upland Film Festival, Public Lands Pavilion, Path to the Uplands Stage, Habitat Stage, Bird Dog Stage, and more than 400 unique vendors featuring outfitters, gear, food, and so much more!

Give the Gift of habitat this holiday season, "Habitat and Harmony!" Pheasants Forever and Trampled by Turtles have teamed up to offer fans a special Trampled by pheasants membership t-shirt. Head to the link below to join or renew your membership to claim your free shirt today! https://pheasantsforever.org/trampled

People always talk about quality over quantity, but why not have both? Protecting natural habitat in perpetuity and increasing public land access are vital aspects of modern conservation, but the job’s not done once the land has been protected. You could preserve a gazillion acres, but it won’t do anyone (or anything) much good if it’s nothing but a sea of brome grass. True conservation lies in improving these acres after they’ve been conserved — raising the quality to match the quantity. Read "MAINTAINING PUBLIC LANDS QUALITY AND QUANTITY: WHY HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS LAND ACQUISITION" at the link below. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Maintaining-Public-Lands-Quality-and-Quantity.aspx

COMMON SENSE IN THE COLD: DVM JAY BREKKE ON TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR BIRD DOG ON LATE-SEASON HUNTS. Read the full article at the link below. Topics discussed include: - HOW COLD IS TOO COLD TO BE OUT WITH MY BIRD DOG? - WHAT ARE THE SIGNS MY DOG IS HEADING TOWARD, OR HAS, HYPOTHERMIA? - WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO WARM MY DOG UP? - HOW CAN I PROTECT MY DOG’S PAWS?

The 7th annual Winston M Toomey VFW Post 8530 Purple Heart Pheasant Hunt took place in mid November near Gettysburg, South Dakota. This year 50 applicants sent in their credentials for selection. Post 8530 runs an ad in the VFW national magazine in July, to allow potential hunters the time to gather their application information, which consists simply of honorable discharge paperwork and a purple heart citation. This year the recipients were Steven Holden, U.S. Army Retired, from Schertz, Texas, Ruperto Cruz, U.S. Army Retired, from San Antonio, Texas, Tim Auxier, U.S. Army, from Dupont, Ind., Norman Roland, U.S. Army, from Revenna, Nebr. and David Call, U.S. Marines, from Wheatland, Wyoming. Also in attendance were Lynn Rolf, national director of programs for the VFW and, Sr Vice Commander Duane Sarmiento, who will be the next national VFW chief. Read the full story at the link below.

As Congress works to finalize an omnibus bill to avert a government shutdown, we urge our Congressional leaders to include the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) in the final bill language. If passed, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide states with critically important funding to restore essential habitat and implement state-specific conservation strategies for a wide range of wildlife species, especially ones at risk of population crashes, including bobwhite quail, lesser prairie chickens, and sage grouse. Recovering America’s Wildlife Act has the support of state natural resource agencies and our nation’s foremost conservation groups. RAWA is a long-standing PF & QF priority. Congress, it’s time for this legislation to reach the ground in the form of habitat. #Pheasantsforever #quailforever #RAWA #RecoveringAmericaWildlifeAct

WOMAN ON THE LAND: THE RESTORATION OF POHICK FARM. To read the full story head to the link below. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Women-on-the-Land.aspx Pohick Farm catches you a bit by surprise. Anchored in the classic rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont, you first think, as you turn onto Carrington Road, that a rough patch of forest with an open field and stream is all she is. But then the road carries you down and over a small bridge, wrapping around a hill so steep that the fencing looks like the tracks of a roller coaster, and you see the farm pop open into green sloping pasture. The new fenceline, from a recent John Marshall Soil & Water Conservation District (JMSWCD) project, sweeps upwards to line the forest edge, and the cows appear as happy as cows would. But the land is a different story. Story by Celia Vuocolo, Photos by Hugh Kenny, The Piedmont Environmental Council

On The Wing Podcast EP. 194: Mountain Quail and Social Media Strategy with Nate Akey, is live! Head to the link below to listen now. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Podcast-Ep-194-Mountain-Quail-and-Social-Media-Strategy-with-Nate-Akey.aspx Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Nate Akey, PF & QF’s first-ever employee to hold the title of “Social Media Strategist” for a discussion about his new job and his relatively newfound passion for mountain quail. Episode Highlights: • Holding a master’s degree in aquatic biology, Nate tells his compelling story about how a love for photographing his bird dog changed the trajectory of his career. • Nate also talks about his move from Michigan to Oregon and what he’s learned about mountain quail habitat, hunting, and cooking along the journey. • The guys finish up with a lightning round conversation about strengths, weaknesses, and audiences currently following Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

THE LEGACY: GRANDPAS, GRANDSONS AND GOLDEN MEMORIES By Dr. James Johnson. "We had anxiously waited for October 24 as if it were Christmas Day and we were all eight years old. Finally, the day arrived. We met at a local diner for breakfast with George and the rest of the hunting party, about 16 in all. We took our seats at the long table as strangers but quickly became friends. Hunting does that: At the end of the three-day hunt we left as family." To read the full story head to the link below.

Snow is your best friend. There are two pheasant openers. That’s the legal calendar date and the first snow day. Snow makes it incredibly easy to find roosters, especially young of the year birds. Not only does it confuse the birds, causing them to sit tighter, it eliminates cover for them. This pushes them to find denser cover and warm thermal areas. To learn more tips to help you find late season roosters by our friend Keng Yang, head to the link below.

Don't delay, and purchase with a purpose this holiday season! Grab this limited run Orvis X Pheasants Forever t-shirt, where proceeds from the sale support Pheasants Forever Call of the Uplands Campaign. https://www.orvis.com/artist-tee/3F8L-Family.html

The response to our exclusive Life Member offer that includes not only a lifetime of benefits, but also a FREE YETI Hopper Flip 18 Cooler, has been tremendous! Thanks to all of you who have answered the call, but for those still on the fence, make sure to take advantage of this limited-time opportunity before it’s gone! Taking your membership to the next level allows Pheasants Forever to create, restore, and permanently protect more wildlife habitat, while preserving the legacy of our hunting and conservation heritage. Head to the link below to become a PF Life Member today. https://pheasantsforever.org/SpecialPages/Special-Memberships/Life-Membership.aspx