NEXT GENERATION OF FOREVER: MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL HABITAT AND COMMUNITY Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever chapter volunteers are the backbone of our organizations. They represent our boots on the ground, the pointy end of the spear, and provide the energy and passion that make our grassroots model and overall mission of upland habitat conservation thrive. That’s why we’re humbled and proud to share “The Next Generation of Forever.” Leading up to National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic in Minneapolis Feb. 17th-19th, we’ll be celebrating select up-and-coming young volunteers from throughout the country who truly represent the future of our organizations. They have not only taken the ceremonial torch, but reignited the flame and are sprinting forward with it. So please join us in honoring and acknowledging all those at the link below.

Today is the last chance to be entered to win a Browning Citori 725 Shotgun, like the ones used on Rooster Road Trip XIII! For a limited time when you become a member of Pheasants Forever or renew your membership, you will receive a PF Browning Heritage Knife, and be entered to win a Browning Citori 725 Shotgun. Head to the link below to become a member today. https://pheasantsforever.org/Rooster-Road-Trip.aspx

Donate to Pheasants Forever and have confidence your contributions are making a difference on the ground for wildlife and our upland hunting heritage. At this time, Pheasants Forever is engaged in our most ambitious initiative ever: The Call of the Uplands campaign. Through this $500 million effort - which your donation supports - we set a goal of protecting and restoring nine million acres of upland habitat over a period of five years. We’re now raising that habitat goal to 10 million acres! Help us meet this goal by donating today at the link below. With a gift of $55 or more using the link below, you’ll receive a Pheasants Forever Heavyweight Hoodie as our thanks to you. But most importantly, you’ll help us realize our biggest upland habitat goal to date. https://pheasantsforever.org/hoodie

CALLING ALL BIRD DOGS!!! Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are happy to announce the Bird Dog Parade will once again be kicking-off the 2023 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic this year. The annual event will take place on Friday, February 17 at 11 a.m. in the Minneapolis Convention Center. The parade is the grand opening of the nation’s largest upland hunting event, and displays the incredible diversity of sporting dog breeds. In past years the parade has had over 100 dogs participate, representing nearly 40 different breeds. Presented by Purina Pro Plan and South Dakota Tourism, the bird dog parade pays tribute to our beloved friends and hunting companions, without whom so much of the upland tradition would be lost. Registration is now open at the link below. We hope to see you and your bird dog there! https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Bird-Dog-Parade-To-Kick-Start-Pheasant-Fest-2023.aspx

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks to help create new Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) acres in the Big Sioux River Watershed along the state’s eastern border. The Big Sioux River Watershed CREP initiative hopes to create 25,000 acres of permanent vegetative cover by opening 250, 40-acre blocks of land to public hunting — with the end goal of producing an additional 71,250 pheasants and 15,000 ducks annually. To read the full story on the future of the new CREP in the Big Sioux River Watershed, head to the link below. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Pheasants-Forever-to-Assist-SD-Game,-Fish-and-Parks-and-USDA-to-Expand-CREP-in-South-Dakota.aspx 📸: Logan Hinners

When you become a Life Member, you will receive a lifetime of bene­fits. But even more importantly, you will make a lifetime of impact. 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. As a thank you for your support, we’re sharing a special, limited-time offer: upgrade to a Life Membership, and you will get an exclusive Pheasants Forever Life Member YETI Hopper Flip 18 Cooler. Head to the link to become a Life Member today. https://pheasantsforever.org/SpecialPages/Special-Memberships/Life-Membership.aspx

Winter 2022 Pheasants Forever Journal cover reveal! Read the full story on this issues cover, along with what stories you'll find inside at the link below. Be sure to join or renew by December 9th to ensure you get a copy. https://pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Pheasants-Forever/Winter-Journal-Honors-the-Hunt,-the-Habitat-and-the-Bird.aspx Ring-necked pheasants make their living at intersections. Intersections of habitat — prairie and grain, grass and cattails, brush and wetland. Intersections of biology and behavior —nest to egg to hatchling, insect-eating chick to seed-gleaning adult, innocent bystander to wary warrior. And intersections of seasons — the relief of spring to fulsome summer, and the bounty of fall to the stark realities of winter. Lon Lauber captured our cover bird, a celebration of such intersections and of the habitat mission, on a frosty-white winter day. And as that picture celebrates key intersections for the birds, so this entire issue does the same for the hunter, habitat manager, heritage mentor and PF member. - PF Journal Editor Tom Carpenter If your membership is current, expect to see your magazine in a couple weeks. If your membership isn’t current, or you want join Pheasants Forever, do so by December 9 to make sure you get on the list to receive the Winter Issue of "The Journal of Upland Conservation."

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s unique grassroots model is powered by incredible members who want to vastly improve our upland landscapes. To put it simply, more members equal a louder voice ringing through the halls of Washington D.C., more acres of habitat, more birds, and more public lands for all of us to enjoy. Members built, and continue to maintain, the engine driving our habitat successes. One of the most impactful ways to keep this engine fueled is through an investment in our future by annual giving. From habitat restoration and permanent protection, to launching programs that involve hunter conservationists of all ages in our work, to pushing for policies that empower and incentivize more farmers, ranchers, and landowners to protect habitat on their lands, annual giving puts our mission into action. See for yourself by watching the fourth installment of our Answer the Call video series where we visit with dedicated member, volunteer, and donor, Steve Shafer.

ROOSTER ROAD TRIP XIII EP. 4: FIRST SNOW FLUSHES, IS LIVE! Head to the link to watch the full episode of Rooster Road Trip Episode 4: First Snow Flushes. https://pheasantsforever.org/Rooster-Road-Trip.aspx This was it. The last day of Rooster Road Trip. The last day to put it all together and accomplish our goal of claiming a true Montana mixed bag. No excuses, no “we’ll get them tomorrow,” it was time to put it all together. So you can imagine our glee when we awoke to a landscape of fresh snow. For the uninitiated, the first snow of the season is an unofficial holiday for pheasant hunters. It seems to confuse young birds and create more opportunities for close flushes – but there’s only one way to test this theory, and that’s to get out there and make first tracks. Find out if the first snow of the season helped the group pin-down birds by watching this week’s episode! A huge thanks to our Rooster Road Trip XIII sponsors Browning, Garmin, SoundGear, Federal Premium, Ruff Land Kennels, & Apple Autos

HUNTING AND TRAINING IN THE EXTREMES: HOW TO KEEP YOUR DOG SAFE IN HOT (AND COLD) WEATHER. By Mark Olcott, DVM & presented by NAVHDA International. Read the full article at the link below.

GIVEAWAY TIME! ROOSTER ROAD TRIP XIII CONTEST #4! WIN A CASE OF FEDERAL PREMIUM PRAIRIE STORM SHOTSHELLS! (not pictured here.) All you have to do is: 1. Like this Post 2. Tag two friends in the comments 3. Make sure you are following like the pages Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, & Federal Premium 4. Head over to www.roosterroadtrip.org, to submit a Rooster Road Trip question for us, we want to hear from you! Submit a question for the Rooster Road Trip crew to answer during our upcoming recap podcast and you’ll be automatically entered to win. Then make sure to watch the series’ 4th episode that will be released on Nov 30th at 5pm CST. We’ll choose the winner of a case of Federal Premium Prairie Storm FS Lead 12 Gauge Shotshells on Tuesday the 6th. Good Luck! Winner of last week’s Rooster Road Trip XIII contest announced in the original post.

The mission is FOREVER. The word is in our name: Pheasants Forever. Quail Forever. Will you help us keep going toward forever with a Giving Tuesday gift this year? Donate at the link below. https://pheasantsforever.org/Forwarding/Gallery_2022Successes.aspx Forever means the work we do together. Forever means the commitment you make with your time, your volunteer spirit, your voice, your dollars. Forever means the cackle of a rooster and the whistle of a bobwhite on the shoulder of a fine spring morning. It is a bobolink calling from the tallgrass. It is the flutter of monarch butterflies and the buzz of bumblebees in summer wildflowers. It is the joyful shout of ROOSTER! piercing the autumn air. It is the heart-stopping buzz of a covey of quail erupting on a brisk winter morning. Will you help us keep going toward forever with a Giving Tuesday gift this year?