Pheasant Fact Friday!💡 During the coldest month of the year, January, pheasants require twice the energy they burned in October. Yet with adequate habitat their body fat content can be at its highest in January. Pheasant bioenergetics require that the birds have three cover types to help survive the coldest of winters. The cover types are roosting, loafing, and food cover. Winter habitat includes grass cover for roosting at night, trees and shrubs to loaf in during the day, and food. The purpose of each is to reduce the pheasants’ vulnerability to predators, to reduce the birds’ energy requirements, and to increase the body fat content of hens for spring nesting. For each 160 acres, 5 should be set aside to provide these covers. The relationship of theses covers to each other is also important. Ideally, each cover requirement should be located next to the other, or at most one quarter mile apart. #pheasantsforever #pheasants #pheasantfactfriday

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are happy to announce the Bird Dog Parade will once again kick-off the 2024 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic this year. The annual event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 1 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The parade is the grand opening of the nation’s largest upland hunting event, and displays the incredible diversity of sporting dog breeds. Below is a list of the dog breeds we are still looking to be represented in the parade. Link in our bio to register today! American Cocker Spaniel, American Water Spaniel, Airedale Terrier, Blue Picardy Spaniel, Braque Francais, Bohemian Wirehaired Pointing, Curly Coated Retriever, Deutsch Drathaar, Deutsch Langhaar, Deutsch Wachtelhund, Golden Retriever, Irish Setter, Lab-Chocolate, Lab-British, Llewellin Setter, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Small Munsterlander, Spinone Italiano, & Wirehaired Pointing Griffon #pheasantsforever #quailforever #pheasantfest2024 #birddog #birddogparade

On The Wing Podcast Ep. 247: Concert For Conservation With Trampled By Turtle’s Dave Simonett, is live. Listen at the link in our bio or wherever you get your podcasts. Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Dave Simonett, lead singer and songwriter of the band Trampled by Turtles @tbtduluth, to preview Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s first-ever Concert for Conservation. In partnership with Pepper Entertainment, the show will open with Chester Floyd and Carl Hansen before Trampled by Turtles takes the stage at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Thursday, February 29th. Check out the available tickets to PF & QF’s first-ever Concert for Conservation at the link in our bio. Episode Highlights: - The guys talk about their shared love of saunas, reading books, watching baseball, and following bird dogs. - Simonett also talks about how bird hunting, upland habitat, public lands, and bird dogs have changed his lifestyle and influenced his songwriting. Check out the limited-time PF or QF membership offers featuring the special concert artwork at pheasantsforever.org/trampled A huge thanks to our Concert For Conservation sponsors @pepperentertainment @leinenkugels @onxhunt @proplansportingdogs #pheasantsforever #quailforever #concertforconservation #trampledbyturtles #pheasantfest2024

Apply now for action trackchair grants. Do you know of someone with mobility challenges who loves bird dogs, field training, and upland hunting? Track2wing applications are open for submissions on a rolling basis through March 31st. More info at the link in our bio. Since 2020, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have been a proud partner of the Anisfield-Wilson Track2wing Project, a grant program for recruiting, retaining, and reactivating individuals with mobility challenges into the world of bird dog training and upland hunting. #phesantsforever #quailforever #track2wing #uplandhunting

Looking for a way to cook up those late season birds? Look no further than this Pheasant Bolognese recipe! Link in our bio. 👨‍🍳&📸: @cheflukasleaf #pheasantsforever #pheasant #wildgame #wildgamecooking

Known for its uplifting energy, our 2024 Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic Women on the Wing Brunch is shaping up to be an event you don’t want to miss. This year’s event, held on Sunday, March 3 from 9:30-11:30am, will showcase an inspiring line-up of women in a discussion panel format.Our theme this year is Rooted in Community. We’ll highlight the value of being part of the upland hunting and conservation community — and the support that comes with expanding your network. Learn more and get your tickets at the link in our bio. #pheasantsforever #quailforever #pheasantfest2024 #womenonthewing

Pheasant Fact Friday!💡 Does the winter cover you now provide pheasants insure equal survival for roosters, young, and hens? No! As winter cover, your brushy draw provides equal protection to roosters, young, and hens, but more hens will die. Because the hen is smaller than the rooster, she losses body heat faster, she carries less fat, she can not survive as long in a blizzard, she can not dig as easily through ice and snow for food, and she can not defend the food from bully roosters. So more hens then roosters die each winter. As winter cover, your brushy draw also provides equal protection to the youngest and the oldest of the juvenile birds, but survival is different. The chick hatched in early June has a much better chance of surviving this winter in your brushy draw than the chick hatched in September. The later a chick hatches, the less time it has to reach adult body size and body fat content before winter hits. Having less fat, the younger of the juvenile birds die first. #pheasantsforever #pheasants #pheasantfactfriday