On The Wing Podcast Ep. 286: The Pheasant Hunting Forecast, Hunting Tips, and a Game of Battleship, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Podcast-Ep-286-The-Pheasant-Hunting-Forecast,-Hunting-Tips,-and-a-Game-of-Battleship.aspx Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever Journal Editor Tom Carpenter, PF & QF Director of Communications Jared Wiklund, and Quail Forever Journal Editor Ryan Sparks to preview the 2024 pheasant hunting season. Each individual also offers their top four pheasant hunting tips during the inaugural game of Pheasant Hunting Battleship. Episode Highlights: - Tom Carpenter kicks off the conversation with an overview of Pheasants Forever’s 2024 Pheasant Hunting Forecast based upon biologist input from 22 different states. Wiklund follows up with the “word on the street” based upon anecdotal reports he’s heard in conversations with PF members, landowners, and partners across the country. - The group covers a wide array of pheasant hunting tips from using the wind and being stealthy quiet to the best days of the week and times of the day to chase roosters. - This also marks Purina Pro Plan’s inaugural episode as the presenting sponsor of On the Wing podcast. Thanks to Purina Pro Plan’s longtime commitment to PF & QF and our wildlife habitat conservation mission. The On The Wing Podcast is fueled by Purina Pro Plan

"Every day – or year – that goes by without a new Farm Bill, our nation’s ability to conserve habitat and increase sportsmen’s access through The Conservation Reserve Program and the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program will suffer," Andrew Schmidt, the director of government affairs for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, shared in a statement. Read the recent article by Food and Wine outlining some of the consequences of an expiring Farm Bill, at the link below

BREAKING NEWS! The U.S. House of Representatives Introduces North American Grasslands Act Today! Link to the full announcement below. More than 70% of America’s prairies, sagebrush sage-steppe, and grasslands ecosystems have disappeared since the 1960s. Those habitat losses have been followed by precipitous declines of grasslands wildlife, particularly bobwhite quail, prairie grouse, pheasants, honeybees, and monarch butterflies. The Grasslands Act would kickstart the voluntary protection and restoration of grasslands and sagebrush shrub-steppe ecosystems – and the livelihoods and wildlife dependent upon them. Functionally, the legislation is modeled upon the highly successful and beloved North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) and would create a landowner-driven, voluntary, incentive-based program to conserve America’s critically imperiled grasslands. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the North American Grasslands Conservation Act. The bill was authored by Representative Nancy Mace (R – SC), Representative Sharice Davids (D – KS), Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R – PA), and Representative Mike Thompson (D – CA). If passed, the legislations would widely be considered one of the most significant steps for grassland conservation efforts in the 21st century. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are part of a coalition of nearly 50 conservation organizations working in support of this critically important grasslands legislation. https://bit.ly/4eAG5BN #ActForGrasslands

A P.A.T.H. Forward presented by onX Hunt

PF and QF's Vest Review. We put 10 top upland hunting vests through the wringer last season, and here’s what our bird chasers have to say. Link below. Upland bird hunters hunger for the right hunting vest. Or a new hunting vest. Or a better hunting vest. But a real, serious upland hunting vest is a real, serious investment. It is a great investment, to be sure, but not one to take lightly. You want meaningful, independent reviews to kickstart your decision-making process. That’s why, all season long last year, from prairie and forest grouse time all the way through pheasant and quail seasons, we had 10 real, serious upland hunters each hunting in one vest with a goal of reporting back in detail for PF & QF’s Ultimate Upland Vest Review. One might ask, is this a review of the ultimate vests for upland bird hunting, or the ultimate review of upland hunting vests? The answer is both. https://quailforever.org/Hunting/Vest-Story.aspx

Welcome to October! Gear up to hit the field this season at the QF Store. Link Below! https://bit.ly/4evvI2e