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The Habitat Organization is pleased to announce the formation of a new Women on the Wing Chapter of Quail Forever in North Carolina. Membership is spread throughout the state, and local volunteers have begun planning outdoor education opportunities, a spring hunt and future habitat conservation projects to strengthen wildlife resources in their region. Learn more at the link below. https://bit.ly/3kF1CTn If you'd like to learn more about Women on the Wing in your area, or how to get involved head to the link here: https://pheasantsforever.org/getdoc/9e72e616-f51d-4db6-b969-491912a66397/Women-on-the-Wing.aspx

PF & QF’s 2023 Farm Bill Priorities. Learn more at the link below. While it’s still winter across much of the country, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever efforts focused on the 2023 Farm Bill are starting to heat up in Washington, D.C. Reauthorized every five years, the current Farm Bill runs through this September, meaning Congress must pass, and the President must sign, a new bill that will guide CONSERVATION policy for the next five years! That’s where you come in! Learn more about our 2023 Farm Bill priorities and how you can help us turn the tide for wildlife habitat at: https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Pheasants-Forever-and-Quail-Forever-Release-2023-Farm-Bill-Priorities.aspx

"There are, quite frankly, quite a lot of differences between pheasant hunters and quail hunters. Differences of species, habitat, and (mostly) geography, obviously, but also differences in dogs, style, attitudes, culture, and habits. For example, if a quail hunter ever yelled “COVEY” on a covey rise like pheasant hunters yell “ROOSTER” on a pheasant flush, well, it’d get some quizzical looks. That’s all I’m gonna say. I’ve always marveled at the dichotomy of that: how a group of hunters who, on average, walk about as quickly as banana slugs while in the field are forced to endure a practical season length that streaks past them at jackrabbit speed. I mean, that’s hardly time to yell “ROOSTER.” Meanwhile, quail hunters haven’t even burned a full tank of gas or gone through a box of shells by the time most pheasant hunters are booking rooms for next year’s Pheasant Fest." [READ] A Modest Proposal: Escaping the Misery of Late-Season Pheasants. Read the entire blog by Quail Forever Journal Editor Chad Love, at the link below.

On The Wing Podcast EP. 205: Pheasants, Coyotes, and Predator/Prey Dynamics, is live! Link below to listen now. On January 20th, we posted a blog titled, “Like Pheasants? Thank a Coyote,” on the Pheasants Forever Facebook page. That article generated a whopping 430 shares and 369 comments ranging from unhinged vitriol to unapologetic praise. The response on Instagram was similarly passionate. In this episode, host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Dr. Tim Lyons and Dr. Nicole Davros, both biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Aaron Kuehl, PF & QF’s habitat programs national director who also received his master’s degree in animal ecology from Iowa State University where he studied predator movement and activity. The group discuss the science behind the blog’s premise and answer the more popular questions on the social feeds generated by the post. Episode Highlights: - In what may be a surprising reaction, Kuehl thanks the social media commentors for their pushback about coyotes and predators. That pushback illustrates our audience’s passion for pheasants. - The biologists discuss the role coyotes play as predators of adult pheasants and pheasant nests. They also explain the complex relationship between coyotes, fox, and pheasants. - Lyons explains “compensatory reproduction,” and how coyotes will actually produce more litters when their populations are suppressed.