Utah’s 2017 Pheasant Hunt Runs November 4 Through December 3

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Few experiences in the outdoors will cause your heart to race like a rooster pheasant busting out of cover at your feet. The powerful slap of its wings and the loud, excited call the bird makes can scramble your senses, making it difficult to shoulder your gun before the bird flies out of range.

If you gather your senses and make a good shot, though, you’ll bring home one of Utah’s most colorful birds. And, while its meat is slightly tougher than a farm-raised chicken, it actually has more flavor.

Jason Robinson, upland game coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, provides the following tips to help you find pheasants and take a bird this fall.

How to Find Birds:

If you decide to hunt on private agricultural lands, please remember that you must have written permission from the landowner before hunting on his or her land. And don’t forget about public hunting areas in Utah; pheasants will be released on 54 of these areas before every weekend of the hunt. To learn which wildlife management areas, waterfowl management areas and Walk-In …Read the Rest

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