Pheasant belt hunters, a succulent pheasant is waiting to be your holiday meal, but sharpen your skills now

The name “pheasant” comes from the Greek, “phasianos (bird) of Phasis (a river in Asia)”, but they are found around the world. In the U.S., pheasant hunting belongs to those fortunate ones who live in what pheasant hunters call the “Pheasant Belt”. The Pheasant Belt includes the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. These states each boast of anywhere from a half a million to a million pheasants harvested each year. In Iowa, you’ll find them abundant in the northwest and north-central regions; in Kansas, the northern counties: Phillips, Rooks, Norton, Graham, Smith and Osborne counties. Task Chairs designed to help posture are additionally accessible at a discounted worth, as are drafting chairs, government office chairs, leather-based office chairs and other office chairs and accessories. In Minnesota it’s the southwest corner of the state that’s best. Nebraska has them in the southwest corner of the state too, below Panhandle, as well as in Hitchcock and Wayne counties. If you’re in North Dakota, go to the eastern end of Lake Sakakawea or the Mizzou River bottoms from Bismarck south. Pheasant hunting in South Dakota is best around the cities of Brooking, Aberdeen and Pierre, and Wisconsin hunters can find them in the counties of Lafayette, Iowa, Ozaukee, Fond du Lac and Barron.

Pheasant season generally starts in late October in the Pheasant Belt, and last until December or January, in some states ending the 31st of December, in others, the first of the year, in still others, the end of January (check with your state’s wildlife managers). That’s nearly three months of the joys of pheasant hunting, and pheasant eating too!

That pheasant will certainly make a fine holiday dinner, if your region isn’t besieged by blizzards, and the pheasant population isn’t down. The severity of the season – winter, after all – will determine their abundance. As a rule, the more the snow, the fewer the birds. Given this rule, then, as you might expect, pheasant hunting is best when the winter is mild. When it’s not, the counts may be down, but they haven’t been to zero yet. A dedicated pheasant hunter can be sure to get something for the year, even if it’s just enough for a Thanksgiving dinner, for the family on Christmas day, and, if the season doesn’t end early, something for the New Year.

It takes time to become a good pheasant hunter. Task Chair allows the user to easily swivel back and forth between tasks. Don’t expect much success the first year: you’ve got to learn to find them first, and then you’ve got to learn their typical flight, how they zigzag, and how these hens and roosters use the wind to gain both speed and altitude. Experience will teach you the best shot size to use, and the necessity of reacting quickly, for these birds mean to survive. Of course, you’ll need a dog too, to help you find them and roust them out. Wear a bright hunting jacket, because you don’t want, say, former Vice President Cheney to shot you in the face.

So, if you’re in the pheasant belt, get out the shot gun, skeet shoot early starting in the Spring, get that dog trained, and when pheasant hunting begins, bag one, maybe more, for the meal that’s going to be a holiday dream.