Work has me in rural Iowa quite often these days. In the evenings, as the sunsets over endless expanses of corn and soybean fields, I’ll drive gravel backroads in search of giant whitetails. They’re ...

IOWA, USA — As Iowa celebrates a century of pheasant hunting, state wildlife experts say the timing couldn’t be better. The state’s pheasant population is at its highest level in two decades, setting ...

Iowa is in the middle of its 100th pheasant season this year. Iowa D-N-R wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says the sport took off quickly and was very popular in the early decades. Bogenschutz says ...

Pheasant hunting has been as much a part of the Thanksgiving holiday for generations of Iowans, as cranberries and stuffing.

Iowa expects to see between 60,000 and 80,000 hunters for pheasant season, which opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 10, 2025, as the state celebrates nearly 100 years of the popular sport. Iowa is ...

Remington, a German short-haired pointer, retrieves a pheasant for his master, Jeff Cave, who operates a private hunting preserve, Eastern Iowa Outdoors Adventures, near Parnell. (Gazette Archives) ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The state that had the second-most harvested pheasants during last year’s season could surprise some. It was Iowa. Nearly 600,000 pheasants were harvested in Iowa. The ...

Work has me in rural Iowa quite often these days. In the evenings, as the sunsets over endless expanses of corn and soybean fields, I’ll drive gravel backroads in search of giant whitetails. They’re ...