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’s birds can be traced back to a wind storm in 1901 that damaged William Benton’s private game farm in Cedar Falls, liberating around 2,000 pheasants.

All burn dates are tentative and based on weather conditions. In the event of inclement weather, the city will move the burn ...

A windstorm struck William Benton's Cedar Falls farm in 1900 or 1901, allowing about 2,000 ring-necked pheasants to escape and establish a wild population. The colorful birds thrived in Iowa's oat ...

Pheasant hunters walk through a patch of foxtail grass during the opening weekend of the 2015 pheasant season in Iowa. (The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

Audubon County Pheasants Forever banquet will be hosted on Saturday, March 29th at the Audubon County Fairgrounds Agri-Hall.

In an interview with ABC 6 News, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig discussed the Department of Agriculture and Land ...

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Gary was a former President of the Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club, and an active member of Pheasants Forever and Ducks Unlimited. Gary is survived by his daughter, Michelle (Susan Pulongbarit ...

It was still an hour before the 2024 pheasant season would open but the birds were there and they were ready. Cackles and ...