The authors small munsterlander pointer after a good day of shooting. Jarrod Spilger For many years, I wasn’t a quail hunter. Quail were merely an afterthought, a chance encounter while pheasant ...

What once was arguably the biggest day on the hunting calendar – and might still be in some pockets – arrives Friday. That’s when the season opens for rabbits, ring-necked pheasants and bobwhite quail ...

When it comes to big game hunting, there are few hunters who will argue the importance and the value of preseason scouting, especially when one will be hunting in a new area or is looking for an ...

A covey of gambel’s quail scurrying through the desert with their topknots bobbing is a common sight in parts of the southwest. Adapted to live in arid climates, the gambel’s is especially associated ...

The beauty of upland hunting lies in its simplicity. It’s a walk with a gun. Your goal is to frighten ground-dwelling birds into flight, so you can shoot them. Even if you don’t find anything, you’ve ...

Squirrel season opens statewide Sept. 14 and runs through Nov. 29. Squirrels can also be hunted Dec. 16-24 and Dec. 26-Feb. 28. The daily limit is six. Pheasant season begins with a junior hunt Oct.

Quail hunting, marking fishing rods, a Grand Hunt event in Paducah, and lake sturgeon. The bird dogs are on point for quail hunting; marking fishing rods keeps them organized; head to the Hunting ...

With ample rainfall, healthy cover, and an abundance of quail in the summer of 2010, hunters in the Rolling Plains region of West Texas anticipated another bumper crop of their beloved birds the ...

This story, “Gambling for Gambel’s,” is republished as it appeared in the December 1946 issue, and therefore reflects the language and stereotypes of the times. PERHAPS it’s simply luck. Perhaps it’s ...

Nov. 14 marks the opening day for Kansas’ regular quail and pheasant seasons, and Nov. 21 marks the opening day of Kansas’ regular greater prairie chicken season. This year, the outlook looks ...

A state small game manager advised the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to restrict the upcoming quail hunt because of ongoing drought. Dry conditions have hampered quail reproduction across parts of ...