Pheasants Forever

You want more birds. Your dog wants more birds. The birds need more quality habitat. We need YOU! It's banquet season across "Pheasant Country" and "Quail Country" the next two months. Find a local PF or QF event near you at https://lnkd.in/gfiBmCjS w/ Quail Forever

Cheers to The Bobwhite Ball! Thank you to Chris Dorsey of Sporting Classics for being our keynote speaker, and thank you to Equity Bank for being our presenting sponsor. Thank you to all event sponsors and event attendees. You made it a successful evening raising funding for Quail Forever's wildlife habitat mission.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Public Access to Habitat Program Announces Nationwide Expansion This weekend at National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever were joined by national sponsor onX Hunt to announce the expansion of its?Public Access to Habitat?(PATH) program to a national scale. Piloted in South Dakota and Nebraska over the past year, the program established 65,000+ acres of access to private lands featuring quality habitat and increased hunting opportunity for upland birds, waterfowl, and big game species. In South Dakota and Nebraska, The PATH program provides a financial incentive for ranchers, farmers and landowners to voluntarily enroll high-quality CRP, rangeland, shelterbelts, wetlands and other habitat types into a multiyear (variable per state), walk-in hunting agreement. Landowners are compensated with a sign-up incentive directly from Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. At its core, the program supports a very simple equation: More Habitat & Access = More Hunters = More Dollars for Local Economies. The PATH program can also be tailored in various ways to address specific access barriers - willing landowners, funding, or staff capacity - in states throughout the pheasant and quail ranges. “Our track record for year one of the PATH program was nothing short of incredible,” said John Laux, habitat protection programs manager for PF & QF. “The feedback we received from landowners, hunters, and local businesses was a proof statement supporting our expansion for the future. Thank you to onX Hunt, local chapters, state agencies, and other partners who have invested in their communities through the PATH program. We are currently discussing the expansion of PATH with partners in other core pheasant and quail states, and funding is now available for expanding access opportunities thanks to our tremendous partners at onX Hunt.” Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gX8g6vA6 w/ onXmaps, Inc.

National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic Draws Nearly 24,000 to Kansas City Convention Center Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s 2025?National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic, presented by?Federal Ammunition, concluded today at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo. A crowd of 23,930 supporters flocked to the annual gathering, making it the largest Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic ever in Kansas City. The event celebrated the habitat, access, advocacy and education initiatives fueling North America’s leading upland habitat conservation group. This year was particularly special for the organization, as attendees also helped celebrate the 20th anniversary of Quail Forever. “This was our third time in Kansas City, and we were honored to be back in the heart of quail country for such a special occasion,” said Marilyn Vetter, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s president and CEO. “Twenty years ago we began our journey to restore quail numbers right here in Missouri, and have since gone on to impact over 7 million acres of quail habitat across the country. On behalf of the entire organization and our national board of directors, I want to thank all of our volunteers, supporters and partners for helping us put on another successful Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic.” Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gmKrmM_h w/ Federal Ammunition

National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic: Day two wrap up The early morning crowd packed the Kansas City Convention Center Saturday morning as day two of National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic got underway. Seminar stages kicked off bright and early with lectures on quail habitat, public land hunting tips, developing your bird dog and much more.? The morning started on a high note as the Quail Classic Stage helped celebrate Quail Forever’s 20th anniversary. Speakers laid out the future of the organization, provided public land quail hunting tips and announced the?Arizona Quail Initiative?— a brand new habitat program that will impact over 100,000 acres in the next four years. The early morning crowd packed the Kansas City Convention Center Saturday morning as day two of National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic got underway. Seminar stages kicked off bright and early with lectures on quail habitat, public land hunting tips, developing your bird dog and much more.? The morning started on a high note as the Quail Classic Stage helped celebrate Quail Forever’s 20th anniversary. Speakers laid out the future of the organization, provided public land quail hunting tips and announced the?Arizona Quail Initiative?— a brand new habitat program that will impact over 100,000 acres in the next four years. Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gJExGzPx

Quail Forever 25th Anniversary Print & My Adventure in Conservation By Christa Newberry If conservation matters, why should it matter to me? And why does it matter to you? These were the questions I asked of the Quail Forever team when we first began the project for Quail Forever’s 25th Anniversary Print. I wanted to know what brought each of them to the table, and how their work affected my life. As someone who knew little to nothing about conservation, I needed to sort through what they could tell me in order to arrive at an understanding that would help me find the purpose for the piece. Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gFYQtCYD.

National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic: Day One Wrap Up by Casey Sill Pointer guys, lab junkies, Brittany lovers, setter evangelists and everyone in-between streamed into the Kansas City Convention Center this morning to ring in another year of the nation’s largest upland gathering. National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic 2025 opened at 11 this morning with the 15th annual bird dog parade. One of the largest parades in Pheasant Fest history, the kickoff featured over 100 dogs representing 30 different breeds. The pups trotted through the halls of the convention center, leading the way for a crowd of upland hunters, conservationists and outdoor enthusiasts. Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gUBppHeU

National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic starts TOMORROW and runs all weekend in Kansas City. For a roster of exhibitors, a seminar schedule, admission information, etc., please go to https://lnkd.in/gphVmJTE

Three Ways to Combat Woody Encroachment Woody encroachment is one of the primary threats to upland habitat and grazing land today. Nearly 8 million acres of intact grassland habitat in the US is threatened by woody encroachment, according to the?Nebraska Great Plains Grassland Initiative of the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service. In fact, according to the National Wildlife Federation,?grasslands are now disappearing at the same rate as rainforests. "A lack of woody encroachment control inevitably leads to compromised grasslands which ultimately contributes to the demise of wildlife species that depend on those grasslands," says Logan Cares, habitat specialist for Pheasants and Quail Forever. Combating and reversing woody encroachment can be accomplished using a variety of methods. The following approaches, especially when combined, can help restore grassland habitat to a more productive state. Read the full story at https://lnkd.in/gywwtAUs

Quail Forever's Inaugural Bobwhite Ball Silent Auction & Raffle Experience Check it out at https://lnkd.in/gmm_nrBZ