Hunting Fun

Hunting down pheasants has been a favorable sport of man for ages. The whole scenario of pheasant hunting has changed in a big way in United States. Infrastructural development to make it an attractive sport are extended amount of hunting facilities and relaxation features. No more the hunters are required to go chasing after the birds with all uncertainties. Moreover, in earlier days, the hunters had to also undergo lot of physical strains due to problems of food and shelter for themselves. Besides infrastructural amenities, modern conveniences are fully geared to provide interaction among game lovers to acquire information and plan properly for success. This sport has become very popular and exciting activity in a good number of States in the country. Some of the States have gone much ahead due to their natural pheasant supporting environmental condition. For example, quail hunting is well known for its gaming grounds, particularly in the southern States. There are number of well demarcated hunting down areas well- set for available opportunities.

Being natives of Asia, these birds flock around freezing Himalayas to hot Indonesian forests as their habitat. These birds are among beautiful birds of the world and constitute of good many species and subspecies. They have taken a good number of states as their habitat in the country due to rich potentiality of food and attractive nesting grounds. Like other birds, they follow a set pattern of daily life. Living areas preferred by these birds are from knee to waist high vegetated fields, more preferred are grasslands. Waist high undergrowth at the bottoms of dry lakes is favorite place for them to venture. Before sunrise, pheasants begin their day by flying out to collect pieces for nesting. Normal shooting time starts around 9 in the morning when the birds are busy in feeding activities. Male birds are very colorful and have reddish brown feathers. White ring around the neck adds much to their beauty. Females are shorter with light brown feathers.

The plantation belt in the southern part of the United States has very good roosting grounds for quails. This area has been famous as a prime place of quail population in the world. Many southern states are populated with the ‘bobwhite’ species of the bird. In hunting season, the days are warm and uncomfortable. But, mornings are cool and go well with preferred hunting hours. There are quite a good number of professionally managed tracking preserves. They offer every facility for hunting like guides, shotguns, dogs and such other necessities. A hunter will always return to enjoy the sport of bird hunting.

Although hunting is a popular sport, we do need to understand one basic principle that the hunters must follow it. We can’t afford to wipe out entire population of game leaving nothing for tomorrow. Moreover, we do need to save every species of game birds and other fauna from extinction due to indiscriminate sporting spree of man. There are regulations prohibiting shooting down hens. Hence, hunters must treat the cocks and hens differently and ensure what the target is before pulling the trigger. Experienced hunters know, the hens are mostly silent, whereas the cocks cackle often.

By: Connor R Sullivan

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