It was in the 1980s when I first made the 450-mile drive from East Texas to Plainview to hunt wild pheasants in Texas. Over the next decade-plus I made several return trips to Plainview, White Deer ...

Texas pheasant populations are still struggling as hunting season opens Saturday in the Panhandle. “Over the last five to 10 years, we’ve definitely been in a lull,” said John McLaughlin, West Texas ...

DUMAS -- It's 7:10 a.m., and I'm standing on the edge of a cornfield, watching the sun crawl out of bed. It's about 28 degrees and a gusty north wind is whipping across the flat, defenseless plains of ...

The near-term negative trend appears to continue for Texas pheasant populations as hunting season opens Saturday in the Panhandle. “Over the last five to 10 years, we’ve definitely been in a lull,” ...

Since arriving in Texas from Oklahoma around 1940, ring-necked pheasants have constantly been on the brink of disaster. The most recent downturn began in 2011 when drought in the Panhandle sent bird ...

Pheasant season begins in 37 Panhandle counties Saturday. A few limits (three roosters daily) will certainly be bagged opening weekend, mostly by locals who have carefully scouted pockets of cover ...