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Huge amount of quality upland habitat at Yolo.

Sorry to hear that Newman. I have not gotten out yet but was expecting or at least hoping for a better report.

Winner, winner, pheasant dinner. It is indeed the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area -- far and away the No. 1 wild pheasant producer in the state. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=105633&inline Grizzly Island's harvest may be somewhat skewed. Though it has a population of wild...

Anybody know the No. 1 refuge/wildlife area in the state for wild pheasant harvest? Hint: It ain't Gray Lodge. Let's hear some thoughts.

Sorry...Will repost in the CA Forum.

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=105633&inline Wow ... Still pretty paltry in the grand scheme of things, but by far outclasses every other Sac/San Joaquin public hunting area.

https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/wild-pheasant-hunting-season-opener-nears/ Bird dogs. Farm towns. Fall sunsets. Won't be long now before we hear some shouts of "rooster."

I am throwing this out there for next season. Seems like we have a half dozen or so good guys, passionate pheasant hunters using this California forum so.... How about we get together and organize a wild pheasant hunting road trip for next season? Let's pick a part of the country and plan a...

Most of the California wildlife refuges have less water -- and lower hunter quotas -- this season. That will make them harder to get on, but there will be more upland habitat available for hunting theoretically -- or at least available for the birds. Do you expect better pheasant hunting as a...

It sounds crazy on its face......BUT....I am reading and hearing a lot about all the farms leaving a lot of fallow fields this year because they don't have water to farm. There hasn't been this much open, uncultivated farmland in CA in quite some time and may provide a lot of wild pheasant...

Anybody else getting excited for Saturday's pheasant opener? What I like best about opening day is the tradition of it -- even more than the actual hunting because the wild pheasant hunting isn't what it used to be. Even the tradition surrounding the opener has waned a bit along with the wild...

Let's hear them....I will be up north in the rice country in Richvale chasing pheasants with my two Labradors, my 16 gauge sxs, and my 7-year-old who is tagging along on his first opening day pheasant hunt. In Richvale, we hunt a mix of wild and planted birds that the local community puts out...