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I posted this in "Announcements" too. In case you don't visit that thread;;) We (mchenry county PF) have a youth hunt scheduled for Saturday morning Jan. 7th at a hunt club in Richmond IL. Birds (all roosters) are being donated by a Pheasants Forever committee member and myself, so this...

We (mchenry county PF) have a youth hunt scheduled for Saturday morning Jan. 7th at a hunt club in Richmond IL. Birds (all roosters) are being donated by a Pheasants Forever committee member and myself, so this hunt will be free of charge. If you are interested please feel free to PM me. If...

I may be re-inventing the wheel with this one but nevertheless give this recipe a try. This is very good with pheasant and even better with ruffed grouse;) One pheasant or grouse 1 can whole cranberry sauce 1 cup white wine 1 cup half and half or cream 1 can mushrooms (fresh mushrooms are...

I have a question for those of you who have worked with youth hunts. What is the minimum age you recommend for a youth hunt? What age do you suggest for max age? (youth hunt) I've guided youth hunts in the past but to be honest I really don't know what the age bracket was. Also, those of...

I have a bag of pheasant wings and rough pheasant pelts for dog training. I really don't have any use for them anymore. If someone what's them let me know otherwise I'm going to toss them. --Their free-- Pick up only. I'm located in IL's McHenry county near Crystal Lake. PM me by weeks...

I had a "I'm bored" moment this afternoon so I decided to mess with the camera for a bit. Below are 3 pics of some nice roosters. Nothing special here, but maybe a few of you will enjoy them.:)...

Did anyone get out this weekend for the N. IL. ducks and goose opener? Besides getting a few geese, we didn't see any ducks. Saw plenty last week but I guess they decided not to come out:confused: (at least Saturday morning). Blue skies and high winds didn't help. I can't get over the...

The Universtiy of Illinois has asked for assistance from IL Pheasants Forever chapters in a wild pheasant study they've been conducting. They are seeking feathers (10 to 15 breast feathers) from harvested wild pheasants from llinois (by county). --2011/2012 season. For more info you can...

Take a minute to read through Howard's (Pheasants Forever) letter regarding funding for CRP. Near the bottom of his letter he's posted a link to you're U.S. Senators. Take it from there. http://www.pheasantsforever.org/page/1/PressReleaseViewer.jsp?pressReleaseId=117507

I need some help here with my 1.5 year old lab. He keeps putting too much attention on other dogs in the field instead of birds. He did this last year and drove me nuts. Hunting without other dogs he's all business and focused on finding birds. Put another dog in the mix and birds become...

It's about 63 degrees here in N. Illinois and I'm watching my wife shut all our winds and putting the air back on:confused: Turns out she doesn't like the smell Minnesota's sending our way from that forest fire up there. Hopefully the smoke gets a bit thicker by morning. That way the smoke...

the McHenry County Pheasants Forever Chapter is holding it's habitat tour of a few habitat sites within McHenry County on Saturday October 1st 2011 10am to about 2pm. If anyone is interested please feel free to send me a PM for more details.

September 24th and 25th the Northern Illinois Hunting and Fishing days in Yorkville IL will be going on. This will be the first year I'll be there, but from what I hear it's a good one for the kids. For more info check out the link below. http://www.nihfd.org/

Well, if you ask me it looks like things are finally improving for parts of good ol' Detroit:D;) http://youtu.be/Iy7NyqHC2FM Skip up to Minute 6:40 in the video below. http://youtu.be/NL_YdRxBhzI

Here's a link to the National Pheasants Forever site where they're offering a very nice t-shirt if you join!:thumbsup: I'm thinking of joining again for 2011 just for the shirt:D LINK http://www.pfstore.org/?main_page=product_info&products_id=1413

For anyone from the McHenry County IL area interested in planting food plots I have some seed left over. PF WINTER SURVIVAL MIX AND WINTER SHIELD MIX PM me if you interested. :)

Below I've attached a very nice website regarding true pheasant breeds. Take and fall in love! These birds are some of the purest in the world. Some, purer than birds living in their native lands. This is due to people releasing other strains of pheasants, then they cross bred with native...

I'm having more responsibility placed on my lap here and need help clarifying what's what with CRP. :) like this; "meet" 327 standard, CPR 680.03 50 pt CRP, CP2, CP4B, CP4D, CP33, CP25, CP38 Any help is greatly appreciated. If I can get a away from work Monday I'm going to stop by the...

I need some help with a food plot question if anyone is willing. I have an area with very sandy ground. Last season I planted some "test" food plot sections on it. To no surprise it didn't come up very well. My question is this, can I put minerals in the ground to make this stuff grow? If...

I've revived a message regarding pheasants. Unfortunately it's written in a language I can't read. I believe it's German. I've got the "hello Nick" "thank you for showing video" "Document for" and that's about it:D If some one can translate this for me PM me so I can send the whole email to...