What is a pheasant's daily schedule?

Great topic.

I think it varies greatly depending on weather. If the weather is warm(70 they stay in feed areas all day and night. (standing corn, milo) If weather is highs of 50 lows of 25 they roost in grass (crp), feed through out the day and return to roost in grass at night. If the weather is nasty they stay in the best cover as much as possible (cat tails) The best cover to me is wetlands. Corn or Milo field with grass around cattails. Nothing better.

I hunt Nebraska 15 to 20 times a year and shoot almost all the roosters before 9:00 am. Very few have grain in their gullets. I hunt South Dakota at least once per year for 3 days minimum. Can't hunt until 10:00 am in South Dakota and the vast majority of roosters have grain in their gullets.

That tells me most pheasants head to grain between 8:00 am and 10:00 am.
 
Good read. I think the weight loss experienced by hens as they lay, when they are susceptible to stress, may account for the relatively few hens being seen this year.
 
I've read that piece before and it was running through my mind as I was seeing no hens last weekend. Kinda depressing. Today's eagle had an article saying that the drought was likely to continue.
 
one more year of drought (in Kansas, especially) will kill pheasant hunting for a long time. worse yet, it would be silly for game and fish to run another season next year.......let's hope common sense prevails over a little money, if that is indeed the case.
 
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