How to Hunt for Pheasants in Minnesota
- 1). Purchase a small game license and pheasant stamp.
- 2). Locate prairie grasslands or cattail sloughs. Pheasants spend a considerable amount of time in both areas. Tree rows and drainage ditches attract pheasants, too.
- 3). Begin on one side of the grassland, slough or other cover type you have chosen. Walk along the edges first. If you have a dog, it should be working in front of you. Walk further inside the cover if you don't flush any pheasants along the edges. Make sure your shotgun is in a position that allows you to fire quickly when a male pheasant, known as a rooster, flushes.
- 4). Identify your target before you shoot. In Minnesota, it's illegal to shoot hen pheasants.
- 5). Continue walking until the edge of the piece of cover you are hunting. Rather than flush, pheasants often will run on the ground ahead of you but will fly once they reach the end of the cover.
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