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2026 Quail Forever Farmer of the Year
Teresa Otte passed away in the fall of 2025. Her legacy lives on in the healthy soils she restored, the wildlife habitat she established, and the example she set for farmers across Nebraska and beyond. She will be remembered as a kind soul who loved the land and the animals that live there.
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2026 Pheasants Forever Farmer of the Year
Pheasants Forever's 2025-2026 Farmer of the Year Award, sponsored by John Deere, is presented to Scott Hauer and the TK and Co LLLP Ranch of Winifred, Montana. The annual award recognizes the innovative use of precision ag technology and utilization of data to identify profitable solutions for agriculture and wildlife on working lands throughout America.
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Rooster Road Trip XVI Ep. 4 The Final Flush
The end of an era… Not only does this episode represent the end of this year’s public lands adventure across Kansas, but it also concludes Rooster Road Trip as a whole. After 16 years of making friends, sharing stories, and pointing our bird dogs into the wind across pheasant and quail country, it’s time to say goodbye.
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Rooster Road Trip XVI Ep. 2 BAWA Bobwhites
After experiencing the ups and downs that come with focusing on walk-in hunting areas, the Rooster Road Trip crew began this week’s episode hunting for pheasants and quail at a permanently protected, and publicly accessible property that was made possible by our Build a Wildlife Area (BAWA) program.
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Quail Classic: Bird Dog Trauma Training Sessions
Short video introducing Bird Dog Trauma Training sessions at Pheasant Fest 2023
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Rooster Road Trip XVI Ep. 2 Wings Over WIHA
The second leg of our Rooster Road Trip found the crew searching high and low for birds while only utilizing Kansas’ prolific public walk-in access program (WIHA). And what they experienced was emblematic of any true public land adventure: moments of jubilation surrounded by hours of hoping, searching, and strategizing.
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Rooster Road Trip XVI Ep. 1 Coveys of Quail
Championing the necessity of increased wildlife habitat, the advancement of conservation policies and programs, the expansion of public access, and the need of a larger, more informed upland community is at the heart of every Rooster Road Trip. As is the beauty and simplicity of packing your gear, loading up the dog, finding some spots on the map, and seeing what happens next.
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Long Way Home
Long Way Home is a short film about loss, second chances, identity, bird dogs, and the power of connecting to people and places through hunting.
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Opening Day – Ruffed Grouse Hunting in Michigan
This film is about going home to celebrate a family rooted in bird hunting, bird dogs, wildlife habitat conservation, wild places, and wild birds. This is Opening Day!
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Montana Grouse | Part Two: Sage and Sharp-tailed Grouse
The smoke from distant fires hung low, suspended in the hot air over the plains — which is a reminder that September in Montana can bring a number of challenges. This is a different kind of hunt compared to the first leg of our journey. Bigger walks, uninterrupted views, and birds that see you coming from a mile away.
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Montana Grouse | Part One: Dusky, Spruce and Ruffed Grouse
September in Montana… Summer fades and grouse season comes into full view. Ruffed grouse in the creek bottoms. Duskies on the high ridges. Spruce grouse buried deep in the timber. But it’s not just about the birds. It’s about the people you walk with — friends old and new, the quiet of the forest and the miles in between.
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Saving Bobwhites in the South
As leaders in upland habitat conservation, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are invested in supporting the next generation of conservation professionals.
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20 Years and Counting – The Story of Quail Forever
There is only one way to tell a story, and that is to start at the beginning. This is the story of Quail Forever, an inspiring tale of leadership, unity, and a deep-rooted commitment to conserving quail habitat across America.
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A PATH Forward - South Dakota Pheasant Hunting & Public Access to Habitat
Expanding public access to upland wildlife habitat is one of the four strategic priorities that guide the work of Pheasants Forever.
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A New Era for Bobwhite Quail
In order to make significant progress in restoring bobwhite quail populations, wild lands and working lands must work together for the benefit of the life they support and the livelihoods they sustain.
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SNOWBIRDS: An Oregon Winter Adventure in Search of Mountain Quail, Valley Quail, and Chukar
A wide variety of terrain, weather, and upland birds are on full display in this adventurous hunt through Oregon. Follow along as three hunters, a pair of German shorthairs, an English pointer, and a Duetsch Drahthaar search for three distinct birds in three different environments over the course of three days.