The Division of Wildlife Resources has tips for Uintah Basin pheasant hunters: Pheasants prefer habitat with stemmed grass that provides nesting cover, as well as areas with dense woods or wetlands with thick cattails that provide shelter during the snowy winter months. These birds easily camouflage in brush, so hunting with a well-trained dog will increase your chances of success. Walking along ditch banks or fence lines is also a good hunting strategy. Pheasants typically prefer to run rather than fly away, so if you walk along these areas, you are more likely to drive them out into the open, where they will flush. “Hunters should also target the DWR wildlife management areas located throughout the state because we will be releasing a total of 12,107 pen-reared rooster pheasants in these areas this fall,” shares DWR Upland Game and Waterfowl Coordinator Heather Talley. “Birds will be released each week throughout November to help increase hunter success and give everyone a good opportunity to harvest birds this season.”
