Get Out the Bird Dog Vote

   12.29.11

Get Out the Bird Dog Vote

Pheasants Forever is asking for your leadership in its Bird Dogs for Habitat effort.

We are challenging upland hunters and conservationists to cast a vote and make a donation on behalf of their favorite dog. All donations support Pheasants Forever’s wildlife habitat conservation mission – and the places where bird dogs love to hunt! You can vote and give in support of 45 different breeds of bird dogs. Whether you have an old dog, a young pup or a dearly departed “man’s best friend,” watch this special video to see how your vote and donation counts.

Your year-end gift will help conserve and protect threatened grasslands throughout pheasant country, ensuring our four-legged hunting buddies always have wild places to run.

Do it for the dogs! Thank you for voting and making a gift to Pheasants Forever today.

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Pheasants Forever launched Quail Forever in August of 2005 to address the continuing loss of habitat suitable for quail and the subsequent quail population decline. Bobwhite population losses over the last 25 years range from 60 to 90 percent across the country. The reason for the quail population plunge is simple - massive losses of habitat suitable for quail. There are five major factors leading to the losses of quail habitat; intensified farming and forestry practices, succession of grassland ecosystems to forests, overwhelming presence of exotic grasses like fescue that choke out wildlife, and urban sprawl.

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