Bud Love Youth Pheasant Hunt sees at least 50 hunters

The fifth annual Bud Love Youth Pheasant Hunt was held Saturday, Nov. 21. 

At least 50 youth hunters came and went throughout the daylong event, with some hunters successfully harvesting their first pheasant.

In a press release the Wyoming Game and Fish thanked all the participants as well as retired Buffalo Game Warden Rick Pallister, Buffalo resident James Kozisek and Cody resident Trapp Heydenberk who brought their hunting dogs to accompany any youth hunters in the field who did not have their own. The Game and Fish also sent a special thanks to Bob and Shelly Anderson of Gillette who have traveled to the Bud Love Youth Hunt each year since its beginning to give kids the chance to hunt with their Labrador retrievers.

Pheasant season in Area 1, which encompasses much of north central Wyoming, including all of Sheridan and Johnson counties, and Area 11 encompassing all of Campbell County, opened on Nov. 7.

According to Game and Fish the local small wild population of pheasants is supplemented with birds raised at the Sheridan Bird Farm. Bird farm personnel travel weekly to release birds on Walk-in Areas, Hunter Management Areas and state and BLM land throughout northern Wyoming. The locations below will be stocked on a regular basis during the season, depending on weather and road conditions.

Officials ask hunters to remember that a $15.50 Pheasant Special Management Stamp is required if hunting pheasants on these and other certain properties where birds are stocked. Refer to the 2020 Upland Game Bird, Small Game, Migratory Game Bird and Wild Turkey regulations for additional details.

Sheridan County Walk-in Areas 1, 2 and 6

Ulm State Land near Wyarno

Buffalo Run State Land off Hwy 14

Welch Property north of Sheridan

Johnson County Walk-in Area 9

Johnson County Walk-in Area 11

Fort Phil Kearney Hunter Management Area Pheasant hunting is only in December and hunters must apply for permission slips. (except on the designated family pheasant hunt days of Nov. 28 and 29). Permission slips are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area near Buffalo

Birds from the Sheridan Bird Farm are also released at Yellowtail, Ocean Lake and Sand Mesa wildlife habitat management areas.