National Pheasant Fest, Pheasants Forever’s annual meeting/convention/trade show took place in Des Moines at the Iowa Events Center February 26-28. Thirty thousand people attended the event to sit in on hunting and conservation seminars and to check out dogs, guns, gear, destinations and some odds and ends in the exhibit halls. Here’s what I saw during my visit:

Rudy the Rooster gives the thumbs up. He is PF’s youth mascot. Is it just me or does it seem odd to you, too, that a pheasant would wear a blaze orange vest?