Hunting MN pheasants during the middle of the season require pheasant hunting guides to alter their tactics. The hunting conditions are now more favorable for the dogs, but the "easy" roosters are long gone. The remaining pheasants have learned to enter the cornfields early each day, many times, right at sunrise. Hunters working grassy areas adjacent to standing corn will notice their dogs acting "birdie" but no birds can be found. The dogs, and sometimes even the pheasant hunters, will be tempted to enter the standing corn to flush these unseen pheasants. But the majority of these scent trails are hours old and the birds are long gone. This type of pheasant hunting requires well-disciplined pheasant dogs. Most Minnesota pheasant hunting guides will work with their dogs all season long for this reason. I work mine on live chukar all through the summer. That is just another reason why I like to start the Minnesota pheasant hunting season with a few pre-season trips to the local pheasant hunting club. These preseason trips allow your dog the opportunity to work a variety of cover. These trips also give pheasant hunters a chance to work on their dog's range, especially when their dog loses sight of its master. Selecting the best fields to hunt is one of the most important things in pheasant hunting. I will only hunt grassy fields bordering freshly picked cornfields if given a choice when working as a pheasant hunting guide. Early season scouting, landowner permission, and good farmer relationships are important when working as a pheasant hunting guide. I keep close tabs on when farmers plan to pick their fields throughout the pheasant hunting season. This helps me select the best grass fields to be hunted. Pheasants are creatures of habit. Pheasants roosting in a grassy field adjacent to a standing cornfield have patterned themselves to feed in that particular field. They will still try to feed there even after the cornfield has been picked. But now they can only sulk along the edges, sneaking into the corn stubble for a few kernels of corn before returning to the safety of the grass. I have experienced some of my best Minnesota pheasant hunting guide trips under these conditions. The same grassy fields which seemed void of pheasants the week before are now alive with roosters. Enjoy the few good days of hunting that a fresh stubble field will provide. But don't hunt memories. It only takes a couple of hunts to educate these roosters before they search for a new "jam me" land to roost.