Welcome long tail chasers!
Pheasant hunters accross the country have long awaited a way to score their harvested roosters.
In October, 2009 Pheasants forever rolled out standardized method to measure and score your long tailed and sharp spurred roosters.
To score your rooster:
- measure the length from the rear of the cloaca to the tip of the tail (to the nearest 1/4 inch) and multiply by 5.
- measure the length from the front of the leg to the back of the spur on each leg (to the nearest 1/8 inch)Multiply the sum of these measurements by 25.
- Add the totals together. Long-tailed mature birds will score 140+.
If you have a record rooster, you should put it in the record book. To submit a record rooster to the record book, download and submit the official Rooster Record Book application, certification and scoring instructions below.
Official Rooster Record Scoring and Certification
You must be a current member of Pheasants Forever AND have a current Pheasants Forever member witness your application to enroll in the rooster record book. Click here to join PF today!
The hunter who registers the largest rooster in the record book between October 10, 2009 and January 31, 2010 will receive an embroidered Pheasants Forever hunting vest with his name, official bird score and year.
Beginning on November 1st, 2009, and updated monthly record book roosters will be posted here.
Good luck and happy hunting!