In St. Paul, Minnesota, with bird dogs whining in the hall outside, Hal visits the headquarters of Pheasants Forever to interview a trifecta of America's most committed and passionate upland bird hunters and habitat and public access advocates. Bob St. Pierre, PF vice president of marketing and communications, tells it like it is: "We're in trouble. Habitat is being plowed under and wetlands drained, we're failing to ensure the future of upland bird hunting, and with that failure we're letting a whole host of ecosystems and wildlife – all of it hard earned in the wildlife restorations and conservation efforts of the last decades – go down. But we're not going to let that happen." Bob is joined by fellow PF staffers Andrew Vavra and Anthony Hauck, who tell us what it's really like to hit the Rooster Road Trip: thousands of miles of travel, worn-out dogs, cold camps and bad motels, and a whole lot of public land bird hunting opportunities that way too many hunters are convinced do not exist.

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