Homer, Alaska pheasants

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BrowningCitori

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I was recently in Homer Alaska and couldn't believe my ears. There were rooster pheasants crowing all over town. I am not sure how widespread they are on the Kenai penisula but the last thing I think of when I think Alaska is pheasants. Homer does have very mild winters (compared to the rest of Alaska) and someone may be feeding them but interesting none the less.

Anyone know the history of introduction there?
 
Now that's really something:cheers: I've been to Homer, in fact did a little Salmon fishing out that way. What a blast!

To be honest I don't recall a drop of pheasant habitat (grassy areas), only pines and water. Maybe there's a club in Homer releasing pheasant?

Thanks for posting:) 1pheas4
 
I live here in Homer and see them all the time. I looked at AKDFG and can't seem to find out much info. How do I found out the regs on them?
 
My Buddy just moved back up there and see's them as well. Hens with little ones also!! From what he has said , Alaska game and fish is not too thrilled with them and has set no regs. Meaning open season!!! Find out by calling Game and fish for sure!!! He drives for a Certain Package delivery Co and says there is quite a few around!! We will see after this Winter as it has been bad!!!:cheers:
 
I sure didn't know about pheasants there, or even cattle. Over the weekend I am in the office working and my wife calls to me and said there are cattle in Alaska. Never seen any cattle in my limited trips to SE Alaska. Anyway, I go to the living room and watch three episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier where the Kilcher family has homesteaded 600 acres northeast of Homer I think along Fox Creek.

My wife and I concluded that we will keep our cattle operation here on the Kansas prairie.
 
M. R. Byrd said:
I sure didn't know about pheasants there, or even cattle. Over the weekend I am in the office working and my wife calls to me and said there are cattle in Alaska. Never seen any cattle in my limited trips to SE Alaska. Anyway, I go to the living room and watch three episodes of Alaska: The Last Frontier where the Kilcher family has homesteaded 600 acres northeast of Homer I think along Fox Creek.

My wife and I concluded that we will keep our cattle operation here on the Kansas prairie.
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I believe there are cattle in Greenland (go figure).
 
morrismike said:
I believe there are cattle in Greenland (go figure).
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Scottish Higlanders and Galloways, I believe, are some of the cold climate breeds. I just never had thought about cattle or pheasants in Alaska.


My thoughts of Alaska are more like---

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A friend had the scottish highland cattle for a while and got rid of them a year after he got them. He said he could not keep them in their pasture because they could jump the fence like deer.
 
I watched a couple of those Kilcher homestead shows. One kid is out after bear or something and kills a pheasant! go figure. Pretty good grassland where the cattle summer.
I don't see any Highlander in the cattle herd. Mixed up stuff, colored. Big solid black bull with lot of horn.:eek: Galloway probably? :confused:
They say, 4 months grazing 8 months feeding hay. Many years same here in NC MN.
Odd thing? They cut this tree, probably 16 inch at the base by 30 feet to the 2-3 inch top. Said, " this will last to totally heat the house for 2 weeks"
Good size house, kinda shacky looking but cool.

Anyway, no way:( I have a modern well insulated house, that tree. Maybe get 3 days out of it, 2 days below zero.:cheers:
 
I lived was stationed at Ft. Greely, AK for a couple of years. It is 100 miles S of Fairbanks. There is a self-sustaining Pez population south of town. It was initally stocked, of course. It is fairlly agriculural there wiht Grain and livestock farming. As i recall, there was a regulated season and we hunted them conurrently with Grouse (Sharptail, Ruffed, and Spruce) in the fall. I don't remember if they continued to stock or not. The famous Skeet Shooter/Instructor disappeared bird hunting up in this area.
 
Very interesting posts! One could argue my Iowa now ranks below Alaska as a premier pheasant hunting destination. Maybe the locals there will see the benefits of providing the sport to hunters and capitalize on it.:)

How long is the season on pheasants in Alaska? Limits?
 
Pheasants Forever says there are no wild pheasants in Alaska... go figure ...

I'm wondering if they'll try and talk folks into planting large fields of big blue stem there too. ...jeeze..
 
I got married in Homer in 2005. We stayed at a B&B in the middle of town. The first morning there, I woke up to a rooster cackling maybe 100 yards out my window! I never saw him or any others, but they were clearly there. Thought I was dreaming at the time, but my wife confirms it.

Perhaps even crazier was what I saw later on. The next week we crossed the Katchemak Bay to Seldovia to spend a few days over there (side comment - I actually like Seldovia a lot better than Homer!). We stayed in another B&B, and one morning I woke up to a tom gobbling in the street below my window! At this point, between the rooster and the turkeys I figured I definitely was nuts, but sure enough, when I looked out, there was a pair of strutting gobblers wooing a single hen. We ran into them several times during the day, and had no trouble getting them to respond to my not-so-perfect, mouth-only yelps and cutts. I have no idea how they got there - I assume someone brought them in and released them. To my eye, they appeared to be Merriam's, but I would have to guess they were escapees from ... somewhere.

So, who says there aren't any upland opportunities in AK?
 
cokid said:
I got married in Homer in 2005. We stayed at a B&B in the middle of town. The first morning there, I woke up to a rooster cackling maybe 100 yards out my window! I never saw him or any others, but they were clearly there. Thought I was dreaming at the time, but my wife confirms it.

Perhaps even crazier was what I saw later on. The next week we crossed the Katchemak Bay to Seldovia to spend a few days over there (side comment - I actually like Seldovia a lot better than Homer!). We stayed in another B&B, and one morning I woke up to a tom gobbling in the street below my window! At this point, between the rooster and the turkeys I figured I definitely was nuts, but sure enough, when I looked out, there was a pair of strutting gobblers wooing a single hen. We ran into them several times during the day, and had no trouble getting them to respond to my not-so-perfect, mouth-only yelps and cutts. I have no idea how they got there - I assume someone brought them in and released them. To my eye, they appeared to be Merriam's, but I would have to guess they were escapees from ... somewhere.

So, who says there aren't any upland opportunities in AK?
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I have a close friend in AK who's a federal fish and game officer. He didn't believe me when I told him there's pheasants in Homer. Now I get the pleasure of telling him there's been turkey sitings too! Think I'll give him a call now.:D
 
cokid said:
So, who says there aren't any upland opportunities in AK?
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The ptarmigan hunting is second to none from what I hear. The limit is 50 per day in some areas and 30 everywhere else.:eek:
 
carpfisher said:
I lived was stationed at Ft. Greely, AK for a couple of years. It is 100 miles S of Fairbanks. There is a self-sustaining Pez population south of town. It was initally stocked, of course. It is fairlly agriculural there wiht Grain and livestock farming. As i recall, there was a regulated season and we hunted them conurrently with Grouse (Sharptail, Ruffed, and Spruce) in the fall. I don't remember if they continued to stock or not. The famous Skeet Shooter/Instructor disappeared bird hunting up in this area.
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Do they hibernate? Ain't much light 100 s of Fairbanks in the winter.
 
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