Some exciting news

[quail hound]

One of my neighbors from down the way came today and thanked me for raising and releasing pheasants around the house. He said in the spring he saw a hen this spring with a brood of chicks and today 2 young roosters came walking through his pasture. There are no wild birds out here and I'm the only person who raises birds out here so they are mine. I didn't release any birds this year so the hen was either hatched in the wild or is a hold over from spring before last, either way it makes me feel pretty good. Time to get some good breeders and start the process all over again I guess.:cheers:

 

[Kismet]

That's great news.

Also, kind of nice of your neighbor to make mention of it.

 

[quail hound]

I thought so too he's a hunter also and knows how passionate I am about my birds. I wish they would stroll through my pasture but if they got close and crowed I'm sure the bird dogs would get them to leave in a hurry.

 

[bauerline]

Good for you and your neighbor. Glad to hear about it.

 

[jmac]

:thumbsup::10sign::cheers:

 

[copheasanthunter]

way to go, my hat off to you, it would be great if more hunters did the same.:10sign:

 

[FLDBRED]

Yea, I could see why you would be excited about that, it's pretty neat. Do you have the type of habitat in the area that the birds could reproduce and establish a wild population?

 

[quail hound]

Enough continuous cover for a self sustaining population but not enough high quality cover to produce high numbers.

 

[FLDBRED]

That's great! Have you noticed any better survival from the Melanistic " black" birds?

 

[quail hound]

No, not really. I have noticed how people want to shoot roosters even though they've never seen one out here, It amazes me.

 

[brettberry]

Very cool!

 

[Tombstone17]

Quail Hound, I am very impressed..Way to go!