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Hunt only wild
pheasants in their natural habitat. 2,000 acres CRP, with food
plots, in the heart of pheasant country See up to a thousand or
more wild pheasants per day. All wild birds only. If you are
looking for a top notch pheasant hunting adventure, this is it.
Property is not heavily hunted, with exceptional
pheasant hunting through the end of December
information about the most recent pheasant surveys for some of
the best pheasant hunting states, or a lively discussion on the
most recent happenings in the world of pheasants; we've got it
all right here!
Pheasants are among the world's most beautiful
birds. All but one of the approximately 49 species, and many
more subspecies, of pheasants are native to Asia. They inhabit a
variety of habitats, from the snowy Himalayas to the steamy
jungles of Indonesia.
Pheasants have long been a part of our culture
and one species in particular, the Red Junglefowl, may be the
most important bird species in the world. Red Junglefowl are the
ancestors of domestic chickens. The Indian Blue Peafowl is
another species very well known to man. The Common or Ringneck
Pheasant has been introduced nearly worldwide for
sport.Pheasants have long been avicultural subjects. Egyptian
pharaohs kept peafowl, and Alexander the Great brought them to
Greece some 2,500 years ago. It is reported that George
Washington even kept Golden Pheasants at Mount Vernon. Their
adaptabilty to aviculture is important in their survival. One
species, the Edward's Pheasant, was once believed to be extinct
in the jungles of Vietnam, but there were sustainable
populations in aviaries and re-introduction programs are now in
place. The Cheer Pheasant from Pakistan and Swinhoe's Pheasant
from Taiwan are two species who have benefited from
re-introductions of captive-bred birds. However, pheasants have
also been one of the most mis-managed group of birds in captivty
and the need for profit in American aviculture has lead to a
number of hybrids, inbreeding issues, mutations and complete
disappearances of species and subspecies. While mass production
has been promoted in America for years, we must now realize that
this is not an effective conservation tool and we need to
establish a conservation breeding approach or we will lose these
species.
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