Pennsylvania has been beating that dead horse since the mid 80's. They disappeared so fast it could not have been habitat. Around that time there was some weird oriental bird flue in the states. Millions of chickens killed off trying to stop it. Pheasants are from China, take it from there. Anyway, they can not seem to get them back into the wild. My buddy buys some and turns them loose on the farm for him and the kidds. The guy he buys them from said the hens won't even sit on the nests anymore, he has to incubate them. Apparently it is easier to breed the wild out of something than put it back in.
|