SFR Pheasant Farming for hunting

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Mossback said:
Nobody even shows up at the BPOE bowling night anymore...same with the FOE golf tournament.
They're all trading crypto and posting on instaface.
#sad
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Even the venerable Spokane Club (sister club to Seattle's Rainier Club) recently sent an emissary asking if I'd like to join. An exclusive private club that certainly would have blackballed ol' krusty's application 20 years ago.

That's truly desperation.
 
But...

You'd never join a club that would have you as a member....

So there's that...
 
During much of my career, California spent a lot of time and resources trying to hold on to their dwindling wild pheasant populations. The state invested in capture and relocation of wild birds to establish and enhance existing populations; telemetry, nesting and food habits research; and pheasant friendly habitat management on state and federal lands. At the time, I was strongly opposed to game farm pheasants being planted where wild birds were present. The thought was that when game farm birds mix with wild birds, the wild populations suffered. Sound familiar?
 
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It works in North Dakota. Farmers take an acre out of a crp field, the game department gives them seed to plant a food plot on that acre and and compensates them for the lost revenue. They also toss some chicks out there. After a couple seasons living in the crp cover and eating the food, birds are abundant. Now they have an industry: small town motels and cafes, guides, etc. people come for wild bird hunting, diy or guided. Generally a good experience. Other mid continent states do something like this, too. There’s birds everywhere, game and non-game species benefit.

A completely different mindset than throwing chickens out of a truck on the Wednesday before thanksgiving.
 
When I moved to Port Angeles with my pup who lived to go up into South Georgia and help me find a few quail, and sometimes more than a few, we did not have many options. A local who ran a shooting school and was I believe and Olympic skeet or trap shooting coach, raised pheasant and chukar in pens on his property between Sequim and PA. I believe on Thursday he would release some birds in Voice of America Park and we could hunt there over the weekend. For a dog who missed South Georgia it was heaven. And I sure enjoyed getting out and tromping around looking for something with him. Sure they were not wild birds in a native habitat but they were just as much fun to shoot at and miss. And when the planets aligned they did fry up pretty well. Unfortunately that opportunity went away 10 or 12 years ago and I miss having that opportunity without driving for most of a day.
 
Guy Gregory said:
It works in North Dakota. Farmers take an acre out of a crp field, the game department gives them seed to plant a food plot on that acre and and compensates them for the lost revenue. They also toss some chicks out there. After a couple seasons living in the crp cover and eating the food, birds are abundant. Now they have an industry: small town motels and cafes, guides, etc. people come for wild bird hunting, diy or guided. Generally a good experience. Other mid continent states do something like this, too. There’s birds everywhere, game and non-game species benefit.

A completely different mindset than throwing chickens out of a truck on the Wednesday before thanksgiving.
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Yup.
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Wa dept of game used to do an incredible job of managing eastern WA Pheasant.
Then they became WDFW and now we have none.
People have no clue how many balls WDFW has dropped.
Simply pathetic.
 
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