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1,000 pheasants
are released
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries has completed the release of more than 1,000 hybrid pheasants around the state, reports Game Farm Manager, Dennis Hart. “This is a followup to over 2,000 birds that were released last fall,” Hart said. Most of the birds stocked were hens.
The Northern Neck and the Shenandoah Valley received extra heavy allocations. “It appears that the physical barriers of mountains and water help prevent dispersal of the birds and increase chances of establishment,” Hart said.
Some 45 pheasants were trapped by state trapper, Gerald Blank, from the established population in Page County and transferred to the game farm where they will be used as breeding stock. “With good luck we can hatch enough birds to develop an acclimatized strain of breeding stock and begin release of these birds next season,” Hart said. □
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