Enlightening comments. Add weather in the mix with Destrys comments and a formula for disaster. If Iowa would use some of BO's stimulus money and pay farmers to raise and release birds the populations could be artificially increase and bring back the good old days. An article said the in the past the pheasants brought in 220 million dollars to Iowas economy. Wouldn't 10 million out of this pie to raise and release birds sound reasonable. $10,000,000 and give the farmer $10 a bird to raise them, means 1,000,000 birds released every year plus the native raised birds and now we would talk of real birds. Raise the birds and the hunters will come, and bring their 220 million dollars with them. Randy
