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trebling, did you report that pheasant to the Game Commission, they are on the endangered species list in PA.
I now live in the area that used to be a pheasant haven back in the 60 and 70's.
Wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah, and a Merry Christmas.
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trebling, did you report that pheasant to the Game Commission, they are on the endangered species list in PA.
JDW, that's from South Dakota. But you're right David, they are few and far between anymore.
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1- Triumph Italia
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Buon Natale, Y'all!
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AMEN Brother Stan! Sounds like the perfect Christmas to me!
Adam
PS: On a quick sidenote... how your dove season been? Been REALLY slow in this area... probably weather related.
It's been pretty good, Adam. But, it would have been much better had I been able to take more time to shoot. Harvesting has been a nightmare this fall due to an unreal amount of rain over the last 4-6 weeks. We've got birds in the peanut fields, and the shoots we have had have been above average, IMO. If it rains Thursday, as they're predicting, I plan to shoot a 96 acre peanut field on Friday afternoon. Takes a good wad of shooters to do that. Reckon you could bring a truckload of guns over to help out? SRH
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Whirled peas would be nice...
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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My wish is that future generations have the chance to enjoy our hobby.
I encourage anyone able to take a kid shooting or hunting, to take a new shooter to the range, to pass this tradition on.
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trebling, did you report that pheasant to the Game Commission, they are on the endangered species list in PA.
I now live in the area that used to be a pheasant haven back in the 60 and 70's. Now there's a Christmas wish... a Pennsylvania Game Commission that had some brains, and put the interests of the hunters who fund them first. Once they permitted the killing of the hens and began protecting many of the predators who feed on pheasants, the decline was quick and inevitable. The PGC blames it on everything else but their own mismanagement.
Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug
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Amen Stan! Maybe the post closet to my beliefs I've seen on this forum...Geo
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We had a very little increase in quail back in Maryland this year. The farmer who tends my three farms and my fathers farm said he saw seven different coveys while harvesting beans. Most years he would be lucky to see two. When I was a boy my fathers farm alone held that number or more in good years. They will go unhunted this year most likely. Only one friend has permission to bird hunt on those farms and I think his dog has passed over to where the wind always blows gently into her face and the bird never flush before I get ready. Maybe seven will become ten or even just seven again next year.
I do think some of the set aside land and wider field margins of grass to reduce runoff have helped. Nothing will bring back 1950 again but I'd be happy with 1970-1980. Three coveys on a farm is better than one some years.
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