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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 6:06 PM | ||
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Hi Guys,
I know some of you also hunt in Pa. If you do, you should read the new Pheasant Magement Plan put out by the PGC,it is outstanding.Just go to their website to read it.They are on their way to bringing back WILD pheasants to Pa.Please make sure you send your comments to them,they can use all the support they can get.This may be one of the last chances to have Wild PHEASANTS in any kind of numbers on the east coast.Thanks |
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 6:21 PM | ||
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Here is the link to read the draft:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=458&q=159617 __________________ |
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 7:07 PM | ||
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jersey city is loaded with pheasnts just cat shoot them with out getting arested __________________ ubnj member
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 7:30 PM | ||
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Theres wild pheasants around. I got one last year that was perfict in Stockton, Hunderton County.
Theres other wild birds here and there that are having broods. We will search them out more this coming season. I went up to NRA the gap several times last year and saw some really beautifull birds. Things are looking better and better lately but the traveliing costs suck. |
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 7:42 PM | ||
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I would love to take a wild bird __________________ It isn't the catch or the kill that makes for a great outdoor experience but enjoying all that God has created for us.
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2008 8:46 PM | ||
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the foxes and yotes take their toll on wild birds as do ferel cats assunpink is loaded with them __________________ ubnj member
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 4:26 AM | ||
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they stock assunpink... __________________ "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 5:20 AM | ||
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Dragthor,thanks for posting the link.
At one time Pa.hunters used to harvest 1.3 million ringnecks a year.The PGC and Pheasants Forever are working to restore the wild pheasants in Pa.Yes there are some wild pheasants around,but not realy in huntable numbers.Even if you don't hunt in Pa. but like pheasant hunting you should read the draft,many neat facts on pheasants. I hope most of you belong to the N.J.Chapter of Pheasnts Forever.Great group of guys.Thank you! |
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 7:19 AM | ||
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They need cover from the high grass to reproduce also. Whens the last time we saw grass as high as our chest?
Its going to be more fun too. I showed pictures of that bird we got last year with the head to tail it was almost as long as my tail gate on my PU. I got him Christmas eve last year. What a presant from Santi Clauss. 
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2008 7:38 AM | ||
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| You are right Cat,it is all about nesting cover.Yep getting a WILD ringneck now is a real trophy. | ||
| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 12:01 PM | ||
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| I went to school back in the late 80's at Penn State - Univ. Park. My roommates and I would drive around and spot a farmer and very politely and respectfully ask to hunt a field or two. They almost always said yes and those birds were truly wild and plentiful. Things change in 20 years or so but I would love for the state to become populated again with the wild ones. A lot has to do with the pesticides and fertilizers being used - makes the egg shells very thin and brittle. | ||
| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 12:33 PM | ||
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Quote: The extemely effiecient way we use land is also a problem --- removes natural hiding areas near feeding areas for the birds.A lot has to do with the pesticides and fertilizers being used - __________________ We, The People, are all first responders.
We are also the first victims. Demand reasonable CCW laws from Trenton. |
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| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 1:54 PM | ||
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I shot a bird last year that wasn't a "wild" bird but was most likely a leftover for a year or two. The size of the bird, the tail length, but even more so the length of the spurs.
This bird had .75" spurs. On a pheasant, that's a nice spur. He ran my 2 Drahthaars silly for about 10-15 minutes in some high grass fields. They would track, point and then start looking again. He ran them in 2 big circles.  Finally they teamed up and worked him back towards me where he found himself corned. The locked on him, I had no way of seeing him but he busted from the grass straight up.
Like an idiot I ate him instead of having him mounted. 
There are more there I know. Like I said, not really wild birds but after being there for a couple of years they get the instincts to stay alive just like a wild bird. __________________ "A bad day of hunting is better than a good day of work"
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| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 2:22 PM | ||
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| Tom did you notice the birds up at the NRA gap area in Pa. last year how healthy they were and beautiful at all? The birds I seen were gigantic the cocks and the hens I noticed. | ||
| Posted: 28 Jul 2008 2:30 PM | ||
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Like an idiot I ate him instead of having him mounted. Tom I did the same stupid thing myself. We were so busy getting team points I guess that it clouded our judgement I suppose.
Christmas eve I got that wild bird at least I'm pretty sure it was because he had all the features of a wild bird. I showed the bird to a number of others and they all said get it mounted also. I figured no if I go to Dakota or out west then I would, that was just stupid thinking. I herd of a couple spots out in Lancaster and Morgantown that supposidly have some wild birds I been told to look into. I hope to go try them out with my lady and Abby this year so I'm really looking forward to this season. |
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 5:55 AM | ||
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| NJ and PA. both have some locations with wild birds,but the populations are very small compaired to the past.My son in law is a wildlife biologist for NJ so I get to keep track of where the wild birds are. | ||
| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 6:09 AM | ||
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My uncle got a native bird in Hackettstown about 15 years ago he got that one mounted. __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 6:10 AM | ||
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Cool link __________________ EAT SLEEP HUNT Make your dreams a reality. Take a kid hunting. Film your next hunt. www.nloutdoors.com
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 6:17 AM | ||
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I was part of a flushing survey in PA. this winter.I was happy and surprized at the results.On just one 200 acre farm we flushed 21 WILD birds in 2 hours.
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 6:28 AM | ||
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Quote: I was part of a flushing survey in PA. this winter.I was happy and surprized at the results.On just one 200 acre farm we flushed 21 WILD birds in 2 hours. PHEASANTS FOREVER NEPA CNJ  __________________ TightLine AKA:Bill-Willie-Reel Er In
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 7:54 AM | ||
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 8:00 AM | ||
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I was part of a flushing survey in PA. this winter.I was happy and surprized at the results.On just one 200 acre farm we flushed 21 WILD birds in 2 hours. Where at? SW Pa.? GreenCastle? |
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2008 11:16 AM | ||
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| It was in Montour and Columbia counties.The PGC and PHeasants Forever ran it.The groups were broken down into flushing and pointing dogs.Each group had about 4-5 dogs and maybe 10 handlers.All of the groups found wild birds.These were areas where Trap and Transfer were taking place.It was a blast. | ||
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