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The put-and-take of pheasant hunting
Ithaca, NY, Oct 21, 2010 — Every once in a while, you catch a glimpse of a pheasant along a roadside.
It was almost certainly put there, or nearby, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
You've heard of fish hatcheries and stocking, but New York State also hatches and stocks pheasants each year. They're bred in Ithaca, at the state's last remaining pheasant farm. The Reynolds Game Farm ships some 30,000 adult birds all over the state at this time of year.
WRVO's Joyce Gramza follows some of the birds from farm to field to learn more about the program.
It was almost certainly put there, or nearby, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
You've heard of fish hatcheries and stocking, but New York State also hatches and stocks pheasants each year. They're bred in Ithaca, at the state's last remaining pheasant farm. The Reynolds Game Farm ships some 30,000 adult birds all over the state at this time of year.
WRVO's Joyce Gramza follows some of the birds from farm to field to learn more about the program.
