The Sheridan Bird Farm started pheasant stocking on the finish of October in preparation for the Nov. 1 season opener.
Game and Fish stories that greater than 15,000 pheasants had been raised on the chook farm this yr and common stocking will take place at a number of launch websites all through the season in Sheridan, Johnson, Bighorn and Fremont counties.
During an look on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse, Wyoming Game and Fish Bird Farm Program Supervisor Darrell Meineke spoke on the required paperwork a pheasant hunter ought to have within the subject. Hunters ought to all the time carry proof of hunter schooling in the event that they had been born after Jan. 1, 1966. But to hunt pheasant it requires a particular stamp as effectively.
D. Meineke
Game and Fish asks pheasant hunters to additionally seek the advice of the 2023 Upland Game Bird Regulations for particulars. The stamp might be bought on-line or at any Game and Fish regional workplace or license promoting agent.
Meineke oversees each of the Wyoming Game and Fish Bird Farms. He’s been elevating pheasants for the Cowboy State since 1996. The ring-necked pheasant (the frequent pheasant) is just not native to the United States, however in accordance with Meineke, the chook thrived within the U.S. when it was launched within the Eighteen Eighties.
In the Thirties, Wyoming undertook a pheasant introduction program after hunters requested the chook be introduced into the state for sport and harvest. Back then, the Sheridan space had sufficient wheat and different agricultural fields to assist massive flocks of the animal.
Fields had been ultimately changed by developments and the habitat of the pheasant declined. This prompted Game and Fish to begin their breeding and care program to inventory private and non-private (however hunter accessible) lands.
D. Meineke
Due to the laborious work and dedication of Meineke and his workforce, this system is a seamless success, stocking pheasants for in the present day’s and tomorrow’s technology of sportsmen and girls.
D. Meineke
To be taught extra concerning the Sheridan Bird Farm and the Wyoming Game and Fish Pheasant Management Program, click on here.
