Birds for sale to release to wild

[bearpaw]

rosscrazyelk, I agree with the other guys on predators and cover. But, there are additional ways to help the population too.

"Idaho for Wildlife" has a surogator program in Idaho that is proving very effective at raising hatched chicks to be wild birds. IDFG doubted the efectiveness so IFW raised a bunch of black pheasants with a surogator to prove the success, last fall black pheasants were showing up in hunter bag limits.

I am hoping "Washington for Wildlife" can implement a similar program here in WA. Perhaps you could try this in the palouse! If you are interested, I will get more specific details. I would like to try this in Stevens County next year.


http://www.idahoforwildlife.com/Pocatello%20pheasants.html

Snake River Chapter Pheasant projects 2009:

Bryan Spraque and Mark Otteson have been very busy this year. They have raised and released over 6,200 pheasants and 300 Chuckars!

They currently have 14 serrogaters and 5 more in the process of being built!

These birds were released at four weeks old.

Bryan made the following quote regarding this project:

"We had an incredible survival rate this year!  Predator control, nesting & brooding habitat are absolutely vital to the success of these programs.  During the egg stage of nesting and the first 4 weeks of life, these birds are very vulnerable. But with our sophisticated serogators systems, we have proven that we can increase the survival rate of these birds substantially!  With progressvie and on-going education along with collaberation with our wonderful farmers, we can make pheasant hunting what it should be and What it used to be."



http://www.idahoforwildlife.com/Latah%20pheasants.html

Latah Chapter Pheasant projects 2010:

Jim Hagedorn, John Largent, Idaho Fish and Game personel, Adam and Tia Stagg and many other volunteers have been very busy this past Spring with birds! They recently purchased 2 new pheasant serrogaters and hundreds of young pheasants. Their goal is for each serrogater to produce 800 pheasants per year which will be turned out on public land with good habitat conditions. This is the first time this new pheasant raising technology has been attempted in Latah or the Clearwater so lets cross our fingers!

[turkeydancer]

May also want to talk with Pheasants Forever .... 

[pianoman9701]

May also want to talk with Pheasants Forever .... 

  Absolutely. They might turn the modest resources you have into a really fine project.

[FamilyMan01]

Just got a gorgeous Brittany couple weeks ago and am having a difficult time locating any sort of birds to train with locally. I live near Tacoma and not against driving for some birds. Does anybody know where I can find some birds.....besides trying to trap pigeons?

[Special T]

FamilyMan PM sent

[turkeydancer]

Family Man - PM Birdguy on pg 1 of this thread (in Gig Harbor area).

[wildweeds]

I posted a name and number for chukars near bellingham in the  birddogs forum.Perhaps fuel expense could be shared with multiple purchases and a pick up drop off rendevous.Someone from fall city was supposed to get some birds yesterday but........................ they no showed I was told.

[LenW]

have you checked into the surrogator,http://wildlifemanagementtechnologies.com/,
we had success with it but you have to make sure that you check it every 3 to 5 days and make sure everything is working okay and it helps to have advanced into keep the coyotes out,also that company has done a large amount of research, and they have found that there is no difference between a pen raised birds and a natural birth up to five weeks and actually a natural birth placed in a pen raised situation will respond exactly like a pen raised birds, the actual procedure for the Washington state Department of wildlife before 1960 was to release their birds in Eastern Washington at flight age they only Enough birds for the two weekends of opening season and brood stock, I remember having no problems getting limits.