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Hunter stands with his dog, showing off his ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) kill.
Women hunters check out a ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) one of them shot.
A woman hunter shows off her ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) kill.
Report on how to estimate the age of juvenile pheasants by examining plumage.
Small game license buyers were contacted after the 2002 hunting seasons to estimate the number of people hunting upland game and waterfowl, their days afield, and harvest. The survey also was used to check whether migratory bird hunters registered with the Harvest Information Program (HIP) and to determine huntersâ opinions about extending the late pheasant season in southern Michigan.
Report on game bird populations based on surveys in state game areas, with ratings based on records from 1953-55.
Report on the results, hunting and conditions of the opening day of the 1975 pheasant season.
Results of game bird counts in 16 state game areas between May 7 and May 22, 1953.
Results of a survey of farmer cooperators requesting information on dats of plowing/mowing and numbers of pheasant nests and broods seen during those operations.
Results and analysis of the 1971 spring pheasant crowing survey.
Memorandum on investigations into concerns of a lack of pheasants on the Gotfredson Farm near Grass Lake.
Results and discussion of the 1962 rural mail carrier pheasant brood survey, conducted July - August.
Ringnecked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) numbers in Michigan have declined substantially since their peak in the 1940's and 50's. Possible factors contributing to the decline include: changes in agricultural practices, urbanization, use of pesticides and herbicides, weather conditions, predation, and possibly the genetic complement of Michigan's pheasants. Because of this possibility of inbreeding weakening the genetic stock, arrangements were made with the Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China to collect pheasants and/or eggs, and ship them to Michigan for brood stock. The subspecies of pheasant collected was Strauch's pheasant (Phasianus colchicus strauchi), or what the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) calls the Sichuan pheasant. In March 1986, 342 Sichuan x ringnecked pheasant hybrids were released in 3 counties within Michigan. Of these birds, 65 and 25 were fitted with radio transmitters before release in Tuscola-Huron and Ottawa Counties, respectively. Of the 25 radio-tagged Sichuan x ringnecked pheasant crosses released in Ottawa County, 20 carcasses/remains were recovered for necropsy or observations. Of the various mortality factors, predation (40%) and unknown causes (40%) accounted for the largest percentage of deaths, followed by vehicles (20%). For hybrids released in Tuscola-Huron Counties, predation (either avian, mammalian, or unknown) accounted for 81% of the deaths of radio-tagged birds recovered. Seventeen percent of the birds in that area were killed by unknown causes while vehicles accounted for only 2% of the deaths.
Report on the impact of snow - depths, crusts, sleet, heavy falls, and other characteristics - on game in northern Michigan.
Results and analysis of the 1972 spring pheasant crowing survey.
Radio talk on the status of the breeding programs at the State Game Farm.
Results and analysis of the 1974 spring pheasant crowing survey.
Tables documenting pheasant releases between 1947-1951, broken down by year, public/private land and county.
Paper presented at the Fifth North American Wildlife Conference, 1940 on the experiences of game introduction in Michigan, including reindeer, moose, elk, pheasants, Hungarian partridge and sharp-tailed grouse.
Report on pheasant brood study set up in 1939 at the Rose Lake Wildlife Experiment Station to show the relation of pheasant broods to the haying season, to obtain information on the size of broods, to determine brood habitat preferences, and to investigate the relation of broods to wooded cover.
Report on a survey of pheasant populations in February and March of 1960.
The Wildlife Pathology Laboratory monitored the health status of put-take pheasants at both the Breeder and Hatchery Unit and Rearing Unit during the production year 1981 (March-December) to detect diseases and other conditions which might threaten the success of the put-take program. In the monitoring effort, sick and dead pheasant were collected and examined by the Wildlife Pathology Laboratory each week. Necropsy results have been tabulated for each of the units following the descriptions of these findings.
