I think over the course of training my two dogs I "released" 200 into the Mercer County area myself. I never could get them to recall properly, a bird or two every now and then would come back to the pen. They stuck around my hunting locale on the property for a couple years. I would hear them chirping while turkey scouting or during turkey season. Not sure if they all just died off or were eaten, but 4 years later no evidence of them remains. Good habitat too - had my hopes up after hearing them still around after 1 year.
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