Hi Craig, as Harold said you are only allowed to shoot the roosters.Limit is 3 a day unless you are hunting on a preserve. Preserves are required to release additional pen raised birds on a percentage of birds harvested to keep numbers up.Limits are higher on some preserves depending on how much you want to spend.I met a guy this winter who has been raising several hundred a year and when they get about big enough to butcher he just opens the pen gate and let's them go.He commented they are quite thick on his yard for a couple weeks.I have a chance to get some birds from him this summer to release into the wild.I know lots of farmers in the area that have some good grass,CRP areas to release them in with hopes of getting permission to hunt there later this fall.I released some half grown birds several years ago in a good spot and there were lots more birds in that area for several years.I heard last fall that the GF&P would also purchase and release some birds to landowners if they had a adequate spot.I haven't checked into that yet.Jeff
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