There are no huntable populations of wild pheasants in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Every spring I see a few birds on my farm that have drifted over from a regulated shooting ground about 3/4 of a mile away. Within a few weeks, they are gone. When I bought my current property in 1986, there was a vibrant wild population-a limit on opening day for a couple of hunters was a forgone conclusion walking from the back door. When I moved back permanently in 1996 after 7 years living in Europe, there was not a pheasant to be found.
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