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I believe you need a licence to raise game birds such as ring necks. At least you used to. We got asked for ours when we bought some pheasents at an auction. That was years ago but i would check into it. we didnt have one and we ended up re selling them.
Just out of curiously. Why is there a season for these if they aren't in the wild. Is it just for game farms?
I have done some research and found they extremely cheap on kijiji, and clearly if this guy made it why cant the government help out a bit to bring them back? I read on hear some where that they tried a reintroduction program but released less then 400 birds, I would think there would need to be more then that to expect any kind of positive results, in my own opinion I would think they would need to release at least 1000 birds. because unfortunately until the birds get used to being wild there would be a mass die off such as road kill, predators and finding or adapting to a habitat.
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Originally Posted by huntinguy
They arent native for one thing. Why help "re-establish" a non-native species when our own native upland birds are struggling as it is? Those dollars should be going towards helping our grouse and quail.
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Originally Posted by Dobermanhunter
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Originally Posted by oldbuck
Correct. Depending on what you are doing there are two licenses - a game farm license and a license to raise and keep pheasants.
Per the $2 comment for chicks. Mature birds are typically $12-14 depending on how many you buy. There is a big difference in quality of the producers, so do your homework.
You also purchase immature birds and can find them for $5 to $8 at times
Well...I was up at 4th division Meaford for 5wks.....I saw a brood with a hen there for 3 days off and on...and it was a pheasant not a sparptail....she had 6 the first day and 5 the other days....and as for the Humber...there's been wild birds there for awhile...20yrs or so....hens with chicks as well....roosters used to crow right beind my best freinds house in the am on his fenceline....
you can buy pheasant chicks from freys hatchery for around $4 or $5... or watch on kijiji, can ussually find them from $5 to $20 depending on age...
a mnr license is required, just have to contact your local mnr office...
very easy birds to raise, dont require heat in the winter, and dont require alot of food... they are quite flighty and spazzy though...
Well we have about 200 chicks right now and they are just about 5 weeks old.
Lots of work keeping them in a large box in a garage!!!! For first timers we've done great so far.
Hope to release them into an outside enclosure soon. We can take a chance and just release them directly into the wild but survival rate will be dismal at best. There is an army of various predators out there waiting for a tasty meal of pheasant chicks!
We are curious to know what the future holds...