Ringneck pheasant?

[Doskil]

Are there any places to hunt ring neck pheasants in TN?

Thanks

 

[Trapper John]

Game preserves. I've hunted at a few that offer pheasant hunts.

 

[treehanger27]

The only place to hunt pheasant in is game preserves. the chiggers kill the babies so they cant reproduce.

 

[Darkthirty II]

Actually the humidity is too high here, so the eggs cannot incubate properly. Thats why there are no pheasants in the southeast, although there is a small huntable population of wild ringnecks on the outerbanks of NC.

 

[RUGER]

Hmm, I wondered why they didn't live here.

 

[mike243]

my fatherinlaw raised them for years here in Tn,im pretty sure its a feed problem,mike243

 

[InfoMan]

You'll have to forgive me. It has been a while since I took the gamebirds class (oh about 30 years) but as I recall, there is a mineral lacking in the soil that has to do with nesting success in the southeast. Take a look at any range map and see they are generally not found in this area. Yes they can be pen raised but they are not successful in the wild.

 

[mike243]

well i was pretty dang close in before the ferg,mike243

 

[Doskil]

Thanks

It's interesting they survive on the Outer Banks and nowhere else in the South

 

[InfoMan]

Is that a release surviving situation or are they reproducing on their own?

 

[Still-n-Quiet]

You'll have to forgive me. It has been a while since I took the gamebirds class (oh about 30 years) but as I recall, there is a mineral lacking in the soil that has to do with nesting success in the southeast. Take a look at any range map and see they are generally not found in this area. Yes they can be pen raised but they are not successful in the wild.

Infoman is correct.

 

[Doskil]

What mineral is that?

What mineral do ringnecks need that bobwhite quail don't?