Sunday, March 18, 2012

50,000 Pheasants Bagged On Opening Day In Oregon!

The following is a guest post authored by Gary Swanson - Thanks Gar!

50,000 pheasants bagged on opening day in Oregon!


Photo courtesy of Gary Noon.
 That was the country's first pheasant season, and it happened in 1882!

With South Dakota being #1 in pheasant harvests, it is a little known fact that the first ring necked pheasants in the United States came to the state of Oregon from China in 1881.

Just one year later, due to the obvious love these birds felt for our beautiful state, they had multiplied enough to offer us the first pheasant hunting season!

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