Fig. 3 Floodlight cluster mounted at apex ot tripod; support arms bolted to metal car-top carrier. 



piece of pipe was welded to the front bumper of the 

 truck so that the netter could rest the butt end of the 

 net handle in this holder to steady the net while the 

 truck was moving. The holder was particularly valuable 

 in cold weather because it enabled the netter to hold 

 the net handle in the crook of his arm and to avoid touch- 

 ing the metal with his hands except when the net was 

 in use. 



To give the driver good visibility, the netter rode on 

 the right fender, where a rubber mat was mounted to 

 provide a secure seat. A safety cable was attached 

 across the front part of the hood of the truck; the netter 

 could hold on to the cable with one arm to keep his 

 balance while the truck was moving. 



In capturing pheasants by night-lighting operations, 

 researchers in .South Dakota (Smith 19.'it:3)and Nebraska 

 (Anonymous 1055:1R) used five men in eacii of their 

 trapping crews: a driver, two netters, and two men op- 



erating the spotlights. With few exceptions, we employed 

 a two-man crew and experienced a high degree of effi- 

 ciency in our trapping operations. One man drove the 

 truck and controlled the floodlights;also he manipulated 

 the spotlight, which he held out of the window of the 

 truck, fig. S. The other man netted the pheasants. 



PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUES 



The procedure followed for capturing pheasants by 

 night-lighting was to systematically cruise fields of 

 relatively flat terrain, such as hayfields and grain stub- 

 ble fields, to locate roosting pheasants. Usually night- 

 lighting operations were begun shortly after sunset and 

 were continue<l throughout the night. The roosting pheas- 

 ants were observed in the arc of light produced bv the 

 floodlights. The most effective cruising speed was about 



