110 Game Survey of the North Central States 



W. J. Kirgan, a sportsman of Cincinnati, told me on November 30, 1928: 



"I made three plants on my upland farm in Cleremont County (southwest 

 Ohio). They all moved out. They have done well farther north on the river 

 bottoms above Newton and Milford." 



Dispersal Failure of Hungarians. D. R. Abernathy of Lawrenceville 

 (southeast Illinois), told me: 



"We made two plants of twenty- four pairs each in December, 1924. They 

 were seen through the winter but disappeared before spring." 



Frank Gentry, of Nashville, Brown County, (south central) Indiana, said: 



"Around 1910, for a period of four years, the State furnished Hungarians, 

 many of which I released personally. One year there were 50 pairs. I tried to 

 find them later with dogs, but only raised two birds. They evidently never raised 

 broods. Another plant of 500 near French Lick in 1911 were released all in 

 one bunch after being kept in pens over winter. They were never seen again." 



Straggling Failure of Pheasants. John Greyersen, an experienced 

 Danish game keeper, now employed at the Harder Kennels at Vernon, Jennings 

 County, (southeast) Indiana, told me on May 25, 1929: 



"We planted 172 pheasants in 1924, also some in 1925. While working the 

 dogs we saw a good many pheasants, including young pheasants up to 1927. 

 Since then they seem to have all drifted out. I have heard of their being seen 

 28 miles southeast. I also saw a single straggler last fall at our training ground 

 in Jefferson County." 



John A. Gude, a professional dog trainer of Bruceville, Knox County (south- 

 west) Indiana, told me on May, 27, 1929: 



"Pheasants were heard of for several years after they were planted in this 

 part of the State. One plant was made just below Bruceville, but it lasted only a 

 year. No young birds were seen. A larger plant was made on the preserve south 

 of Bucknell, but they are all gone. No broods were heard of." 



C. W. Guerney, foreman of the State Forest Nursery at Henryville, Clark 

 County, (southeast) Indiana, told me on May 22, 1929: 



"Pheasants were planted here about 1918. There are still a few straggling 

 remnants of the plant. Last winter I saw a big cock in the woods on the Clark 

 Forest." 



H. H. Hicks, formerly game warden in Lawrence County (southeast) , Illinois, 

 said: 



"About 15 years ago 100 pheasants were planted at various points all over 

 Lawrence County. There have been a few seen ever since. One was seen near 

 Bird's Station and another near Bridgeport in 1929." 



E. C. Graham, an officer of the Missouri Izaak Walton League, who lives at 

 Poplar Bluff, Butler County, told me: 



"One hundred and twenty-six pheasants were raised from eggs in 1926 or 

 1927. The next year one nest was found, but they are now gone." 



