MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 2, No. 9 
Page 4 
Table 3. Brood data from Neoga and Bellmont study areas, 1957-1959. 
Neoga Area 
Bellmont 
Area 
Year 
No. Individual 
Broods Located 
Average 
Size* Age* 
No. Individual 
Broods Located 
Average 
Size* Age 
1957 
30 
9.2 
5.1 
59 
6.8 5.3 
1958 
45 
6.5 
5.2 
49 
4.9 6.4 
1959 
9 
6.8 
6.0 
35 
6.1 7.7 
* When first observed. 
At Bellmont, a meeting was held with area farmers to discuss plans for 
controlling pheasant hunting on the study area during the 1959 season. The 
system used last year required the hunters to obtain written permission from 
landowners and to report at a check station before and after shooting. The 
farmers agreed that this system should be continued in 1959. 
