MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
Vol. 3, No. 2 
Page 3 
One-hundred eighty-three pheasants (47 cocks and 136 hens) were trapped in 
Ford, Livingston, and McLean Counties and released on the Neoga area during 
February. The age ratio among the cocks was 2.6l juveniles per adult; among hens 
the ratio was 1.26 juveniles per adult. A total of 5C6 wild-trapped pheasants 
(103 cocks and 403 hens) have been released on the Neoga area during the past 
three months. In addition 600 "California" pheasants (100 cocks and 500 hens) 
from the Mt. Vernon game farm were released on the Neoga area during the first 
week of February. 
An aerial count of pheasants, conducted on the Neoga area on February 26, 
yielded a + otal of 250 birds. In spite of a snow depth of 5.6 inches, heavy 
vegetational cover made it difficult to observe pheasants from the air. Most of 
the birds were observed near the point of release. 
