Vol. 3, No. 11 
Page 3 
W-61-R-4 J. Ellis, W. L. Anderson 
Night-lighting at Neoga prior to the pheasant hunting season resulted 
in the capture of 76 pheasants. A total of 212 pheasants were observed; 35.8 
per cent of these were captured. It required an average of 3.9 minutes to find 
a pheasant and 10.8 minutes to capture one. 
The sex ratio of all the pheasants observed, including those captured, 
was 1.33 hens per cock. The age ratio of those captured was 5.9 juveniles per 
adult; the hen age ratio was 11.6 juveniles per adult hen, indicating excellent 
production on the area in I960. Examination of the molt of the primary wing 
feathers revealed that 27 per cent of the juveniles were hatched after the 
second week of July. 
