Roy Wood

Controlled shooting of game birds, as evidenced by recently established preserves in the Southeast, is rapidly increasing in popularity. With a view toward appraising this type of hunting and its role in wildlife management, 100 ringnecked pheasants were released in seven lots on a l20-acre peninsula, Allatoona Lake, Georgia, November 24-27, 1955. Hunting began 30 minutes after the initial release of 24 birds and was sustained for four days, during which 25 hunters, divided into parties of from three to seven guns each, exerted a total gunning pressure of 33 man-days. Each of the seven...