Pheasant Weights and Time of Season in Relation to Meat Production in Nebraska

Authors

Levi L. Mohler, Nebraska Game, Forestation and Parks Commission, Ogallala, Nebr.

Date of this Version

January 1943

Comments

Published in TRANSACTIONS OF THE EIGHTH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, 1943, AMERICAN WILDLIFE INSTITUTE, INVESTMENT BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.. Used by permission.

Abstract

During the 1942 pheasant hunting season in Nebraska 479 bagged cock pheasants were weighed in western and southwestern counties. Analysis of the weights revealed that the time of the open season apparently has a material effect upon the tonnage of meat harvested for human consumption.