Show jv jw the activities conducted under the pittman robertson program have done much toward establishing sound regulations on seasons and bag limits robert M rutherford federal c conservation on official is confident that the surveys financed by the PR P R fund are essential to the croper proper management of our wildlife ife resources for example the antelope herd in texas is large enough to support a limited kill safely however to determine the number of permits that can be issued without endangering the future supply PR P R research search rt technicians ceans take a census from the air ascertaining the numbers and sex me x ratios of the animals they th then report their findings wi with ll 11 recommendations for prudent hunting restrictions the chinese or ring necked pheasant is the most important game bird in many states game departments must have ln forma tion each year on the annual su supply I 1 y if the harvest is to be CO confined dined to the surplus this calls call s for a field investigation before each season during severe winter weather the birds crowd into good cover and can be flushed out of sam pie areas and the ratio of cocks to hens learned then as the thi nesting season approaches app and the cocks collect their harems hares the cr crowing 0 wing of the cock birds can be ernt u used ed to compute the number pr present in the spring cock pheasants crow on the average once every two minutes and 5 84 seconds with data accumulated from such observations state game departments are advised as 83 to what the shooting season reason and bag limit should be pitman robertson field studies have also brought forth practical ways wa vs for working with nature where nature needs help by providing food and cover for wildlife the year round a tested and proven recipe for increasing and maintaining large shoot ablo surpluses of wildlife |