cooperators, was approximately 15,000 birds. It is estimated that there 
were in addition approximately 5,000 additional pheasants reared and 
distributed in Wisconsin in 1930 from other means. Inasmuch as it is 
believed that a gregt percentage of all counties in the southeastern and

southwestern game districts will eventually be suitable for the breeding

of ring-nedk pheasants, it is hoped to gradually increase the number of 
birds stocked each year by the state until a maximum output of 25,000 birds

has been reached, with an additional putput of approximately 5,000 birds

by other means.  It is estimated that 4bout 24,000 ring-neck pheasants 
were liberated in 4isconsin in 1929 and 1930. There were of course several

thousand birds liberated before that time. Providing the state can make 
a 20% increase for the next three years over the 1930 stocking program there

will be approximately 24,000 birds stocked in 1931. By the fall of 1933,

according to this schedule, there should be stocked inWisconsin between 
1929 and 19t/3 from 90,000 to 100,000 pheasants. Providing there is no 
rift in the plan, present stocking methods plus natural breeding should 
produce by October 15, 1933 frow 300,000 to 600 000 pheasants in Wisconsin,

the majority of which would be in not more than forty counties in the 
southern game districts. 
A very thorough survey of the pheasant crop should be made in 1932. 
It is believed that the result of this survey will show that, in the fall

of 1933, the majority of townships in from thirty to thirty-five counties

in the southern game districts may be opened for a short pheasant season,

In many instances the whole county can probably be opened. 
With the present range and distribution of Hungarian partridge already 
stocked, it is logici.l to assume that, by the fail of 1933, the season may

also be opened on these birds, covering from eight to twelve or fifteen 
counties.