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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 60995" data-attributes="member: 373">It has been around for well over 20 years now, I really can;t remember how long. It has been a few years since I was directly involved. From the start it has been an independant club. They hold a banquet once a year. They purchase a couple thousand live birds each spring from an outfit in Mn. I believe. Used to get some out of Sayer but that gal isn;t in business anymore. I would have to check, my friend is kinda in charge of that any more. They also purchase chicks and donate to area people to raise along with start up feed. Once again I think between 2 and 3000 birds. Used to run an ice fishing tourney as a fund raiser on Darling but got to be a hassle in a few different ways. Hold youth hunting days and have some areas just for youth to hunt that birds are raised and released in. Have built habitat inhancements for wildlife and fishing opportunities. /raising and releasing birds does work. We have been raising around 300 every year for about 6 years and now have numbers one can actually go hunt. Not lots but enough to enjoy. Used to put a couple dozen here and a couple dozen there around the area but have now gone to splitting what we release into two groups and saturating an area. Seems ot work better at establishing birds that have chicks of their own the following years. Interesting information on the internet about self contained brooder systems that raise the chicks outin the "wild" where they are then just allowed to walk out into the habitat. If you are serious about raising them I can share some opointers we have learned over the years.</blockquote>

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