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Pheasants
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We have maintained a closed flock of Ringneck Pheasants for many years, choosing to select for the most desirable characteristics for a pheasant that will perform under pressure at hunting clubs. Of course it has to look good too, so we emphasized color uniformity and good feathering along with a manageable body size.
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Ringneck Pheasant Rooster Strutting
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Afghan Whitewing Pheasant
Watch the wily Afghan
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Besides our "old standby" - the Ringneck, the Afghan Whitewing Pheasant, due to its innate wildness and its preference to roost in trees or brush, has shown great promise in restoring pheasant populations in the areas devoid of Ringnecks and other ground nesting / roosting game birds. They will interbreed with the Ringneck yielding a smaller "ringed" progeny. Afghans are about 2/3 the size of a Ringneck, with the cocks weighing about 2-1/2 lbs. and the hens at 1-3/4 lbs.
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Just like the Afghan, the larger Bohemian Blackneck has no white neck ring. For its size, the Blackneck is a wild, powerful flyer performing very well in all hunting coverts. It is about 1 pound larger than our Ringneck. The roosters will weigh about 4-1/4 lbs. and the hens about 3 lbs.
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Bohemian Blackneck Pheasant
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XL White Meat Pheasants
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Especially developed for the gourmet meat industry, our XL White Pheasant is as beautiful on the table as it is in the field. We have genetically selected this strain of pheasant to grow more quickly and to a much larger size than its Ringneck "cousin". The XL White is still capable of "flight" and is used quite often in the northern snow country when the Ringneck or other colored strains would "stick out like a sore thumb" in the snow. It is not uncommon for our XL White roosters to attain 6 lbs. live weight with the hens coming in around 4 lbs. live weight.
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Partridges
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Chukar Partridge
Watch our flighty Chukars
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Our Chukars are range-conditioned [on the ground], making them an extremely active bird in the hunting fields. Chukars are capable of quick but long straight flights. They are great for dog training. There is no closed season on Chukars in Wisconsin. Our Chukar has some "Regleg" in its genes.
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Huns are rapidly becoming one of the most popular game birds that we produce. At one time, huns were difficult to raise past their first week of life, but thanks to persistent and innovative game bird breeders, that problem has been mostly overcome. They are still NOT "easy" birds to raise NOR are they "easy" birds to hunt. Because of their gaminess and unpredictable flight patterns, hunt clubs that "try" them usually ask for them again. Huns cost quite a bit more to produce than Chukars because they need to be paired and because of their special management needs during grow out. They are a rewarding, yet challenging bird!
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Hungarian Partridge
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Wild Turkeys
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Jan and His Eastern Wild Turkeys
See the Turkeys Walk
Listen to the Turkeys Talk
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The Eastern strain of Wild Turkey is the largest of the five native U.S. wild turkey subspecies. Our wild turkeys make for an excellent challenging "big game" hunt at hunt clubs. Some clubs promote a special spring hunt where participants call in their birds. Our particular strain of wild turkeys originated from wild trapped Missouri and Iowa stock.
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