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Saw a rooster in the backyard of our rental apartment last night, actually heard him the day we arrived but was told they aren’t here by a local.
Google search says they are not recognized by f&g and aren’t regulated.
Looks a little different than the pen raised birds we shoot in Georgia


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Can't say I've heard of any up there but anything can happen in these days of "global warming". wink

I've shot pheasants in Quebec in the summer where they were not protected and some of my favorite pheasant coverts are near Duluth, MN - well outside their typically range. Maybe your rooster will have some companionship and conditions will be such they can maintain a viable population.

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There appears to be more than a few pheasants around Homer...

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Breeding population is the rumor elsewhere in Alaska they don't survive


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Locals buy chicks and release them. I've seen em for years, but don't know if any actually overwinter and breed naturally.

We had a rooster fly across the road in front of us last weekend while driving to the gear shed. GF blurted out WTF? I had a good laugh over that.


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I first saw them there about 30 years ago. F&G does not want to see "an invasive species" competing with native birds, but I have been hoping they catch on.

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I saw one in Anchorage a few years ago. There was a game farm nearby that released them for hunting so I assumed that's where it came from.

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THe only game farm is across Cook Inlet so I doubt it is from it. People fly them up for private use and some get away.

The Homer birds were in big numbers, and they were there year after year, indicating they were over-wintering and breeding. Too much snow in Anchorage most years for them to over-winter.


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