I know of at least 2 historical populations in in Oregon neither of which
led to self-sustained populations. The Bobwhites released at William L
Finley NWR were still occassionally being seen well into the late 70's.
The last remnants of a population released in Delight Valley South of
Eugene disappeared by about 1972.

Bobwhites, like most of the pheasants we pretend are self-sustaining are
far more dependent on regular releases to bolster populations than
most would care to admit.


>
>At 11:29 AM 1/9/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>They did fine at twenty below in northern Illinois where I grew up and
>>used to hunt them years ago.
>>
>Could it be the ODF&W biologist was full of beans (grin)? Seems so if they
>survive in Illinois and Eastern Washington, stands to reason they'd do fine
>in Oregon as well. Hummmm.
>
>Peggi
>Ben & Peggi Rodgers
>Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz)
>USA
>woodduck at cruzio.com
>
>"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
> It sings because it has a song"
>
>
>

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