Although the ring-necked pheasant isn't native to North America, hunting for the upland bird has long been a Wisconsin ...

While the program wasn’t a great success, it did add more to the wild ringneck gene pool ... changes during the 1960s which removed pheasant habitat, Thumb pheasant numbers quickly declined ...

“The pheasants don’t care whether their habitat is intentional or unintentional,” she said. Adam Shook, a DNR wildlife technician at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area south of ...