OH and I'll add this, as of now, the GC has about 1.5 million acres under its control, so lets say JUST 30% of that could have MADE good pheasant habitat,
that's almost a 1/2 a million acres
and then lest add in, this, what about FEDERAL lands in PA< , you telling me, the GAME Communion couldn;t have worked with the fed'S to help save AND MAKE some of THERE lands into better habitat for pheasants
OR , how about all the CO op farms and land owners that worked WITH the GC back then!
so that excuse about land being a lot of forested land and POOR habitat , excuse is JUST that an excuse and NOT a reality!
like I said, this is a topic that is a sore spot to me, so, I take it a little harsher maybe than most! but I have done MY homework on things and know all the BS pass the buck that happened and STILL is about on the side of the GC on pheasants!
and again MORE land of better habitat could have been BOUGHT with funds wasted on pen birds!