If you would happen to have some info as to how WNV is effecting Pheasants please post that information for everyone to read.
Returning to game birds (after giving the Homeless One the bird he deserves) . . .
Back when WNV first showed up in the Midwest, the Iowa DNR tested something like 80 pheasants that had been shot by hunters. All were healthy, but those tests revealed that about 20% of the birds tested showed WNV antibodies. Which means they'd been exposed, but obviously not infected. And at the same time, South Dakota was experiencing pheasant harvests in the 2 million range, which was the best they'd had since the early 1960's. So it appears unlikely that WNV has any significant impact on pheasants.
Last edited by L. Brown; 07/30/18 09:13 AM.
