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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Every wild pheasant in Alberta is result of released birds. When we had Alberta Hatchery in Brooks and raised 100,000+ birds per year we had thriving pheasant populations as far north as Edmonton. Thanks to Klienken he shut down the hatchery to save Alberta, high cost of a little grain and few jobs for summer students.
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Talking to locals in the Camrose area, they mentioned that
there were some pheasants in the area back in the 70s, but by the 80s they had pretty much disappeared. Ralph Klein wasn't even in power at that time.
