UPLAND GAME BIRDS
Reginald Wells
October 10, 1955
At the opening of what promises to be a record season SI presents a foldout of popular and exotic game birds plus an area-by-area report on where to find them, the best weapons to use and all you need to know to bag and eat them
CHUKAR CARTRIDGE
Comes from Asia and thrives in many parts of the West. It will be hunted this year mostly in Nevada, California, Idaho, Washington and Wyoming
TURKISH GRAY CARTRIDGE
Kansas is testing the suitability of this close relative of the Hungarian partridge (long a success in U.S.) after failing with chukars
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
This bird of the prairies is now thriving in northern Pennsylvania where large areas have been depredated by forest fires
CAPERCAILLIE
Almost turkey-sized, this enormous bird—a fringe member of the grouse family—has been often introduced without success into U.S. from Europe
BLACK FRANCOLIN
Specimens trapped in eastern Turkey are being bred in Arizona and New Mexico in the hope of finding new habitats for this partridge
MERRIAM TURKEY
A native western bird, it has now been spread widely throughout the West and is being hunted in new regions every year
SOME OLD FRIENDS
PRAIRIE CHICKEN
Once abundant throughout the great plains states, the prairie chicken (pinnated grouse) has diminished before civilization's advance
RINGNECK PHEASANT
First successfully transplanted to the U.S. in 1881—from China to Oregon—this bird has scattered widely to all but five states
SAGE GROUSE
Shunning fertile areas, this largest of true grouse dwells in wastelands of the sagebrush country in western states
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