Wright County Pheasants Forever Chapter #95

03/26/2026

Tree Sale from our partners at the Wright Soil and Water Conservation District. If you are interested in planting trees, shrubs or native plants this spring ORDER NOW!

01/10/2026

01/10/2026

Get ready to say BINGO! Breakfast is hot and the cards are selling!

10/07/2025

The Wright County Farm Bill Biologist, Melissa Kirby, is hosting this educational event open to the public! Come and learn about identification of different species!

07/03/2025

Last Saturday at the Great Outdoor Fair! We had a great turn out and a lot of interest in the Chapter.

06/24/2025

Family Fun Event THIS Saturday! Pheasants Forever will be there making pollinator balls to help encourage native plant growth at your home!

Doing anything this Saturday? Want to spend a fun day at the Park? Stop on on by for the first ever Great Outdoor Fair!! LOTS of activities for all ages, food trucks, and a short interesting snap shot of Buffalo history presented by our own Outreach Coordinator.

See you there!

05/15/2025

Chapter Members Eric and Missy presenting to 5th graders about the importance of pollinators. at Ney Park Environmental Education Days

03/30/2025

Thank you everybody who showed up to support Pheasants Forever yesterday! It was a huge success!

03/29/2025

We are all set up and ready for you!

Tickets are still available and can also be purchased at the door, but seats are limited.

01/21/2025

Some chapter members attended the Pheasants Forever State Convention this past weekend! They learned valuable things that they can take back to the chapter.

12/31/2024

Providing habitat is the best way to sustain healthy wildlife populations.

Get ready for our final few installments of MythBust Monday!

You’ve probably heard of someone or even been a part of releasing pen raised birds such as pheasants & quail. Many people will release pen raised birds as a way to increase the population in a location. Although you can mean well by stocking birds, it can carry some large risks for local wild populations.

❌Stocking birds in an area with preexisting wild birds can be detrimental to the wild populations in ways such as disease transfer, higher predation rates and genetic dilution. Pen raised birds can transfer diseases to wild birds by direct contact with individuals or through f***s. They also lack “survival instincts” making them easy prey to predators and with large numbers being released year after year this may cause some predators to key in on those species resulting in increased hunting pressure and nest predation. Pen raised birds have a higher chance of carrying undesirable genetics that can get passed onto wild birds, such as mutations.

✅With all this being said, releasing birds in areas with no local wild populations is safe to do, but the best way to increase wild bird numbers is to create and enhance the habitat they require. While also reducing nest predators like racoons, skunks, etc.

Click the links below to learn more: 👇👇

👉 pheasantsforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Field-Notes/Stocking-Pheasants—Still-in-Demand,-Still-Futile.aspx

👉 quailforever.org/Habitat/Why-Habitat/Quail-Facts/Quail-Stocking.aspx

To contact your local Farm Bill Biologist visit 👉 https://www.ihuntil.com/team-illinois/