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Rockport Pheasant Farm:
Home of the Rockport Rockets
By Patrick C. Carr, Supervising Biologist
and Robert Carr, Game Farm Superintendent
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Rockport
Pheasant Farm personnel raise about 60,000
pheasants annually on 34 acres of outdoor pens
under the protection of a thick cover of sorghum.
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Because these birds have been selected for the
best traits of each breed, they hold well for bird
dogs, have a heart-stopping, explosive flight and
sport a remarkably handsome appearance.
Pheasants raised at Rockport are a
special strain of pheasant developed
by game farm personnel, who select
breeding individuals to get the best
combination of strong flying and
overall attractive appearance
Information on the WMAs and
pheasant stocking dates are found
in page 62. Additional information is
available on our Web site at www.
njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2008/
pheas_sched08.pdf.
Pheasants are stocked on 25
Wildlife Management Areas
(WMAs) statewide for hunters
with a pheasant stamp and a
current firearm hunting license.
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The birds are an
engineered blend of
the English Ringnecked
Pheasant,
the Korean Green
Pheasant, the
Mongolian Pheasant
and the Black Necked
Pheasant.
Their rapid flight has earned
them the well-deserved name
Rockport Rockets among
those who hunt them.
August 2008 For more information contact New Jersey New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Digest | 87
Division of Fish and Wildlife at (609)292-2965 2008 Hunting and Trapping Issue
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