Nelson and granddaughters help to increase pheasant population

by Michael Mattison
For the past 8-10 years, Arlin Nelson has been raising pheasants and releasing them into the wild to help bolster the population.
This year he got help from his granddaughters, Evelyn and Elloise, who had daily chores.
Nelson said that after his wife passed away, it gave him something to do. “It didn’t cost me anything. With all the grassland and the lake there, it seemed like a good idea,” he said. “Twenty years ago, there wasn’t much of a pheasant population, not like when I grew up.”

For the complete story, check out the July 16 issue of the Winthrop News.