Project aims to boost small game bird population

Schafer excited about results from first-year efforts

  • One-day old pheasant chicks are mailed to clients like Dane Schafer of Hampton, who utilize equipment provided by Oklahoma-based Wildlife Management Technologies to protect and care for the birds during their first few weeks of life.
    One-day old pheasant chicks are mailed to clients like Dane Schafer of Hampton, who utilize equipment provided by Oklahoma-based Wildlife Management Technologies to protect and care for the birds during their first few weeks of life.

    As a life-long hunter, Dane Schafer is aiming high in hopes of replenishing the area’s small-game bird population.Having grown up in Hamilton County hunting with his father, brother, uncles and friends, Schafer said he developed a love for the outdoors, hunting everything from large to small game. When he bought his own hunting dogs in recent years — a Weimaraner and German Shorthair, both pointer…