Canon City Chukar origin solved

I found out today that the two Chukars I reported probably came from the captive breeding program at the local prison farm. They have been raising Ring-necked Pheasants, turkeys (some non-native type), Scaled Quail and Chuckars to sell for game farms and hunting dog training. Actually, apparently Chukars are considered best for training hunting dogs because they won't fly off very far.

They have not been able to sell the Chukars or Ring-necked Pheasants like they planned. So they released 20 Chukars and some larger number of pheasants into the prison farm area (this didn't seem logical to me but then many things in DOC are not logical). One was quickly run over by prison staff and a group of them were seen hanging out near one of the prison gates (makes me wonder if these birds just stand still while the hunters shoot them). The prison farm is about a mile from the MacKenzie Ave area I saw one Chukar.

I also found out that several hundred Ring-necked Pheasants escaped, not from the prison, but from another captive breeding program east of Florence near the BLM Blue Heron ponds. I guess that a number of them are hanging around the area.

Additionally I was told that there are a number of persons who breed these game-type birds either for hunting on their property, sale to other hunt farms or dog training, or for personal pleasure.
SeEtta