Looks like Sam Brownback just lost the avian vote.

Brownback, the U.S. Senator turned GOP nominee for Kansas governor, this morning proposed a Kansas Governor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt “to better market Kansas as the premiere destination for pheasant hunting in the Midwest.”

Kansas sees $271 million in economic impact from hunting. South Dakota, Brownback noted, rakes in $220 million from pheasant hunting alone.

“Kansas is consistently ranked as one of the top three states in the country for pheasant hunting,” he said. “This is an underutilized asset for our rural communities. If we do a better job telling folks about the quality hunting available here in Kansas, we will pull more of those tourism dollars into Kansas.”

The event would invite “community and business leaders from across the country for a weekend of hunting as well as networking with local business leaders,” according to a campaign statement. Brownback proposed the idea during a campaign stop in Dighton Tuesday morning.

Kansas’ Pheasant season begins the second weekend in November.