Black Pheasant?

[bear hunter]

THis is the pair that escaped.   I had them down to almost completely melanistic blue.  Even the hens were black.....most of the ones they release are brown.

That's a cool looking pheasant

[PointNLab]

I got three this year on the LT that were release birds. Very pretty unfortunately they did not have well developed tails suitable for mounting. They have; however; added some variety to my friends fly patterns.

[WCTaxidermy]

Those are so cool.  I have never been able to shoot one yet in the wild.  Why in the world are they releasing them at release sites?  I must be missing something.

[BIGINNER]

my neighbor used to raise them. they escaped a while back.  some hang out in my yard.  I leave those alone though.

[boneaddict]

Pretty decent color on those.  I wonder if he picked up some of my bloodlines or ones from the Spectrum Ranch.   Little better color in those than the average melanistic.