Half Melanistic bird

[boneaddict]

[NWBREW]

Is that one of your birds? Pretty damn nice. 

[boneaddict]

One of my pure melanistic birds has been running around the Wenas breeding with some ringnecks I assume.   This bird is a free range pheasant that came looking for a bit of corn.   It looks about %50 melanistic.  Could possibly be two generations out.   I seen a black hen about a week ago.  The mels tend to be spookier than the regular ringnecks.

[Skyvalhunter]

Sure is a pretty bird. Great shot

[Dhoey07]

Sweet pic

[singleshot12]

Those are great birds!! Hardy pheasants, Wish somebody would raise more of them and start releasing them on the west side.

[87Ford]

That's cool!

[carpsniperg2]

Here you go bone, been looking for these and found them today. It was mixed in with all my NZ pics from this year. This is a full blood from New Zealand. I have always been trying to shoot one when I am over there. They always pop out when I am big game hunting and never when I have a shotgun in my hands. Thought I would share

[boneaddict]

I'll be damned.  Nice Carp.   

[WCTaxidermy]

Bone that is one very nice looking bird.  When did you take the picture?  He looks like he is displaying his Spring Wattles.  Thanks for sharing the pic......John

[boneaddict]

Good question John.  Its an older pic.  It might have been spring.  He was certainly calling alot.  I ahve a full one in the freezer I keep contemplating hooking up with you or doing myself.   I got a new office at work and was thinking hed be cool in there.   Hopefully he isn't freezer burned yet.

[RadSav]

I too wish more guys raised them and Reeves around here.  Pretty dang tasty too!!!

[boneaddict]

Those are probably some of my Reeves Genetics you have there.     I sold some to a gentleman who was raising them and releasing them down in Dayton/Blues for the WDFW.   He liked the heads on mine.

Their biggest downfall is their aggression.   

[RadSav]

The big one there had about a 3' tail.  He flew over me and I thought he was a peacock he was so big and noisy.  Fantastic eating.  We took these with Skip Geer at the Mayville Flat reserve in Fossil, OR.

[boneaddict]

They are a cool bird.   Their tails get up to 6 feet.   I've got one with a tail about 48 inches now.     Theres been a pretty good population around Dayton, but don't know if they are breeding or not.   Typical of pheasants, they can be dumb as sticks.