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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: boneaddict on November 30, 2011, 02:14:11 AM
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Is that one of your birds? Pretty damn nice. :tup:
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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.
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Sure is a pretty bird. Great shot
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Sweet pic
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Those are great birds!! Hardy pheasants, Wish somebody would raise more of them and start releasing them on the west side.
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That's cool!
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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 :tup:
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I'll be damned. Nice Carp.
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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
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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.
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I too wish more guys raised them and Reeves around here. Pretty dang tasty too!!!
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Those are probably some of my Reeves Genetics you have there. :chuckle: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Their tails get up to 6 feet!!! :yike: Would love to see the Sandy dog retreive one like that. That'd be a picture to remember.
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I love them birds!!! I really do need to start raising them again
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If you raise 'em I'll help you shoot 'em. And eat 'em!
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LOL, yeah I might need help shooting them, last time I raised birds released them and didn't have the heart to shoot them. I thought maybe they'd have a chance at making it. So yea I'd rather you help me eat them rather than the coyotes, hawks and owls getting fat off them .
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I bought a few reeves roosters from a guy out of Walla Walla a few years back. He was raising about 400 a year for release in the dayton/blues area. I got a couple real nice roosters...you can really get good ones when you are looking at 50-75 to choose from. I bet it was the same guy you dealt with Bone. He said he remembered hunting them as a kid when the GAME Dept. released a bunch, liked it so much he was trying it again.
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:tup: He took the creme of my crop. Some damn good Reeves genetics. I think he was working on releasing mountain quail down there too. Its been awhile since I have talked to him. Real nice guy.
