Golden hour

Bob Peters said:
Thanks, I will watch the video.
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In this video, I think this bird kind of flew right at him, and of course he just passed it and made sure it work of it, but he then realized it was a released bird so he gave a little sermon on released birds and that's kind of how I feel about it as well it just kind of rubs me the wrong way.
 
So he made short work of this bird, and then he checked it out and realized it was a released bird, and then he gave his opinion on released pheasants and I totally agree with what he was saying.
 
How would you know if its a released bird versus a wild bird? I hunt in WI, so most of the birds I shoot are released birds by the WI DNR. Where I hunt there are also wild birds, see a lot of birds spring turkey hunting and chicks early in the summer. Released birds are very different then game farm birds.
 
nickmqt said:
I don't get it, it's bad to shoot a released bird but ok to catch a planted fish! what gives?
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The reason being that I believe it violates fair chase to raise an animal in a domestic setting where it doesn't forge survival skills that a pheasant hatched on the prairie will develop and subsequently release it to be "hunted". If anyone else wants to, that's their prerogative, but keep it off of our public lands.

I wouldn't put myself in a situation to catch planted fish, but if private businesses were going around dumping adult fish into public lakes, I'd be equally as pissed off.
 
lonewolf123 said:
How would you know if its a released bird versus a wild bird? I hunt in WI, so most of the birds I shoot are released birds by the WI DNR. Where I hunt there are also wild birds, see a lot of birds spring turkey hunting and chicks early in the summer. Released birds are very different then game farm birds.
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The telltale sign is the hole in the pheasant's nares (nostrils) where blinders are attached when the pheasant is raised in captivity. There are other indicators, but that is the typical sign.
 
lonewolf123 said:
How would you know if its a released bird versus a wild bird? I hunt in WI, so most of the birds I shoot are released birds by the WI DNR. Where I hunt there are also wild birds, see a lot of birds spring turkey hunting and chicks early in the summer. Released birds are very different then game farm birds.
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Any bird that is born and raised in some facility, is a released bird.
 
Golden Hour said:
The telltale sign is the hole in the pheasant's nares (nostrils) where blinders are attached when the pheasant is raised in captivity. There are other indicators, but that is the typical sign.
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I guess I didn't know it was that noticeable. I actually found of photo from last year Dec 7 that one is defiantly farm raised and the other looks wild.
 
Golden Hour said:
The reason being that I believe it violates fair chase to raise an animal in a domestic setting where it doesn't forge survival skills that a pheasant hatched on the prairie will develop and subsequently release it to be "hunted". If anyone else wants to, that's their prerogative, but keep it off of our public lands.

I wouldn't put myself in a situation to catch planted fish, but if private businesses were going around dumping adult fish into public lakes, I'd be equally as pissed off.
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Lucas, I agree with your perspective. On the flip side, they taste the same coming off the grill and Whisky points/retrieves them the exact same way! One picture was a planted bird and one was wild... Whisky didn't care. LOL
 

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LC Smith said:
Lucas, I agree with your perspective. On the flip side, they taste the same coming off the grill and Whisky points/retrieves them the exact same way! One picture was a planted bird and one was wild... Whisky didn't care. LOL
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Ace cares. For sure. Of the 4 flare nares I'm aware of running into on public land, 3 acted nothing like a wild bird. They each literally ran right by me (in medium grass) before finally flushing, being very closely pursued by my dog Buzz. Why they chose to run at me I have no clue. Guessing they thought I might protect them from the brown, furry, wolflike creature on their tails. They were wrong. Maybe pointing dogs don't care, but experienced flushers definitely do. No challenge whatsoever.
 
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