Live Pheasant Photos

1pheas4 said:
That's a good question. It's doable, but I'm not sure I've done one like that in the past. When I get back to my commercial mounts I'll try one out and post a photo.



Yeah, post a pic of him. Is this bird a Minnesota rooster?
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There a dead bird pic on here someplace its the SD double spured rooster I shot last season had huge white cap & wide full ring neck... I think I sent u a cell pic of it...

I can't post pics not smart enough...

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Oh yeah. I remember that bird and photo. That was a good bird. I've only shot 2 with double spurs. Both were 3-4 year old birds but each had short tails though. One of them had an over grown beak too. For some reason he must not have been pecking at the ground:confused:. That's usually what keeps their beaks trimmed. Wild bird. I've seen that a often in pen birds but never before on a wild bird.
 
1pheas4 said:
Oh yeah. I remember that bird and photo. That was a good bird. I've only shot 2 with double spurs. Both were 3-4 year old birds but each had short tails though. One of them had an over grown beak too. For some reason he must not have been pecking at the ground:confused:. That's usually what keeps their beaks trimmed. Wild bird. I've seen that a often in pen birds but never before on a wild bird.
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Not calling BS here; I simply don't know what the truth is. I assume you're talking about pen-raised (basically pet) birds, otherwise you wouldn't know their ages. Most wild birds don't make it 1 year, much less 3 or 4. I suspect the only way a rooster in the "wild" could make it 3 years is if his environment wasn't really all that wild. I suppose in captivity (with who knows what type of breeding practices), weird spurs, beaks, colors, etc. are fairly common. But I've never heard that pheasants NEED to peck in order to keep their beaks from over-growing. Can anyone substantiate this?
 
1pheas4 said:
Oh yeah. I remember that bird and photo. That was a good bird. I've only shot 2 with double spurs. Both were 3-4 year old birds but each had short tails though. One of them had an over grown beak too. For some reason he must not have been pecking at the ground:confused:. That's usually what keeps their beaks trimmed. Wild bird. I've seen that a often in pen birds but never before on a wild bird.
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Yeah it was not a long long tail but had very good colors & huge ring plus white cap on head etc. Plus the 4 spurs I remember asking u & u saying u only seen or herd of a few with double spurs...

I go buy spurs for age 3/4 inch spurs with points I figure 2+ more like 3 year olds... I keep many spurs u can kinda see the 1 2 + 2+ year old birds spurs after awhile...

No idea about beaks have seen goofy beaks I've raised capitive ring necks my hole life... Seen the color change from hen color to rooster b4 that was odd due to lack of light I think???
 
Since this is a thread about Live Pheasant Photos.....
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The oldest captive pheasant I ever had was 4 and a half years old. Peg leg Pete was his name. He followed me around when I fed. He got frost bite his first year. Got froze to a truss in the flight barn, was up there for 3 days. After he thawed out he flew down but the claw never opened again, so that's how he got his name. He died before he was 5. As he got older, the spurs got longer, beak got longer, he was the only one without a peeper in his nose. Spurs started to curl up actually on year 4. Started looking pretty rough though. I couldn't imagine a bird making it that long in the wild, but as they age things keep growing. Doesn't matter if they are pecking the ground or not, the beak will grow. I've had quail make it longer in captivity though. They got so fat they could hardly walk.
 
Thank you. Some shots during a snow storm......:)
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That's neat. The bottom photo could be a painting.
 
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