Wierdest place you've seen a pheasant.

Preston1 said:
The birds were wilder strains of Korean Ringneck, White-Winged Pheasant (Afghan Whitewing) and Eastern Iranian Pheasant (looks similar to a white-winged pheasant) all true pheasants ringneck type.QUOTE]

That's interesting. I had no idea pheasants are breeding in the wild in Ark.

Preston1, do you know what the latin name of the Eastern Iranian Pheasant your speaking of, and by chance is their plumage more "ringneck" like compared to the Afghans/Bianchi?

The reason I'm asking (I know this has nother to do with this thread...Sorry:eek:) I saw a photo of a rooster with a name that began with a "Z" that looked like a Afghan Whitewing.:confused: I don't recall seeing or hearing of this pheasant before. --1pheas4
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1pheas4

I believe you may be referring to the zarafshan pheasant. Different bird than the Iranian green front pheasant I think. Scientific name P. Zerafanicus. I found a very interesting article on true pheasants but I can't figure out how to copy and paste links from my phone.

I figured it out, good read if your into biology and such.

http://www.oldandsold.com/birds/bd1-261.shtml
 
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Quail Hound and Preston1 that's the bird.:) I've only seen a couple of Macpharlanes "afghan Whitewings" and they looked more like the one in your pic (Preston1). Maybe I looked at a few that were odd from the rest in their stock:confused:--1pheas4
 
Here's some pictures. The first is a picture of a few pheasants high in the tree.

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We live in town, but every once in a while we get a pheasant or two that finds the cattails in the city greenway. This rooster showed up one day so threw some corn out around the tree. He hung around our backyard for about a week.

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The last is something that most city people don't see. A moose in their back yard. Not the best picture, but my wife was so excited we're lucky to get this.

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Growing up in SE SD we often had roosters that would roost in an old dead tree close to a pit silo. Not sure if they ate some silage when we weren't looking or what?

Strangest place I ever saw a pheasant was in the floor board of my Jeep Cherokee. One of my hunting buddies had a bird in his vest that had revived and had two good legs. While we went to hunt another strip in a corn field he went over and slipped it into my Jeep. Went to get into my vehicle after we had finished that field and there stood a rooster right by my brake pedal!! He still laughts about that one!!:)
 
me and my brother were on a hunting trip in iowa we were goin down a road when a rooster flew into the front of the car when stop to go hunting the bird was stuck in the grill i pulled it out it woke up in my hands and flew off with just watching
 
cokid said:
What is it with pheas and Cherokees? See my earlier post here: http://www.ultimatepheasanthunting.com/forum/showthread.php?p=63569#post63569. He wasn't a plant, but it sure through me for a loop!
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haha, there is something about Jeeps and Pheasants ( or live birds in them anyway)

I had an '89, Myself and 2 of my buddies pulled up to a place we always hunted got out got the guns out and not 2 steps into the field it just erupts with birds. Buddy of mine shot a bird that was going back towards the Jeep and dumps him, he goes back to get him and we continue through the rest of the field. We ended up killin a few out of there, but as we are walking back up to my old jeep something doesn't seem right, there's blood all over the inside of my winshield and feathers everywhere. Apparently my buddy picked the bird up opened up the back door and just tossed him in. Said he was stone dead at the time, apparently not. We ate feathers the whole 4 hour ride home. I'm sure there's still blood somewhere in that damn thing...
 
I was hunting coyotes over by Devil's Tower this week with a friend, and that area is mixed rough terrain/prairie. One of the ranch's we drove by had a big cattle feed lot. There were two roosters in the ditch next to some sage, and four more in and around the cows.

This is definately NOT pheasant habitat!
 
Rhodi said:
Along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM.
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Wild pheasants are seen all along the Rio Grande River in New Mexico from Las Cruces northward to north of Albuquerque.
There is also a few wild pheasants all along the Pecos River and along the Texas side of that river also. A bigger group of wild pheasants are seen around the Clovis and Portales area near the Texas panhandle border.
The ringneck pheasants were first released in New Mexico in 1916 and slowly became established around the rivers creeks and irrigated areas.

In the early 1960's the White-Winged pheasants were released and added alertness, wariness and agility to the already present ringneck population and helped the wild pheasant expand all along the Rio Grande.

The Ring-Necked Pheasant (p. c. torquatus) and the White-Winged Pheasant (p. c. bianchi) are both the same specie of the true pheasants (hens look alike cocks crow and mate the same etc..) but are different sub-specie.
Look at the photo below, after almost fifty years in the wild along the Rio Grande the roosters show a fine combination of both sub-species. Every third rooster will have a full or partial ring.

www.usefilm.com/image/322068.html

The writer refers to the pheasant above as a Hybrid pheasant. That categorization is incorrect. Since in the natural wild world in these two sub-species naturally overlaped in the wild state for thousands of years in the real wild world, ornithologists refer to this as an intermediary between two groups of the same specie.
A true hybrid would be a true pheasant (ringneck type) crossed the a Golden or a Reeves, the off springs would not be fertile, but infertile.

Another thing about the Rio Grand pheasants, notice the natural sheen of the feathers, that is an indication of a healthy well fed high protein diet pheasant. The rule that state the wild pheasant depend on grain field don't apply to these pheasants.
I call these wild Southwest pheasants "Cowboy Pheasants" they don't play by the rules. Wild pheasant are also seen along the Canadian River, the Red River south of Childress and south of Lubbock all the way down to the town of Post near the Mtn Fk Brazos river.
 
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Preston1 said:
www.usefilm.com/image/322068.htmlThe writer refers to the pheasant above as a Hybrid pheasant. That categorization is incorrect. Since in the natural wild world in these two sub-species naturally overlaped in the wild state for thousands of years in the real wild world, ornithologists refer to this as an intermediary between two groups of the same specie.
A true hybrid would be a true pheasant (ringneck type) crossed the a Golden or a Reeves, the off springs would not be fertile, but infertile.
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Preston1 we keep going off course on this thread:eek: Anyway, thanks for the info and man..... that is one tough looking rooster! What a beautiful "cross" breed.:) Do Bianchii pheasants do well if released in the midwest? --1pheas4
 
1pheas4, read the middle of page 412 of the article below:

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v077n04/p0409-p0414.pdf

The article says that the Afghan White-Winged pheasant (P. c. bianchii) showing some potential in Missouri.
That was 45 years ago in the early sixties, no internet back then or internet photos. So the the Bianchi pheasants quickly crossed with the ringnecks and looked much like a regular wild pheasant to most people. But the Bianchi wild and alert genes help the wild pheasants survive in the southeast area of the state, the Bootheel area.
 
Preston1, It sound like the afghan white wing/Bianchi line does very well were ever it's been released. If this is the case why is this breed not released more often to boost pheasant #'s were they are lacking:confused: --1pheas4
 
Preston1 said:
Wild pheasants are seen all along the Rio Grande River in New Mexico from Las Cruces northward to north of Albuquerque.
There is also a few wild pheasants all along the Pecos River and along the Texas side of that river also. A bigger group of wild pheasants are seen around the Clovis and Portales area near the Texas panhandle border.
The ringneck pheasants were first released in New Mexico in 1916 and slowly became established around the rivers creeks and irrigated areas.

In the early 1960's the White-Winged pheasants were released and added alertness, wariness and agility to the already present ringneck population and helped the wild pheasant expand all along the Rio Grande.

The Ring-Necked Pheasant (p. c. torquatus) and the White-Winged Pheasant (p. c. bianchi) are both the same specie of the true pheasants (hens look alike cocks crow and mate the same etc..) but are different sub-specie.
Look at the photo below, after almost fifty years in the wild along the Rio Grande the roosters show a fine combination of both sub-species. Every third rooster will have a full or partial ring.

www.usefilm.com/image/322068.html

The writer refers to the pheasant above as a Hybrid pheasant. That categorization is incorrect. Since in the natural wild world in these two sub-species naturally overlaped in the wild state for thousands of years in the real wild world, ornithologists refer to this as an intermediary between two groups of the same specie.
A true hybrid would be a true pheasant (ringneck type) crossed the a Golden or a Reeves, the off springs would not be fertile, but infertile.

Another thing about the Rio Grand pheasants, notice the natural sheen of the feathers, that is an indication of a healthy well fed high protein diet pheasant. The rule that state the wild pheasant depend on grain field don't apply to these pheasants.
I call these wild Southwest pheasants "Cowboy Pheasants" they don't play by the rules. Wild pheasant are also seen along the Canadian River, the Red River south of Childress and south of Lubbock all the way down to the town of Post near the Mtn Fk Brazos river.
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Unfortunately, the Pheasant season in NM is very limited. When we lived there, we spent quite a bit of time hiking, biking, and just hanging out around the Rio Grande. We saw Pheasant on a frequent basis, mainly roosters.

The link you provided is from the Bosqué del Apache NWR. If you ever get the chance, it is a beautiful place to see in the fall/winter; many photo opportunities for migratory birds.

Another place I used to see Pheasant was in S Korea when I was stationed there in the military. When flying into Camp Humphries, I used to see them on the runway all of the time…everywhere.
 
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