Matt D Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 The Golden pheasant is going to the taxidermist, the first one I have ever seen in the wild and it wasn't a pin raised bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timb99 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 (edited) The photo is not clear, but I'm not sure what you have there is a "golden pheasant." Golden pheasants are virtually unheard of in the wild in the USA. I'm guessing what you have is a ring-necked pheasant with slightly mutated pigmentation Here's what a golden pheasant looks like. Edited December 3, 2010 by timb99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timb99 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Nevertheless, good hunting! I'd still take it to the taxidermist! Its cool! I have heard of, and even seen photos of albino pheasants, and melanistic mutant pheasants. Both very rare and cool looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 He has a golden in that picture, my neighbor raises them and lots of other species as well. Our club has even released some black colored roosters, they called the black rocks guess the name is from the city in Michigan they got the chicks from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Shooting it was a momment of confusion........thinking hen......no it has a rooster head and tail feather, so shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike100 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The Golden Pheasant (also referred to as the Chinese Pheasant) is native to western China. The males have a yellow head along with some other color variations and morphology that makes this bird appear very differently than your typical SD pheasant (see timb99’s picture). Matt’s picture is a Common Pheasant that has a gold/tan-colored body. Notice this bird has a dark green head (which is not seen with a Golden Pheasant). We are seeing more Common Pheasants with variations in body color these days in SD. The likely reason for this is the practice of breeding pen-raised pheasants for release on farms to insure better numbers for hunters. The “Paid Hunting Farms” that release birds are definitely impacting the natural order. For now it appears mostly to be variations in color; I hope it never results in birds that have infirmities or less resistance to disease or adverse conditions (weather, “predator-smarts,” etc.). The worst case scenario is birds with genetic defects that reduce viability in the general population (instead of only genetic variations in color). Pheasant hunting has become a significant part of the economy in SD. That explains the large number of released birds. I believe it would be much better to focus on habitat improvements and predator management. --Spike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imperial valley Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 It's bad ass, mount that thing... congrats.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Imperial val: Thanks I will post photos when I get the mount back. Spike & TMAC Thanks for the information, I think you are all right. From what I remember in under grad school for a degree in Bio Life Science the bronze color mutation has considered a golden in the US. Any way we look at it God was doing good work that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike100 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Hi nikefun499, ...Nothing in your post appears useful to this Thread or the Forum. Please take it somewhere else and leave us alone. Actually, your message appears to be a "robot," so we'll try tracking you down to your den. --Spike __________________________________ EDIT: Mercifully a Forum Moderator removed the promotional message posted by nikefun499, so... that message is now gone and readers should ignore my reply. Kudos to the Moderator for removing spam. Edited December 23, 2010 by Spike100 A Forum Moderator removed the promotional message posted by nikefun499 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timb99 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Awesome looking bird! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike100 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Looks GREAT!! ... Thanks for posting the pic. --Spike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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