kennett Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Just a little bit of useless, but interesting information, one of the shoots I beat on released 5 white pheasants just as a bit of an experiment. Within a month they had wandered a few 1000m to the next door shoot owned by a good friend. Spoke to him today and he had a phonecall asking if he knew where 5 white pheasants had come from. This was on the far side of the next shoot, approximately 6 miles away across an A road! Just shows how far they will go, even when being fed! Edited January 21, 2015 by kennett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbreakfast Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 What is more interesting is how the 5 pheasant had stuck together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 His shoots probably got warmer coverts, and maybe hand feeds ? More inviting to make them stay anyway! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Next doors cat killed a rung cock a couple of years ago, took me 6 months to find it had been released about 4 miles away. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1985 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 A shoot about 12 miles away released 200 white pheasants with yellow leg rings on, I've had 3 turn up on my shoot and I know a keeper on a bit of land that's about 8 miles from release site and he has had a good 10 or 12 turn up on his shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Couple of years ago we released some white and melanistic (dark brown/black) pheasants. They roamed everywhere and there favourite place to roost was on a marsh area. Never have them again, they were a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) We always have found a few birds each season that we did not release either white or melanistic. Nearest shoot to us about 3 miles as the pheasent walks. I expect they always end up with a few of ours. Edited January 22, 2015 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindhunter Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 funny how we all have different experiences with birds wandering I got 5 white pheasants from hy-fly one got killed a few days after arriving into the release pen but the other 4 stuck together like glue and never wandered more than 500 yards from the release point (wish I could say the same for the ordinary birds) 2 have been shot during the season, but the remaining 2 are still there also a couple years ago I got 6 melanistic poults mixed in with a batch of ordinary poults they did slowly wander away but in the same tight group of 6 birds, I was able to keep track of them after the season they settled at a cottage garden feeding under the bird table approx. half mile from the original release point one hen managed to successfully rear a healthy brood of melanistic offspring and some of them are still around the same cottage to this day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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