a.m. hunt 9/15 pheasant pheaver

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I got out this morning and fought clouds of mosquitos, forgot the spray! Hunted a pounded park for two hours till I could no longer stand it the bugs. Couple 40's Wheaties and '39 S merc and no nails!

When I got home I snapped a few pics of a wayward hen pheasant that's been hanging out with the chickens. My boy and I were able to get within a couple feet of her, and she seems tame.
 

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Nice finds. Wont be long and them pesky skeeters will get frosted!!!
 

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The pheasant moved into the chicken coop and was eating their feed. Totally unlike a wild bird. I had to grab it and toss it back out of the coop into the yard...noticed a hawk hanging around earlier today. I'm afraid a bird that acts like that won't be around very long. Hope it survives.
 

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Dad has a partridge claiming his yard. It will chase him on the mower and the neighbors cats leave it alone.When I stopped to visit it was hanging out by the front slider door like he (we guess she) owned the joint.:dontknow:
 

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Nice score on the Merc D!! :thumbsup: She is a beauty! Congrats on the Wheaties too. Nice pics man - maybe that pheasant thinks he is a chicken lol :laughing7:
 

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WTG on the silver! Maybe she was raised nearby?
 

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Congrats on the Merc and wheats, D. :icon_thumright: Nice Barred Rocks, too. :thumbsup:

My neighbor raised some pheasants once and they were pretty slow in the "act wild to survive" department too. I doubt they lasted long either.

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p.s. And are those Black Australorps in the background?
 

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nice score on that merc D! wheats too, kinda red looking, I'm guessing Rives :) Maybe you should just welcome that pheasant into your life :) I'll never forget you coming over unknowingly with a stowaway chicken under your truck LOL All my neighbors in suburbia got a kick out of that, especially us trying to catch it.
 

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Maybe you should just welcome that pheasant into your life :)
Well, I thought about it, especially her wrapped in bacon and with a little garlic and olive oil...:laughing7:
Got the merc in a park to the west of Jackson, you, Brentallica and I hunted earlier this year..
 

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