Reeves pheasants

[dogga 1]

Is it legal to release reeves pheasants as I have read that as they are ornimental and a non native species it's not legal to release or release to shoot.... Could anyone shed any light on this please .cheers

 

[mudman 14]

illegal to release

[morton 5,368]

Is it legal to release reeves pheasants as I have read that as they are ornimental and a non native species it's not legal to release or release to shoot.... Could anyone shed any light on this please .cheers

All pheasants are non native to this country,yet the ring neck hybrids are released in vast quantity,s.Travelling through Cumbria last year i came across several Reeve,s in the fields.

["Earth!" 503]

what was your purpose of releasing them??

 

were a couple of neighbouring keepers that accidently released some but were soon shot as they are very agressive towards all other pheasant.

[nod 285]

i shot one on beaters day this year, the keeper says a few get accidently get out each year, so he puts a bounty on them

[dogga 1]

The reason I ask is I am part time keeper on a shoot and the shoot captain has bout about 20 reeves .... Now from personal experience these are highly teretorial and will act very aggresively towards other pheasants ... Its the legality of realeasing that I'm trying to get a difinative answer on ... I was under the assumption that ring necks and any cross of this bird are now classed as native the only other I wasn't sure about is the jap green .... Still confused

["Earth!" 503]

The reason I ask is I am part time keeper on a shoot and the shoot captain has bout about 20 reeves .... Now from personal experience these are highly teretorial and will act very aggresively towards other pheasants ... Its the legality of realeasing that I'm trying to get a difinative answer on ... I was under the assumption that ring necks and any cross of this bird are now classed as native the only other I wasn't sure about is the jap green .... Still confused

knock the reeves and tell the boss the foxes had a couple and the rest wandered off

[paulus 26]

The reason I ask is I am part time keeper on a shoot and the shoot captain has bout about 20 reeves .... Now from personal experience these are highly teretorial and will act very aggresively towards other pheasants ... Its the legality of realeasing that I'm trying to get a difinative answer on ... I was under the assumption that ring necks and any cross of this bird are now classed as native the only other I wasn't sure about is the jap green .... Still confused

what about mitchigan blues etc there all non native

[dogga 1]

But as far as I'm aware michi s are not an ornamental species and are still classed as a releasable viable shooting strain ! Earth that doesn't look too good on my keepering abilities if I say the fox got em and the rest wandered off !!lol I was hoping if it was illegal then I could just 'put him in the picture ' then not even get them delivered !!

[paulus 26]

But as far as I'm aware michi s are not an ornamental species and are still classed as a releasable viable shooting strain ! Earth that doesn't look too good on my keepering abilities if I say the fox got em and the rest wandered off !!lol I was hoping if it was illegal then I could just 'put him in the picture ' then not even get them delivered !!

what would make a mitchigan blue any different to a reeves being realesed there both non native the fact one is a good viable shooting strain and the other is not is matter of fact, another point is release pens when poults are in pens they there classed as stock like any ornimental fowl, but upon release do they become wild or are they free range stock i dont know the law but it all seems very strange, are wallabies,red legg partridge,chinese water deer,muntjack and collard doves wild as there all non native

[dogga 1]

That's how I understood it jackboy thanks .. Can anyone suggest where to actually find out if it does infact break the law and which law it breaks ? Why do game farms actually sell if its illegal ?

["Earth!" 503]

But as far as I'm aware michi s are not an ornamental species and are still classed as a releasable viable shooting strain ! Earth that doesn't look too good on my keepering abilities if I say the fox got em and the rest wandered off !!lol I was hoping if it was illegal then I could just 'put him in the picture ' then not even get them delivered !!

ornamental= reeves,goldens, lady amhersts etc... illegal to release. your boss needs educating as do you.

if in doubt, dont let them out.

[ftm 3,357]

better off without them they chase every bird away there was 2 on our shoot and they were more of a nuisance than owt else mind you one did fly well and landed with a right heafty "thump" a couple of feet from me

[dogga 1]

Earth .... As I did say I was under the understanding that reeves were ornamental but I couldn't find the law which is what I was trying to find out as quoting that you said it would hardly stand up in court but thanks for your advice mate

[dogga 1]

Jack boy I can't get that link to work !