lurcherman 887 13,259 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Are they rare ? Never seen one myself Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said: Are they rare ? Never seen one myself No mate, o lot of shoots put a few down…..always a fine if you shoot one. 3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,901 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said: Are they rare ? Never seen one myself That does look like an albino rather than a white / silver pheasant which I think are used as a number marker, not a 100% you need someone like shovel leaner who actually runs a shoot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,259 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Best pic I could get that’s over in Hemel so many bird there it’s unreal must be a big shoot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,259 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Greyman said: That does look like an albino rather than a white / silver pheasant which I think are used as a number marker, not a 100% you need someone like shovel leaner who actually runs a shoot Was pure white mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BEARINATOR 2,872 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Shoot pets so a fine for getting them on shooting days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,457 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Used to be a £20 fine for shooting one on a shoot day and you had to put £20 behind the bar if you did not shoot one on beaters day 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,571 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Few round my patch. Used to be said keepers would release a few as a marker of poaching frequency. Heard it said of white rabbits too. Basically if they were released and then disappeared quickly, you knew you had poachers. Probably a myth though. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 2,762 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 6 hours ago, lurcherman 887 said: Best pic I could get that’s over in Hemel so many bird there it’s unreal must be a big shoot Get the catty out 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert64 1,882 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Probably a placky bag Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,993 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, W. Katchum said: Saw few blacks ones aswell Get every where them ones do...... But due to the lack of birds avalable to shoots this year any colour has been welcome and i know of one little family shoot could only get white birds and he has 1000 of them running around his covers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,901 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, W. Katchum said: Saw few blacks ones aswell Funny enough I had an opportunity to shoot a black one on my way to work this morning but I let it be 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,322 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Well Juke not a myth. On our shoot there was one white pheasant per 100 released. The idea behind it, at the time, was that a birds silhouette was indistiguishable in the dark and in the branches of the roost. On this shoot we had 16 different woods and the accompanying cover crops with over 2000 birds released. By the way my lowly position was beater with a dog. When the poachers struck., the keeper and under keepers were alert to a visit. I remember one geezer had 54 birds when they caught up with him. Fck knows how he was going to carry that lot. Jok. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,819 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Couple round one of the farms I lamp, tenant farmer told me it was £50 prize if you shot one lol, he didn't know it was £50 fine Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,926 Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 White, black and reeves I've had Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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