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What Kind of Bird #14350429 12/08/19 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA My trail camera in South MS took this shot this morning. I have no idea what I am looking at.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350437 12/08/19 Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,536 North central southern region Kyhilljack Campfire Regular Kyhilljack Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,536 North central southern region Ring-necked pheasant We pray our sights be straight and our aim be true We pray for no pain to the game we pursue We thank you Lord for this land We thank you for the sights from our stands We pray for safety, one and all We pray we may return next fall

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350441 12/08/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 M MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 Yes. China pheasant, my grandad would say. "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350500 12/08/19 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA That's what I thought. They are non-native here.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350515 12/08/19 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16,554 East of Eden (SD) nighthawk Campfire Ranger nighthawk Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16,554 East of Eden (SD) They are non-native here too. But I know what you mean. The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh Which explains a lot.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350520 12/08/19 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,735 Minnesota M MILES58 Campfire Tracker MILES58 Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 5,735 Minnesota Likely an escapee from a game farm. Maybe a plantation?

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350527 12/08/19 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 M MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,428 59644 From China 1864 into Oregon's Willamette Valley. Or maybe it was 1884. "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350529 12/08/19 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,202 Eastern North Carolina Snyper Campfire Tracker Snyper Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,202 Eastern North Carolina Originally Posted by PaulBarnard That's what I thought. They are non-native here. They are "non native" in North America but they have been imported from Asia. Some places have breeding populations established by escaped or released birds. One shot, one kill........ It saves a lot of ammo!

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350544 12/08/19 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,383 Likes: 3 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,383 Likes: 3 Filer, ID We used to have lots of them here but as farmers switched from ditch irrigation to sprinklers, the cover disappeared. No more birds. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350550 12/08/19 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,915 Likes: 2 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,915 Likes: 2 West Treasure Valley, Idaho Get out there and blast that sucker with a twenty gauge. Very tasty. People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350559 12/08/19 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,121 Likes: 27 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,121 Likes: 27 TN All I see is a stick 😄

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350563 12/08/19 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,715 Likes: 2 Northeast Louisiana S Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter Sharpsman Campfire Outfitter S Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 14,715 Likes: 2 Northeast Louisiana Mileormore Bird! Has 6” nut sack and 5” legs! When he lands you can hear him holler a mile or more!! Even birds know not to land downwind!

Re: What Kind of Bird Idaho_Shooter #14350567 12/08/19 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA PaulBarnard OP Campfire Ranger OP PaulBarnard Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 26,558 Likes: 17 Metairie, LA Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter Get out there and blast that sucker with a twenty gauge. Very tasty. I am thinking it's an escapee from somewhere. I kicked it up yesterday morning but I only saw it flying through thick vegetation. I thought it was a turkey. I am going to try to make groceries out of it.

Re: What Kind of Bird MtnBoomer #14350580 12/08/19 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana Originally Posted by MtnBoomer Yes. China pheasant, my grandad would say. Grandpa would call them Chinks. I am MAGA.

Re: What Kind of Bird Sharpsman #14350586 12/08/19 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana Originally Posted by Sharpsman Mileormore Bird! Has 6” nut sack and 5” legs! When he lands you can hear him holler a mile or more!! Hahaha! I am MAGA.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350601 12/08/19 Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana J Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna Jim_Conrad Campfire Kahuna J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 60,426 Likes: 10 Montana I think is a Great Speckled Bird. I am MAGA.

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350605 12/08/19 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA 308ld Campfire Regular 308ld Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA All I see are the skid marks from the "mileormore bird". Ed

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350623 12/08/19 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,704 Likes: 3 Minnesota R Rooster7 Campfire Ranger Rooster7 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 16,704 Likes: 3 Minnesota It's interesting to see how others ask questions about something we take for granted everyday. Tasty birds. The deer hunter does not notice the mountains "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350625 12/08/19 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA 308ld Campfire Regular 308ld Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA Seventy year old eyes suck......... I found it. Ed

Re: What Kind of Bird PaulBarnard #14350655 12/08/19 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,743 California/Utah S super T Campfire Regular super T Campfire Regular S Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,743 California/Utah Rock Chuck, in the late 60's and mid 70's a friend of mine live in Buhl. He worked for Green Giant as a field rep. to growers. He had access to some amazing pheasant hunting. I hunted with him a lot, so many birds. Great times.