Interested in thoughts on this bird...

[Midnightman14]

I'd still shoot it and recommend shooting it.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I'd still shoot it and recommend shooting it.

The main thing is it's not their right to even shoot it without permission from the owners. For all anyone knows, it's a bird that they really like. What if someone shot one of your birds you enjoyed because they didn't like how it looked?

 

[Midnightman14]

The main thing is it's not their right to even shoot it without permission from the owners. For all anyone knows, it's a bird that they really like. What if someone shot one of your birds you enjoyed because they didn't like how it looked?

Wouldn't happen all my birds are pure and do not free range.

 

[Gotbirdsohyeah]

Keep them pure and there will be no problems!Plus pure birds are much more beautiful then ANY cross breed.I hope the first pheasant you ever saw was a pure breed,so why change them?All it does is polute the gene pool and destroy generations of pure lines that we that have been raising for years trying to keep them for getting close to the endangered list.Everyone wants to change pheasants,why?I do not get it at all.Do you think you are going to invent the perfect pheasant that is going to change the industry?
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Keep them pure and there will be no problems!Plus pure birds are much more beautiful then ANY cross breed.I hope the first pheasant you ever saw was a pure breed,so why change them?All it does is polute the gene pool and destroy generations of pure lines that we that have been raising for years trying to keep them for getting close to the endangered list.Everyone wants to change pheasants,why?I do not get it at all.Do you think you are going to invent the perfect pheasant that is going to change the industry?
In N.H.,Tony.

Not everyone is going to be breeding and selling so why does it matter what they do with their own birds? I think that bird is actually really pretty and I would be absolutely livid if someone shot a bird if mine just for not being pure, even if it was a regular chicken, nevermind a bird as expensive as a pheasant. Some people aren't looking to change an industry, they're looking to have fun with their birds

 

[Birdie mom]

Wouldn't happen all my birds are pure and do not free range.

not everyone has pure breed birds. i certainly don't. its a beautiful bird and it shouldn't be shot just because of what breed its parents were. i personally would love to have such a pretty bird even if it was a mutt. if anyone's worried about it just go talk to its owners about it and tell them your concerns, don't just go out and kill it. also, weren't all breeds of domestic birds created by mixing two different breeds to get a desired outcome?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Plus maybe the bird just got loose? I can't imagine that you've never, ever had a bird try to get through the door of their housing.

 

[RiverOtter]

...raising for years trying to keep them for getting close to the endangered list.

Where on Earth do you get the idea that these birds are anywhere near endangered??
They are listed by the IUCN as "Least Concern", meaning NO ONE who knows anything whatsoever about conservation is the least bit worried about them becoming endangered.
Check it
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679355/131874282#assessment-information

Furthermore, what could possibly give you the idea that your legally and scientifically domestic birds would be of any possible use in rebuilding a wild population??

If anyone really needs an imaginary mission where they murder things, try playing an RPG, but please stop killing beautiful birds, bragging about it online and encouraging others to join your imaginary crusade, where you somehow "help" wide populations of birds throughout China (not to mention everywhere they've been introduced and formed breeding populations, like the UK) by killing domestic animals in the US.

 

[Gotbirdsohyeah]

They will become endangered if people keep cross breeding,it takes the pure birds out of the population.There is a story in Keith Howman book Pheasants of the world,about the cheer pheasant,if you can please read it.It can happen to any species of bird,animal,reptile if we do not help the preserve them.Sure the numbers are high but if you keep taking pure birds out of the equation what is left?
I have to stop here before I get banned again for sticking up for my beliefs.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Chookwagn]

ok ok....

This wasn't started as a thread to attack each other beliefs or decide what to do with the bird that I photographed..... the bird was on private property and also in a built up area so shooting it wasn't even an option even if I wanted to!

All I was wondering was if it could be a mix of breeds as it didn't look like some of the goldens I had kept in the past....

If you want my point of view on the whole purebreed / crossbreed conversation.... (just since this has come up) .... I think its a beautiful bird and the best place for it to be would be on my lounge wall.

Lets keep it kind on here