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14-09-2011, 03:07 PM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
Hi Shirl - we have been seeing increasing numbers of white pheasants around for a few years. I find it so sad when they release the poults (they are reared in pens) - they don't seem to have any fear of man or vehicles and we see an large number of road kills around now. My husband's theory on the white ones is that it makes them easier for doddery old b*****rs to see and shoot.  |
15-09-2011, 06:38 AM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
Not so, when said White bird is flying against our usual coloured sky.
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15-09-2011, 06:53 AM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
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Originally Posted by Ladywell  Hi Shirl - we have been seeing increasing numbers of white pheasants around for a few years. I find it so sad when they release the poults (they are reared in pens) - they don't seem to have any fear of man or vehicles and we see an large number of road kills around now. My husband's theory on the white ones is that it makes them easier for doddery old b*****rs to see and shoot. | There's usually a financial penalty for shooting a white pheasant - £50 is usual but on Chatsworth, who knows?
It used to be the practise that white pheasants were used by the keepers to assist observations with wandering pheasants. As the birds spread out down hedgerows and field boundaries looking for food, they would seen more easliy and then be dogged back into the holding areas.
I've no idea if Chatsworth rear their own birds or buy in as poults. If they do rear their own then the increase in white birds may be a result of genetics rather than deliberate stocking. |
15-09-2011, 09:50 AM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
I hadn't really thought about the visibility side of it, I don't know if Chatsworth do buy their poults but there are large pens dotted around the estate presumably for rearing. So genetics might be a good explanation for the increase, I have also seen really dark blue ones (nearly black in fact) near the river too. My springer spaniel quite liked the look of them!
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15-09-2011, 11:12 AM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
Potential job for you at Chatsworth, shirl, "picking up" after each drive!  |
15-09-2011, 12:44 PM
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| | | Re: Deer at Chatsworth House
Thanks Woodman - I didn't know about the penalty for shooting a white one. We have at least three estates round here which have pheasant shoots. At least two of them breed their own for release.
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