Neat Sequence

[risto2351]

Well after sorting thru 350 pictures on Sat. night alone I came across these. Found the pheasant dead Sun. morning and he was not shot. Still not frozen.
Wonder what happened?

Pictures came from a P41 with a BG2 board. Cameras are quick.

 

[180class]

flew into the other rooster and broke his neck?

 

[nannyslayer]

heart attack?

 

[CamoMan]

An uncaring hen probably broke his heart.

 

[dbltree]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Found the pheasant dead Sun. morning and he was not shot. Still not frozen.
Wonder what happened?
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I used to raise turkeys and pheasants (among other wildlife) in my younger days and once in a great while a bird would actually choke to death on a kernel of corn.

Stranger things have happened but I assume that is some kind of grain pile they are feeding on?

Neat pics either way /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[fatboy]

Any power lines close? I have seen fly into lines and drop.

 

[gundog870]

any chance it was shot?

 

[risto2351]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gundog870</div><div class="ubbcode-body">any chance it was shot? </div></div>

Don't think so. Nobody else hunts there but me.

I was actually coming to pick up my camera and just saw it laying there.

I think it was the farmer in the skid loader that initially scared the pheasants based on my next pictures.
The pheasants were just feeding on the farmer's silage.

I should of kept it and checked it to see if it did choke to death but did not think of it. I probably could of also checked it's neck. I just gave it to the farmers dad because I know he likes to eat pheasant.

 

[Bakes]

I looks to me like the two birds collided in air and the poor fella must have broken his neck. After further review the bird that may have did the neck breakin' doesn't look right to me. He has no tail, but he also has a fan per say, pheasants do have small fans but it just looks funny to me. He was obviosly trying to avoid something with his fan spread the way it is. Maybe a redtail or coopers hawk hit the other bird out of view.

 

[Iowabowtech]

Nice series. Great shot of the birds in flight and it looks like you have some quality pheasant hunting going on.

 

[MOhunter]

What is on top of the silage pile to the right in the last pic not there in any other pics? Round white and black? Someone dressed in snow cover with a shotgun?

 

[risto2351]

MOhunter,

It is one of the farmer's silo tops.
I don't think you can see it in the others because of the fog.

 

[SEIowaDeerslayer]

Wow sweet photos, gotta love those pheasants. That bird looks like he's folded pretty good in the next to last photo, like he was head shot, or just had a heart attack. I've seen them have heart attacks in mid air before...something must've really scared the crapola out of them.

 

[nannyslayer]

Risto, I don't care how hard you try, you will never get another sequence that cool.

 

[turtlshell]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I looks to me like the two birds collided in air and the poor fella must have broken his neck. After further review the bird that may have did the neck breakin' doesn't look right to me. He has no tail, but he also has a fan per say, pheasants do have small fans but it just looks funny to me. He was obviosly trying to avoid something with his fan spread the way it is. Maybe a redtail or coopers hawk hit the other bird out of view. </div></div>

I was thinking the same thing.

This is a once in a lifetime sequence. Thanks for sharing.