hunting decoy

Area
Europe, Asia,Denmark,Great British,Ireland, Hungary, Rumania,Argentina,Austria, Poland,Switzerland,Slowenia,Kyrgyzstan,Lithunia, Mexico,, New Zealand

  

Habitat
Open landscape with shelter.

Mating Season:April to June;Gestation:24 days;Number of Young Animals:10-15 eggs;Breeding Season:April to July

Males have harems of several females and a wing whirring crowing display. They are sedentary and originate from wild stocks in Asia. The attraction is that they rocket away when disturbed giving the ideal game shot.

       Subspecies
    PHEASANT, common name for members of the subfamily Phasianinae, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. There are about 50 species.

Various different colours of male are bred and released but they are (males) a striking bird with metallic blooms to the plumage. This is basically a mixture of chestnut, with black crescents, and grey with dark green head and red skin round the eye. Most have a white neck ring. Females are a soft brown speckled with black.

     hunting decoy:

hunting decoy:
They have rounded wings and robust breast muscles that power their explosive takeoffs to escape predators.