cahansen2004

I was wondering if any one has ever seen a wild albino pheasant while hunting? I heard about them but have never saw one myself.

dprsdhunter

Never seen one while hunting but a guy down the road raises birds and has had white pheasants. Im not sure if they are albino or just white birds

cahansen2004

not sure is there even such thing as albino

nick_bleuer76

I raise pheasants, and I know there are albino pheasants. I raise a lot of different colored pheasants, I have snow pheasants that are pure white, but not albino.

cahansen2004

nick how did hunting turn out for you this year I grew up in EMMET county we have some prime hunting areas up there.

ehudgens

Several years ago my buddy and I were hunting and he killed one that was about 75% white. It had some rust colored feathers on it's back. Other than that it was all white with pink eyes. Only reason we knew it was a rooster was it cackled when it got up. Otherwise, I don't think either one of us would have shot at it. This bird was shot in Iroquois county in east central IL.

littleriver23

I have seen many over the years but none that were all white unless they were pen reaised. If you see one it is normally a partial albino. I also have never seen one that was harvested with pink eyes but I have only seen a half dozen or so that were harvested. Three years ago while archery hunting I seen the same bird several times through out the season. This bird was solid white wite the regular rooster coloring on his breast. He had a nice long tail as well that was whiter than snow. I thought about shooting him with my bow several times but was afraid I would ruin him and wouldn't be able to mount him anyway. I have shot partial albino ducks before. Last season one of our hunters shot a morphodite pheasant. At least that is what I think it was. It was solid hen right down to the tail but had a white ring around its neck and the red patches on around its eyes.