Where do wild pheasants generally live? Includes specific hunting methods

The wild pheasant, also known as the mountain pheasant, seven-colored golden pheasant, or common pheasant, is a common game bird in mountainous areas, canyons and other places. Because it combines ornamental, meat, and medicinal uses in one, it is deeply loved by people, but to eat wild pheasant, you must master the skills to catch it, so where do wild pheasants generally live? How do you catch them?

1. Where do they nest?

Wild pheasants have a nesting instinct. They usually build a crude nest in relatively hidden places such as grass and thickets. Its appearance is similar to a nest built by swallows. The nest is bowl-shaped or dish-shaped and rather crude, about 23×21 cm and 6-10 cm deep. It is mostly made by the parent bird scraping a shallow pit in the ground and then lining it with dry grass, fallen leaves and feathers, after which the female wild pheasant lays eggs and incubates them in the nest.

2. How do you catch them?

1. Basic methods:

(1) Use rice soaked in liquor to get wild pheasants drunk, then follow it a few minutes after it eats, and you can catch it easily.

(2) Use a decoy bird to lure it, then set snares on the ground;

(3) Catch wild pheasants with ultrasound.

(4) When you see a wild pheasant, shine a strong flashlight into its eyes, and it will not run away;

(5) When you see a wild pheasant, chase it until it is tired, then search along the grass, because after running itself tired, the wild pheasant will dive headfirst into the grass and stay there motionless, caring only about its head and not its rear;

2. Specific capture methods:

(1) Make your own wild pheasant snare to catch wild pheasants

Specific method: Use 50 cm of tying wire and a 5 cm nail to twist a small loop at one end, then take size 6 fishing line to make a snare, tie it into the small loop of the tying wire with five locking knots, then drive in a steel bar or wooden stake to fix the tying wire. Tie the fishing line at the end with the loop to make a 12 cm snare, adjust it on a wild pheasant path 12 cm above the ground, and set it as much as possible in narrow places or on a must-pass route. As long as there are wild pheasants, there will surely be a catch. When placing it, try to put it in a small grove with grass or in thickets where wild pheasants have not walked, but note that you must not trample all the grass down, to prevent the wild pheasants from not falling for it.

(2) Place snares

First, we need to keep the spring pole perpendicular to the ground, and the spring pole must be inserted firmly and steadily. The placement of the snare is very important. It must be placed in the exact center of narrow winding paths on hills, slopes, and field edges. If the road surface is relatively wide, place some weeds on one side of the road to make the road narrower and smaller. Because many small animals do not like walking on grass and prefer bare paths, such as wild pheasants, wild mountain pheasants, and mountain pheasants

wild hares, wild boars, hedgehogs, wild goats, badgers, yellow weasels, sand badgers, yellow weasels, muntjacs, hog badgers, etc. If placing snares in farmland, place the snare in the exact center of the waist ditch, not in the compartment ditch.

(3) Place bait near the snare

There are many baits that wild pheasants and mountain pheasants like to eat, so you can mix some bait yourself, such as wheat, corn, rice, soybeans, raw peanuts, raw broad beans, etc. However, note that when placing bait, it must be placed in front of and behind the snare, and not scattered too much. In this way, when the mountain pheasant or wild pheasant is eating happily, it will inevitably pass through the snare to eat bait on the other side. At this time, the feet of the wild pheasant or mountain pheasant will naturally step on the snare's pressure rod and be caught alive.

(4) How do you keep the geographical environment where the snare is placed as it was?

When placing snares, you must not damage the surrounding environment. Do not even trample or pull up the grass, to prevent the wild pheasants from not falling for it, because if we damage the surrounding environment, those wild animals will take a detour.

3. The most effective method in rural areas:

In rural areas, farmers also have a set of methods for catching wild pheasants. Among them, the most effective is to scatter some food that wild pheasants like to eat on the ground and stretch a net over the place with lots of food, letting the wild pheasants eat without restraint until they are full. The full wild pheasants will naturally want to fly away. At this time, they happen to hit the net and cannot escape, and can only struggle bitterly inside the net until the farmers come to catch them.

4. Key techniques for catching wild pheasants:

(1) In winter, wild pheasants huddle together in groups. At this time, quietly extend the net over and pull it down hard, and the wild pheasants are caught. One net can catch at least two or three. However, note that when wild pheasants are first startled, they will run around wildly rather than fly, so trained hunting dogs can be used to chase them;

(2) Most wild pheasants, especially male wild pheasants, have a very strong sense of territory. They often stand in high places moving their bodies, proudly inspecting their territory to see whether any intruders of the same species have come.

(3) The best season for catching wild pheasants is generally autumn and winter, and wild pheasants begin to appear at dawn before the sun comes out. At this time, there are few places for wild pheasants to hide, and they can only forage in open areas with a wide field of view, so at this time they can be caught without much effort.

(4) Generally, after getting up, wild pheasants do not immediately begin foraging. Instead, like domestic chickens, they like to stand on field ridges, solitary tree stumps, ditch edges and other high places for morning exercise, such as flapping their wings, moving their legs and feet, and calling out from time to time. When they have exercised enough, they enter the foraging area to feed.

5. Rhyme for catching wild pheasants:

Five in the morning, five in the evening, when you see a white ring do not take your eyes off it;--time

At the field edge, among the wheat fields, observe carefully and do not slack off;--place

By the dirt ditch, beside the wild grass, observe carefully and do not rush;--place

On cloudy and rainy days, after heavy rain, take a stroll by the edge of the woods;--weather

When spring plowing is busy, beside the highway, wild pheasants are sure to come and hide;--season

Aim high, do not shoot low, below the neck the harvest is sparse;--aiming

After spotting it, if the pheasant lies down, shoot while walking and search carefully;--method

Search by car, do not get out, there are more chances to draw the bow from inside the car;--method

When the target is hit, run quickly, press its feet down within thirty seconds;--method

When a wild pheasant stands and shows its head, there must be an escape route behind it;--habit

If the distance is far, give up first, next time it will still wait for you to come;--habit

At the end of March, in mid-April, do not shoot females, only males.--resources

6. The fatal weakness of the wild pheasant:

Every animal has its weakness, and of course the wild pheasant is no exception. The fatal weakness of the wild pheasant is that after being disturbed, it will immediately flutter up and dive into the grass. But because it is overly nervous, it often only cares about hiding its head well and does not bother even if its rear is exposed outside. So at this time, it is very easy to grab it.