mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Ever seen a peacock in flight. Lovely creature, beautiful tying materials. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrookTroutAngler 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 (pictures from off the web) Golden pheasant are just gorgeous- And who can forget where jungle cock comes from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fish For Life 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Many people probably disagree with me but i think the white tailed deer is an amazing animal. There tales are one of a kind! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontheo 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Mike Would you use a number two heavy load? How far do you lead them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrookTroutAngler 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Double ought buck and you need to lead them by a country mile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 mandarin duck they always look so perfectly unruffled Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 wikkid thread! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DazWah 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 hungarian partridge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Mike Would you use a number two heavy load? How far do you lead them? Double ought buck and you need to lead them by a country mile. What, you guys go after wild ones in flight ??? I use a hand snare and a good dark night. These things are too loud, by far, to be allowed to infest a neighborhood. They might be beautiful, but they make terrible pets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricF 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Here's an idea someone should run with...I've had this idea for awhile, but I'll never do it, so somone else should. How about a pattern book organized by critter with beautiful pictures of the animals, the pelts, and then some example flies that are typically tied with them. It would be interesting to have info on the animal - where it is found, some of it's history in fly tying, characteristics of the dubbing, etc. It would be very interesting to build on the info in Darrell Martin's Advanced Fly Tying (I think that is what it is called) book, which has scanning electron micrograph photos of the hairs, showing what makes the hairs (or feathers) good for some applications vs. others. Heck, you could even insert some synthetics ... have some pics of a Z-lon in their natural habitat... e Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Sounds like a good phd project for someone. Mike, one of my neighbours has a peacock called charlie and he sleeps in her kitchen!! He knocks at the door when the light falls to be let in. Good for feathers though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 We've got some in our neighborhood ... about 200 yards away in a wooded lot. I haven't figured out how to get to them yet ... security lights and lots of chickens and peacocks. Make a racket every time a raccoon wanders through the leaves. I think they are paranoid survivalist. I've got my Ninja outfit from a few Halloweens ago ... and I've got several snares from camping trips ... I'll get one of those birds yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Down here in south Florida peacocks are fairly common (once you get away from all the suburbs and planned communities...). Those birds are the noisiest things. I'm sure more than one homeowner living near a bunch of them has considered taking up the shooting sports (and not for the feathers).... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 A coworker of mine lives on a farm and has quite a few peacocks which are basicallly wild on the farm, if that makes sense. I was surprized that they do just fine in the Pennsylvania winters because I thought they were warm-climate creatures. They nest and keep their own population going. Unfortunately he has not given in to my pestering to come out and shoot one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2013 Whiskey soaked raisens might work. Then just pick them up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
