Most Unusual Species Shot

J.R.

I have often seen crows with some white feathers evident of their back, wings etc. and was just wondering has anybody shot anything which could be classed as unusual, albino etc. here in Ireland.

A site in USA http://www.crowbusters.com has a section with photos on unusual species of crows shot. I read in the Shooting Times of a chap in the UK who shot a black fox that had green eyes! He provides a photo to prove it.

If anybody has any tales of unusual species (a photo would be an added bonus) I, and I'm sure many others, would be interested to hear.

mallards

I did'nt get a shot at ( it was in the town centre!) but I observed a jackdaw with the exact markings of a magpie last year. It did'nt have the long tail of course or the green sheen but i would have sworn the bird was a cross of the two. It was very obviously a jackdaw and was with 3 normal birds.

Mallards

J.R.

I once got a crow with white markings on underside of wings while crow decoying from a hide

J.R.

I once came across this white rook for sale - must have been quite a sight in full flight!

Rosahane

Years ago I used to shoot around Mulhuddard near Blanchardstown, before they built houses everywhere, and for a couple of years enjoyed the sight of a totally white blackbird which was always to be found in the same spot!

fathersymes

Read somewhere recently about a fox with a black coat and green eyes! Think it may have been in the UK.

Vegeta

the only thing out of the ordinary i have shot is a black cock pheasant and they are hardly as rare as the pictures here

maglite

back rabbit and white rabbit,,

black was common for a bit

J.R.

I dug out the photo of the black fox with green eyes shot in the UK. It was printed in 'Letters to the Editor' in Shooting Times 18th Dec. 2003.

Hezz700

I seen a photo once in "Sporting Gun" of a albino cock pheasant which was pretty amazing.

But the most unusual things i've seen shot was a couple of road signs. I did'nt even know that they were on the quarry list

When are they in season? and does anyone here hunt them? personally a can't imagine them providing you with a good sporting shot:rolleyes:

Traumadoc

While culling goats in Australia I was the Newbe, and we came across a mob of 50+ goats, I shot a big white nanny, which was met with "humerous disaproval" from my fellow hunters as the white ones stood out and would make finding the rest of the mob easier in the future.

Degsy

Back in the 1970's my dad and two uncles each shot an albino cock pheasnat within a week of each other.Our one was mounted and sat in the front room for years untill my mother got sick of it and threw it out.It was completely white,not a trace of any other colour.I havnt seen an albino pheasant since,i wonder were the three of them related or something.

Chopperdog

Although the sight of white pheasants in the wild is rare enough, they are quite often seen on the driven shoot scene.

I have been to quite a few shoots here at home and a good number in the U.K. and one would see them regularly during a days shooting.
Generally it is prohibited to shoot them, resulting in a €250 fine if one does so (normally donated to a local charity).

The gamekeepers use them to act as an indicator as to where the birds are moving and feeding as a group and as such they help the keepers keep track of where the birds are holding as a group and take preventative measures against the straying of their stock.
No matter how many times you see them, the urge to take the shot on the white bird is almost irrepressible, although you have to ask yourself, how healthy is your wallet?