Chinese Ringneck pheasant
The most popular of breeds, this pheasant is used primarily for stocking and hunting. The weight of the Chinese Ringneck at maturity is 2.7-3 lbs. for the cocks and 1.7-2.2 lbs. for the hens. These hardy birds adapt readily to the wild and are prized by sportsmen for their excellent flying ability and brilliant color.
Mongolian Ring Neck Pheasant
Mongolian Ring neck Pheasants
Are more common in the eastern united states It is a popular bird to hunt because of its size. There is plenty of meat on them for table consumption. Males reach an average weight of 3.5 to 4.0 lbs. They are hardy birds that because of their size they are more suited for European style hunts because their take off from the ground is a little slower than the ring neck pheasants.
Over time the two of these birds have been breeding together and have produced a hardy off spring that has a larger than a pure Chinese pheasant and has quick take off and are fast flyers. Here at Prairie Game Birds our pheasants are a mix of these two breeds. We are a closed breeding facility so our birds each year are raised from our breeding stock that is selected out of the premium birds from the previous year. Reports that come back from those that have purchased our bids and hunted them are they they are fast off the ground and in the air. We have no reports on how others say they taste when prepared but we eat them all the time and they are mighty tasty.
John