Found the longest ringneck tail feather I've ever seen while cutting grass today. 35 and a half inches tip to tip.

Wow, that’s nuts!!! It’s a keeper fer sure!

You need to make a quill out of it

That’s crazy!

That's a whopper!

Nice find

That is amazing K Snow. You'll need a bigger gun!

Very cool! I've never seen one that long.

I won a bar’s long tail feather contest-with one 10.5 inches shorter. Have you googled if that’s a record?

I suspect that feather came from a cross between a Reeves and Ringneck pheasant. The bars don't line up very well, like bars on ring necks tail feathers usually do. Reeves bars don't line up and look almost checkered. Those bars are in between a Ringneck and Reeves bars. Ringneck tail feathers usually only reach around 26". Reeves' tail feathers can be nearly 6'. Both species readily hybridize and are common. Both have been introduced in the US, though I have not heard of Reeves being introduced in Wisconsin.

I've had some really cool crosses between pheasant species, including a brick red pheasant rooster with a 5' tail. It had Ringneck, Reeves and probably Golden in it.

A friend of mine has some spectacular deep purple colored pheasants that are Ringneck and Mikado, plus some others.

Keith

I’d put the white guy back were ya found him and look for a Mexican. Way better gardeners.

Nice, at least you didn’t find a trap, barb wire, or anything other piece of metal sticking up…

Reeves Pheasant tail feather.

That is neat. Nice find. At least you have some pheasants running around. Haven't seen or even herd a wild pheasant around here in over 20 years.

As far as I can tell, the coloring is spot on for ringneck. Definitely not the silvery grey of a Reeves.
A hybrid wouldn't surprise me, as we aren't far from several game farms.

Don’t hear that everyday eh’?

More then likely still a great find!!!