I know you mentioned Ring Neck Pheasant, here's a link to an article by the late Jack Gartside about just such a bird. http://www.jackgartside.com/art_pheasant_feathers.htm

Other full skins are just as useful, Starlings, Jackdaw, Partridge, etc. If you really look at a bird, you can find a use for darn near every feather on it.

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