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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: WhistlingBadger on April 14, 2020, 03:20:26 pm

Title: Pheasant
Post by: WhistlingBadger on April 14, 2020, 03:20:26 pm
Saw this pretty guy on the kitchen door a couple nights ago.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49774090008_3da3902e04_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iQndRE)100_0341 (https://flic.kr/p/2iQndRE) by Thomas Wilson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187773441@N04/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49774627041_eea9e5be5c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iQpYuR)100_0343 (https://flic.kr/p/2iQpYuR) by Thomas Wilson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187773441@N04/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49774962597_8f0980a11b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iQrGfi)100_0345 (https://flic.kr/p/2iQrGfi) by Thomas Wilson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187773441@N04/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: Russ on April 14, 2020, 09:35:22 pm
Sorry Mr. Pheasant, you'll have to wait. It's turkey season!
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: WhistlingBadger on April 14, 2020, 09:47:58 pm
Yep, no turkeys around here, and pheasants are out of season.  Just as well--pheasants are great eating, but plucking one always felt sort of like scraping the Mona Lisa.  A few minutes before I grabbed my camera, he was just shining in the sun.  There aren't too many birds that can hang with a rooster pheasant in the looks department.
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: Hawkdancer on April 14, 2020, 10:19:32 pm
Nice looking bird!  Where do you think he will be come fall season? >:D
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: WhistlingBadger on April 14, 2020, 11:05:36 pm
Quote from: Hawkdancer on April 14, 2020, 10:19:32 pm
Nice looking bird!  Where do you think he will be come fall season? >:D
Hawkdancer

The same place the local muley bachelor herd disappears to every September, most likely.
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: BowEd on April 15, 2020, 07:10:00 am
Beautiful bird those ring necks.Like seeing them myself.He might be looking for a mate eh??
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: WhistlingBadger on April 15, 2020, 07:37:25 am
Yep, they get dumber than a teenage boy on prom night this time of year.
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: Eric Krewson on April 15, 2020, 07:40:15 am
Seeing as how they are from china it is surprising that the same dim whits that are accosting asian people on the streets haven't declared war on them
Title: Re: Pheasant
Post by: Russ on April 15, 2020, 01:35:47 pm
Quote from: Eric Krewson on April 15, 2020, 07:40:15 am
Seeing as how they are from china it is surprising that the same dim whits that are accosting asian people on the streets haven't declared war on them

yah know, a little extra pheasant meat never hurt!! >:D >:D

my first ever kill was a pheasant. i still remember that day...
Quote from: WhistlingBadger on April 14, 2020, 09:47:58 pm
Yep, no turkeys around here, and pheasants are out of season.  Just as well--pheasants are great eating, but plucking one always felt sort of like scraping the Mona Lisa.

well i dont pluck them. I want to try but my hunting buddies never do. I just take the pheasant, put its back on the ground, step on the wings as close to the body as i can, take the legs and pull. out comes the guts, then i tear the skin off of it, exposing the breast. i cut the breast out and then move on to the legs.