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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 14 2:42 pm Post subject: pheasant forensics as a cook

i was given two pheassies and they are now in the pot.

an observation was that the girl was shot with 3 pellets 2 of which would have been quickly fatal.
the boy has about 10 holes,shattered legs,internal mincing etc.he looks like roadkill which is ok in stew but would disappoint as a roaster.

i think my point is that with a choked shotgun it is best to have a bit of distance to the target otherwise it looks like it was got with a grenade.

they smell yummy though as they have only been hung for 2 days rather than being off as i think of it.

Colin & Jan

Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 203
Location: Dover, Kent

Posted: Tue Jan 07, 14 7:28 am Post subject:
Sometimes its dogs which do the damage when pheasants/partridges are being picked up. We have one particular Labrador on our shoot, which liquidizes everything it can get its teeth into; doesn't matter whether it's dead or alive. We normally have to check through the birds at the end of the day to see which he has 'retrieved'.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46187
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 14 12:13 pm Post subject:
yep ive seen that as well my yellow hell hound was rather hard mouthed until the bird expired (he didnt need em shot or run over first ,lurking in a bush was good enough) this one was shot from vertically below at about 10 m . very yummy (and ki got the legs)

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