Pheasants

[Hawkmaster]

My Female Gos has had two up to now for the 2004 season, both hens.

[GoneHawking]

My Peregrine X Prarie tiercel took a hen bird yesterday in cover, First kill for this little bird and he only weighs 1lb 2 1/2oz, but he has plenty of prarie attitude.

[Hawkmaster]

Well Done Gone Hawking! I would love to see some pics of him to compare to mine, that was meant to be a Pere/Prairie and now is a Gyr/Prairie? lol

[Kornie]

Trinity takes more pheasant then I would like. She has taken one, maybe two on the wing but overall she's killed 5 cock and 3 hen pheasants. She has very good acuracy with her feet and can bind onto more or less anything.

[North East Harris Hawker]

ive only had one chase at pheasant this season, but this is one quarry that goes in the oven every time when caught!

[Sniper]

still waiting for my first pheasant of the season, hopefully it will be this weekend when i am off to place in wales in which i am informed has lots of pheasant, she has only taken one pheasant in her short lifetime but do not have a lot of pheasant land mostly just rabbit..intresting to know, i prefer the bird hunting feather than fur, wot about everybody else

[Darren]

got any good recipes to cook your pheasant

[Sniper]

Darren, as for cooking one, well i just put mine in the oven as you would a chicken, but remember to baste it constantly as pheasant is very dry, tip:-smear butter over your birds breasts (the pheasants that is) and you'll never have a dry bird..just keep it simple

The method of hanging is to mature the meat to give it more of a gamey flavour, the meat starts to putrify and enhances the flavour but why hang it when its already dead :P
got any good recipes to cook your pheasant

[Shaun Byrne]

Took one Hen on Sat morning with Spirit my FHH

[Grand Master Falconer]

of course us falcon flyers use peasants to carry the cadge, but I must protest, I think hunting them is a bit extreme!!! LOL

[Shaun Byrne]

Yeh but us old cadgers are the ones that do all the hard work for them fat lazy (Rich) Falcon flyers!! LMFAO!!!

[Kevin Massey]

jed on a cock pheasant

[Kevin Massey]

this was taken today

[Shaun Byrne]

......and with it being Sunday, the pheasant was one out of the freezer, honest Mr DEFRA wildlife liason officer!! lol!!

[Kevin Massey]

it fellout of a tree dead....and i just thought what a waste !!!!........plus did u know the ****** had this weeks winning lotery winning ticket as well.

:mrgreen:

[Hawkmaster]

No the slip was on a rabbit and he chased 10 fields away to get that! lol

[Kevin Massey]

hell h/m.........u bin following me?

:lol:

[Shaun Byrne]

Dragging a full grown Hare in the other foot!! lol!!

[Bones]

My MHH has had 2 hens and 1 cock bird so far this season looking good so far
None taken on a sunday honest :wink:

[CastleFalconry]

Bryan (HH) has had 3 pheasant and a bunny so far, though he'd rather chase blackbirds at the moment. He managed to pull one or two through the roof of his aviary over the summer, now he's obsessed.

He'll chase a rabbit, then veer off at lightning speed after a bloody blackbird that always manages to show itself at the wrong time.......Men!!!

[Bones]

Theres nothing wrong with men chasing blackbirds if there into that sort of thing is there a bit of female rivalry here lmao

[CastleFalconry]

My boy only has eyes for me....cheeky!!!

[Bones]

With an avatar piccy like that i can see why :wink: if thats you
:wink:

[Kevin Massey]

my male has had quite a few so far this season

kev

[Kevin Massey]

pheasants that is............

[Bones]

My FHH on her first kill of this season before i lost her

[Kevin Massey]

lost her?

kev

[Bones]

Yeah all explained in thread on this forum under electrocution mate

[Sean]

hi sorry to interupt you all :P are male hh's good on ducks?

[Bones]

mines a b*****d for hitting them on water thats ok but it usually means day over :twisted:

[Kevin Massey]

dunno bout males and ducks? all i know is mine got bumped off twice and rarley looks @ them now.....maybe flying this female @ them may get him interested again.

kev

[Kevin Massey]

bones sorry to hear about your female.....i lost a female to a rat bite m8y..

its gutting

kev

[Sean]

lol ohh **** i was ment to post that on the topic on ducks lol, sorry for the mistake :(

[Bones]

No probs MAXI getting over it slowly

[Shaun Byrne]

Sean, how many times are you going to ask that one!! LMAO!!
A male HH is good on anything once its caught it. My mates 04 male has just had its 44th rabbit since Aug 17th but he's out 6 days a week for at least 3 hours (no pheasants or ducks though).

[Sean]

lol :P i didnt get a reply on the last thread so i intruded in here

[Gaz]

Put up 8 pheasants today!!missed every one!!what a b#####d!!summats wrong :twisted:

[Hawkmaster]

HH can be good on duck, full stop!

[Sniper]

try taking the bird with you next time...it does help things:D Put up 8 pheasants today!!missed every one!!what a b#####d!!summats wrong :twisted:

[Wightwings]

come on Gaz, i thought it was a "G" thang!!!!!

cant even catch a wickle idy bidy pheasant. :roll: never mind i've got a nice big girl here now that i'll bring up one day and show you how lmao. ps she'e getting fat on the danish bacon now mate :lol:

[Gaz]

AHH.....DANISH...
Dont forget i got her 3lb 3 3/4oz BIG sis up here,black as coal..evil as f##k... :twisted: (if you upset her) and a proper daddys girl :mrgreen:
picture of "G" in the photos, just for lucious Carol :mrgreen:

[Wightwings]

cheers Gaz, i let her have a peak later :wink:

[Gaz]

Show her the photo first ya perv :!:
i let her have a peak later

:mrgreen:

[Wightwings]

lmao, shes tells me it was trying to squeeze past a wobbly beer barrel in the alley Gaz :lol:
She's OVER the moon with the male off Chris, if you remember the way he was being dressed up, he is still as easy going. She never shuts up about him :shock: he was up to 1.10lb today so a couple more days and she's going to make a start on him. :wink:
my fem was up to 2.3lb but still more to go on yet she still feels sharpish so i hope by the weekend i can make a start. She has some major spunk about her, F@cking brill she is 8)

[Gaz]

up to 2.3lb but still more to go on

Thats good...more to have to take off to get her going...another week wasted :!: :mrgreen:

[North East Harris Hawker]

my girl got this hen bird this morning

[Kevin Massey]

cracking job !!!,
that want going anywhere.

kev

[Kevin Massey]

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[Shaun Byrne]

Nice one Kev, bet your birds weight is a tad high tomorrow lol!!

[Wightwings]

nice , she looks a beut mate. But is that Pheasant tethered? :roll: :lol: :lol:
only joking i know its hers. well done was it a good flyt?

[Johnny]

I was out with snipe off the site today and his fhh had a f pheasant , when i got back to the 4x4 it was almost gone ,
Mine had 3 good goes at some today i think the bushes are to covered yet give it till december it should be clearer then .
Johnny

[Wightwings]

it will happen soon J, and when it does make sure you have a big freezer iv got a feeling that fellow is going to be a good one :twisted:

[Jiff]

first trip out and sky chased phesant like something possesed,it done my head in as i whanted to kill a rabbit first,but on our last 2 trips out she either ignored them totaly or gave a half hearted chase,she's becomming real fit,her legs like tree trunks,(and the bitch has just bit my ear cos she can't have a tit bit) so after a couple more rabbits,i might change tactics and nail some big feathered kriters :wink:

[Johnny]

JIff as im typing here im crying you wxxxxr ,lol
I will have my day im going down milsbons next week hopefully ,ill either catch a rabbit or ring sting ?
All the best
johnny
Do you want to swap birds ,lol

[Shaun Byrne]

Some may disagree Jiff but if I were you I'd try and get her solidly wedded on wabbits first. I started letting one of my FHH nail Pheasants after a few rabbits and had a real job to get her to go back at fur. This caused me a real problem, as you know, land where you can take feather is a lot harder to come by

[Johnny]

Thanks ww thats all i need is some nice comments ill send you some rabbits down when flame makes some kills , you could use them to show them your bird so it gets a clue in what to do ? hope it helps ,lol
Johnny

[Jiff]

johnny if you have the time at some point,get yourself up here for a day i'll take you where there's so manny rabbits the bird gets sick of missing and moves up a gear :wink:

[Johnny]

ill come up soon m8 we could swap birds for the day and i could do a sly one and get off home ,lol
Yeah ill like that jiff
We will set something up soon
You aint poaching are you ,ive seen your likes before saying its ok to hunt on the land and getting chased by the farmer ?
I bet your worse then mils ?
All the best
johnny

[The Late Lord Lucan]

Darren, as for cooking one, well i just put mine in the oven as you would a chicken, but remember to baste it constantly as pheasant is very dry, tip:-smear butter over your birds breasts (the pheasants that is) and you'll never have a dry bird..just keep it simple


Try working the butter under the skin & 'massaging' it around so you get a layer of butter all over.
Also, try putting the bird upside down in the oven, the juices don't drain out so easily then.......you might have to prop it up.

Recommend that you don't use the method in 'Withnail & I' that they used on the chicken..........

Regards,
Lucky.

[Johnny]

tlllyou,ll soon be getting nabbed you want to save your cookery breports for jail ,lol

[Hawkmaster]

Another hen pheasant for the old Gos! Her third this season.

She really was battling to keep hold of them we worked very close in the woods today, so fast short bursts off the fist, she may need her claws sharpening?

[Varmint]

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[Wightwings]

Thanks ww thats all i need is some nice comments ill send you some rabbits down when flame makes some kills , you could use them to show them your bird so it gets a clue in what to do ? hope it helps ,lol
Johnny
Cheers J ill leave a BIG space ine the freezer for them all:roll:

[Bones]

MY MALE ON HIS 6TH PHEASANT OF SEASON (THIRD COCK BIRD)

[North East Harris Hawker]

my girl got another on tuesday gone, ive been abroad to see the football hence the delay, another hen bird

[Kevin Massey]

hi
the pic of bracken ,

he's a male that flys at 1lb 6 and belongs to a buddy of mine....a cracking bird !!!.

and yes he pilled on about 4+ oz after that binge.

kev

[Jiff]

my bird has taken a complete dissinterest in phesant,but when we get bored of nailing rabbits,i'll switch the program,and feather only will be the quarry,whats the secret of getting a female harris hot on feather?

[Kevin Massey]

have u fed her up on them?

thats a start anyhow.

kev

[Jiff]

kev are you clarevoiant :lol: ive just came off the phone (seriously) i've organised a couple of whole phesant in the hope of orientating the training to feather................spooky :wink:

[Sniper]

she should not be disintrested in them, its probably confidence if its a young bird, the more you take her around places where theres a lot of pheasant and familarises its self with them it will not be long before you are running after your bird which is chasing a pheasant for 300 yrds...your going to get very fit believe me

[Kornie]

yeah and if theres an area thick with pheasants your going to be an athlete! No secret in introducing any quarry jiff, just show the bird it is a potential food source!!

[Kevin Massey]

jiff........

try and make sure they are cock birds aswell..........she will take the hens no probs, and will also go for the hens first (if there is a choice that is)....it took quite a bit getting jed my male to take cock pheasants...he adoured the hens mind u......

females in my experience ain't that hard to get going on them......its just trying to get them not to look out and out for the easier option (hens).

kev

[North East Harris Hawker]

this is true, they do seem to prefer the hens if given the choice. maybe the males look a little more intimidating?

[Kevin Massey]

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[Hawkmaster]

The Gos caught a Hen Pheasant two days ago I forgot to put up here. Earlier in the day we missed a moor hen.

[Kevin Massey]

h/m didnt daddy-christmas get you a new camers?....i would like to see more input with the pictures here folks :lol:

was it a good flight bud? and what sort of holidays hunting have you had? good i hope

kev

[Hawkmaster]

Mr Insurance got me a new F810 Fujifilm. Unfortunately that day I forgot to take it.

Hunting has been a big fat ZERO, we went out ferreting and bolted one which Kelly's bird slipped on and chased really well, unforunately it was the only slip of the day.

We really are battling to find rabbits here as Myxy has wiped them out.

[North East Harris Hawker]

are you sure its not down to them harris hawks? pmsl :lol:

[Kevin Massey]

spose some time i dont realise how lucky i have it some times.

kev

[Kornie]

yeh its been quiet round here too, need to get ferret up one day...squirrels were around but they disapeared again

[Gaz]

:mrgreen: "AINT NUFFIN BUT A G THANG...BAAABBY" :mrgreen:
3LB 7oz rising cock today.......breast for tea :!:

[Kevin Massey]

awesome !!!!!!!!

[The Late Lord Lucan]

Blimey Kev, I was starting to get the impression that your bird might be a tad quick, but how long have you been tying that red box to it to give the pheasants a sporting chance???


LLL.

[Shaun Byrne]

Thats just the batteries for her long life tranny Lucky! lmao!!

[Kevin Massey]

dont worry about the box...........i feel sorry for the ferrets when she has finished.

kev

[The Late Lord Lucan]

Thats just the batteries for her long life tranny Lucky! lmao!!

Jeez, is this the telemetry receiver.......

[Shaun Byrne]

LMAO.
I get sick of the sight of those, they are based 5 miles from me. Get anywhere near the runway approach and you can forget your telemetry!!

[The Late Lord Lucan]

they are based 5 miles from me
Get yourself a kite made of foil & stick that up to 2000ft........ :shock:

As the saying from Dad's Army goes......."They don't like it up 'em"

Regards,
LLL.

[Shaun Byrne]

I had my Kite up at 200ft last year and a Landrover full of RAF Police turned up, I was on the approach flight path, 2 miles away and they considered my kite a strike hazzard!!

[Kevin Massey]

hope u told them to work around it !!!

kev

[Bones]

HH can be good on duck, full stop!
Can totally vouch for that as piccy attached will prove MHH are as good too

[Bones]

For full info on the kill go to this link:
http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5137&highlight=

[Dave G]

you naughty boy bones you should have called him back in mid flight and stopped this out of season kill tut tut :roll: :wink: