Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 When you're cleaning the bird you should have a pretty good idea if theres any 
shot holes. Then feel around in that area, they're usually pretty easy to 
find.I did find one steel bb in the fancy duck meal a few weeks ago. I didn't 
crunch down on it but could feel it rubbing on a tooth during one bite. I had 
to work it around a bit in my mouth to get the pellet out.
I've been really lucky with the pheasants I've been shooting, they've taken the 
bulk of the pellets in the head, makes it harder to take a nice picture but 
less destruction of meat.
-Curt

On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 2:17:16 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Run a metal detector over it before cooking?

Allan

Mitch Haley via Mercedes  writes:

> I don't think that's much of a worry, but for the last 40 years steel 
> and possibly Bismuth shot might be an issue.
>
> On 2020-11-18 08:37, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
>>  Plus you had
>> to make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a
>> tooth.

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

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 The problem most people have with wild duck and goose is they try to cook it 
like chicken which results in tough, bad tasting meat.
If we look back at my fancy duck meal from a few weeks ago: 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ULVvaqJiu4Bq4xLL9 notice its just about medium, I was 
aiming for medium rare and overshot a little. It was tender and flavorful 
without that annoying liver flavor you get in over cooked duck.
I think most people that "don't like wild meat" really just don't know how to 
cook wild meat properly.The pheasant I shot Monday got cooked under high heat, 
more like a chicken, and although I did over cook it just a little it was still 
pretty good.

As an aside I went back out to the pheasant lands today. Its cold (just below 
freezing) and windy so I figured there wouldn't be many people out. Yesterday 
there were probably a dozen hunters with dogs. Anyway I took my 1890s vintage 
"King" double barrel muzzle loading 11ga shotgun and managed to bag a limit: 
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eKMeWxx6XKcm54Ka9I loaded with 1 1/2oz of shot and 3 
drams of real black powder.

-Curt

On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 9:38:18 AM EST, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 My FIL used to go to the Eastern Shore every winter and hunt canada 
geese (although I think it was more an excuse to get out with the boys 
for a few days and drink whisky).  He would bring home 6 or 8 cleaned 
and frozen.  MIL would marinate it for a coupla days and cook it up, he 
thought it was great but I found it was like eating an old shoe, tough 
dry and chewy and not particularly tasty.  He gave us one once, I 
brought it home and cooked it and it was pretty awful.  Plus you had to 
make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a tooth.

--FT

On 11/17/20 6:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>  Very tasty. We cooked the one I got last night for dinner last night. Its 
>hard to have fresher food than that.
> Angie told me I can bring as many of those home as I want.
> -Curt
>
>      On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 6:15:51 PM EST, Randy Bennell via 
>Mercedes  wrote:
>  
>  Yes, my thoughts too! Beautiful bird. (But probably rather tasty too,
> and if they put 40,000 out there is no real shortage)
>
> RB
>
> On 17/11/2020 5:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
>> Mean, bird killer.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every 
>>> year. They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but 
>>> not which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
>>> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 
>>> 31 pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all 
>>> the ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its 
>>> nice and light so its easy to keep ready.
>>> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
>>> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled 
>>> up to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a 
>>> problem since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. 
>>> Fortunately there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a 
>>> second too long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
>>> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
>>> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
>>> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
>>> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
>>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

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Switch to Tofurkey.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 2:17 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Run a metal detector over it before cooking?
>
> Allan
>
> Mitch Haley via Mercedes  writes:
>
> > I don't think that's much of a worry, but for the last 40 years steel
> > and possibly Bismuth shot might be an issue.
> >
> > On 2020-11-18 08:37, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
> >>  Plus you had
> >> to make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a
> >> tooth.
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Allan Streib via Mercedes]

Run a metal detector over it before cooking?

Allan

Mitch Haley via Mercedes  writes:

> I don't think that's much of a worry, but for the last 40 years steel 
> and possibly Bismuth shot might be an issue.
>
> On 2020-11-18 08:37, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
>>  Plus you had
>> to make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a
>> tooth.

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

I don't think that's much of a worry, but for the last 40 years steel 
and possibly Bismuth shot might be an issue.


On 2020-11-18 08:37, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:

 Plus you had
to make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a
tooth.



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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

My FIL used to go to the Eastern Shore every winter and hunt canada 
geese (although I think it was more an excuse to get out with the boys 
for a few days and drink whisky).  He would bring home 6 or 8 cleaned 
and frozen.  MIL would marinate it for a coupla days and cook it up, he 
thought it was great but I found it was like eating an old shoe, tough 
dry and chewy and not particularly tasty.  He gave us one once, I 
brought it home and cooked it and it was pretty awful.  Plus you had to 
make sure not to crunch down on a piece of lead shot and break a tooth.


--FT

On 11/17/20 6:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

  Very tasty. We cooked the one I got last night for dinner last night. Its 
hard to have fresher food than that.
Angie told me I can bring as many of those home as I want.
-Curt

 On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 6:15:51 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
 wrote:
  
  Yes, my thoughts too! Beautiful bird. (But probably rather tasty too,

and if they put 40,000 out there is no real shortage)

RB

On 17/11/2020 5:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:

Mean, bird killer.

Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 17, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not which 
days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
light so its easy to keep ready.
I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up to 
park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem since 
that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately there was 
another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held off 
for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that presents 
itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. That one ran 
behind a tree and was just gone...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

 Very tasty. We cooked the one I got last night for dinner last night. Its hard 
to have fresher food than that.
Angie told me I can bring as many of those home as I want.
-Curt

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 6:15:51 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
 wrote:  
 
 Yes, my thoughts too! Beautiful bird. (But probably rather tasty too, 
and if they put 40,000 out there is no real shortage)

RB

On 17/11/2020 5:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:
> Mean, bird killer.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>>
>> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every 
>> year. They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but 
>> not which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
>> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
>> pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
>> ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
>> light so its easy to keep ready.
>> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
>> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up 
>> to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem 
>> since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately 
>> there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
>> long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
>> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
>> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
>> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
>> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

Yes, my thoughts too! Beautiful bird. (But probably rather tasty too, 
and if they put 40,000 out there is no real shortage)


RB

On 17/11/2020 5:01 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote:

Mean, bird killer.

Sent from my iPhone


On Nov 17, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
wrote:

The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not which 
days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
light so its easy to keep ready.
I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up to 
park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem since 
that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately there was 
another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held off 
for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that presents 
itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. That one ran 
behind a tree and was just gone...
-Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes]

Mean, bird killer.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 17, 2020, at 12:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
> They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not 
> which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
> pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
> ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
> light so its easy to keep ready.
> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up 
> to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem 
> since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately 
> there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
> long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

1988-1991 approximately.

Pigeon River valley. Ellwood May Environmental Park. My house was at 3610 
Bonnie Court, right at the bottom center of the map:

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7761536,-87.756805,1217m/data=!3m1!1e3 


Used to catch salmon in the Pigeon River as well. Yum. Just a 5 minute walk 
from the house.

-D



> On Nov 17, 2020, at 4:45 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> When was this?
> They all but disappeared around here between 1980 and 2000.
> I still see them, but nowhere near as prevalent as in the 1970s.
> Numbers are up from 20 years ago but I have given up hope of them coming back 
> the way they were.
> 
> But in Iowa and South Dakota it seems like they never went away.
> Mitch.
> 
> On 2020-11-17 14:38, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Boatloads of them around our former house in Sheboygan, WI. House
>> backed onto a nature preserve that was a small valley with a stream.
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

When was this?
They all but disappeared around here between 1980 and 2000.
I still see them, but nowhere near as prevalent as in the 1970s.
Numbers are up from 20 years ago but I have given up hope of them coming 
back the way they were.


But in Iowa and South Dakota it seems like they never went away.
Mitch.

On 2020-11-17 14:38, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Boatloads of them around our former house in Sheboygan, WI. House
backed onto a nature preserve that was a small valley with a stream.


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I've been keeping them for my uncle who ties fishing flies.I want to find 
something to do with the tail feathers, they come off in a big block.
Curt

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:39 PM, Dan Penoff via 
Mercedes wrote:   Boatloads of them around our former 
house in Sheboygan, WI. House backed onto a nature preserve that was a small 
valley with a stream. Lots of deer, pheasant, wild turkey, etc., etc. There was 
a trail from the preserve that came up to our back yard, and on numerous 
occasions wild turkey would walk right up the trail into our back yard where 
they would feed on seeds we would toss out there.

The kids loved to see them wandering around in the back yard. It was pretty 
cool.

That was a beautiful bird. Do you do anything with the feathers?

-D

> On Nov 17, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I went out again today. Tons of hunters with dogs in the spot I was in 
> yesterday. I skulked around the edges hoping somebody would push one onto 
> me.Around 2:30 everybody jumps in their truck and clears out. I guess all the 
> birds have been shot. I hung around a bit more but didn't see any reason to 
> stay.As I was driving out I spot one hanging by the edge of the road. 10 
> trucks must have driven right by it. Grandpop's 16 gauge strikes again.
> Curt
> 
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
> 
>  On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:44 PM, Floyd Thursby via 
>Mercedesmailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:  Used to 
>go to Nantucket a lot, those things were all over running wild 
> in the moors.  I'd see them around the house all the time.  I don't know 
> if hunting was allowed or not, but the fam's Springer Spaniel would get 
> out and occasionally come back with one she caught.  They were pretty 
> stupid birds.
> 
> --FT
> 
> On 11/17/20 12:31 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
>> They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not 
>> which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
>> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
>> pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
>> ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
>> light so its easy to keep ready.
>> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
>> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up 
>> to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem 
>> since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately 
>> there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
>> long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
>> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
>> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
>> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
>> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Boatloads of them around our former house in Sheboygan, WI. House backed onto a 
nature preserve that was a small valley with a stream. Lots of deer, pheasant, 
wild turkey, etc., etc. There was a trail from the preserve that came up to our 
back yard, and on numerous occasions wild turkey would walk right up the trail 
into our back yard where they would feed on seeds we would toss out there.

The kids loved to see them wandering around in the back yard. It was pretty 
cool.

That was a beautiful bird. Do you do anything with the feathers?

-D

> On Nov 17, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I went out again today. Tons of hunters with dogs in the spot I was in 
> yesterday. I skulked around the edges hoping somebody would push one onto 
> me.Around 2:30 everybody jumps in their truck and clears out. I guess all the 
> birds have been shot. I hung around a bit more but didn't see any reason to 
> stay.As I was driving out I spot one hanging by the edge of the road. 10 
> trucks must have driven right by it. Grandpop's 16 gauge strikes again.
> Curt
> 
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
> 
>  On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:44 PM, Floyd Thursby via 
> Mercedesmailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:   Used 
> to go to Nantucket a lot, those things were all over running wild 
> in the moors.  I'd see them around the house all the time.  I don't know 
> if hunting was allowed or not, but the fam's Springer Spaniel would get 
> out and occasionally come back with one she caught.  They were pretty 
> stupid birds.
> 
> --FT
> 
> On 11/17/20 12:31 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
>> They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not 
>> which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
>> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
>> pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
>> ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
>> light so its easy to keep ready.
>> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
>> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up 
>> to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem 
>> since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately 
>> there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
>> long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
>> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
>> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
>> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
>> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
>> -Curt
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I went out again today. Tons of hunters with dogs in the spot I was in 
yesterday. I skulked around the edges hoping somebody would push one onto 
me.Around 2:30 everybody jumps in their truck and clears out. I guess all the 
birds have been shot. I hung around a bit more but didn't see any reason to 
stay.As I was driving out I spot one hanging by the edge of the road. 10 trucks 
must have driven right by it. Grandpop's 16 gauge strikes again.
Curt

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  On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:44 PM, Floyd Thursby via 
Mercedes wrote:   Used to go to Nantucket a lot, those 
things were all over running wild 
in the moors.  I'd see them around the house all the time.  I don't know 
if hunting was allowed or not, but the fam's Springer Spaniel would get 
out and occasionally come back with one she caught.  They were pretty 
stupid birds.

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On 11/17/20 12:31 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
> They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not 
> which days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
> On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
> pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
> ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
> light so its easy to keep ready.
> I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
> crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up 
> to park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem 
> since that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately 
> there was another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
> long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
> There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held 
> off for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that 
> presents itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. 
> That one ran behind a tree and was just gone...
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Used to go to Nantucket a lot, those things were all over running wild 
in the moors.  I'd see them around the house all the time.  I don't know 
if hunting was allowed or not, but the fam's Springer Spaniel would get 
out and occasionally come back with one she caught.  They were pretty 
stupid birds.


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On 11/17/20 12:31 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not which 
days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
light so its easy to keep ready.
I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up to 
park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem since 
that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately there was 
another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held off 
for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that presents 
itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. That one ran 
behind a tree and was just gone...
-Curt
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[MBZ] OT: Pheasant

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

The state of MA supposedly stocks 40,000 pheasants into the wild every year. 
They publish an interactive map to show you where and how often (but not which 
days) they stock. I figured this was my year to go get some.
On the way home from deer camp I grabbed my grandfather's Remington model 31 
pump shotgun. Its a 16ga and I already had some shells (good because all the 
ammunition is sold out) so I took it. I like carrying that gun, its nice and 
light so its easy to keep ready.
I'd been out once already early in the season but the spot I had picked was 
crawling with hunters so this time I chose a less accessible spot. Pulled up to 
park and there was a bird waiting in the road. This presents a problem since 
that bird will probably fly before I get close enough. Fortunately there was 
another, even stupider bird which hung around a second too 
long.https://photos.app.goo.gl/kZ14QLryRDrLSabZ6
There were at least 3 more birds, I should have gotten one of them but held off 
for a better shot. I should know better and just take the shot that presents 
itself. Its kind of amazing how they can disappear into the bush. That one ran 
behind a tree and was just gone...
-Curt
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