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10-04-2007, 07:01 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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Pheasant???
Slingah and I saw this bird on the job today....never seen one before! It is a Pheasant I believe? What a beautiful bird!
Last edited by BigFish; 02-25-2008 at 05:57 PM..
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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10-04-2007, 07:27 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Philadelphia
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Ditto tasty. Ringneck (male) pheasant are a pretty highly prized game bird. Easy to hit too - the opposite of doves.
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10-04-2007, 07:28 PM
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I could not believe how tame that bird was.....wierd...
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10-04-2007, 09:13 PM
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a couple of those for thanksgiving dinnner instead of turkey  |
Go Bears!
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10-05-2007, 06:57 AM
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Canal Junkie
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nom nom nom
its been a long time... (less you count game dinners - not the same)
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aim: SaltedBrian
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10-05-2007, 06:59 AM
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after a great dinner have a seat and tie up some great flies with those feathers.then,head for the freshwater and bang a few trout& salmon. then sit down again and pig out on some fresh fish.
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10-05-2007, 08:59 AM
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The feathers would work well on the end of one of your plugs... 
They are tasty but not a lot of fat so they can dry out easy when cooking. |
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10-05-2007, 04:36 PM
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Location: Maine
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Did you notice if it had a band on its leg? Most likely a "pen raised chicken". They have another name also but it can be taken as inappropriate on a family site. (search engines probably bring it up as porn)
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10-05-2007, 04:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAC
Did you notice if it had a band on its leg? Most likely a "pen raised chicken". They have another name also but it can be taken as inappropriate on a family site. (search engines probably bring it up as porn)
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had to have been Dave....wasnt really fazed by humans... |
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10-05-2007, 05:23 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
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you talkin' about a c--k pheasant? that referes to the male and the female is a hen.
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10-05-2007, 06:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afterhours
you talkin' about a c--k pheasant? that referes to the male and the female is a hen.
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That's what that be. Just wanted to throw a little avarian trivia at Big Fish  |
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10-05-2007, 07:48 PM
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smoked pheasant is good and pheasant jerky is a great fall run snack!
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10-06-2007, 06:08 AM
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nothing better
than hearing the OOOOGH OOOOOGH of a pheasant in the crisp fall weather....
Larry if you think those are pretty good looking you
should see the chinese version...
and actually pheasants are a transplant from over seas
and were not native to America origionally..
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10-06-2007, 07:02 AM
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It has my second favorite breast when they're wrapped in bacon!  |
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10-06-2007, 02:19 PM
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Male pheasants are called roosters, not cocks.
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10-07-2007, 10:11 PM
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Professional dumba$$
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I have one that lives in the field behind my house, see it once every few days. Pretty cool bird.
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10-07-2007, 11:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wheresmy50
Male pheasants are called roosters, not cocks.
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depends on where you live. Up here a rooster is a male chicken. |
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10-08-2007, 07:53 AM
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if your into pheasant, go to Block Island early spring before everything buds... they are very common out there.
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10-08-2007, 10:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crash
I have one that lives in the field behind my house, see it once every few days. Pretty cool bird.
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the picture was taken in Abington....Walker Lane....same bird??? |
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10-08-2007, 08:19 PM
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Professional dumba$$
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slingah
the picture was taken in Abington....Walker Lane....same bird???
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I'm less than a quarter mile from there, looks like the same bird, at least judging from the crappy cell phone pics I have. |
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10-09-2007, 06:26 AM
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We used to hunt those at the Dike at Hatches. At the end of the P-town Airport runways. Try thet now....
Ringnecks are a non-native species all are stocked. We called them with a small box of BBs. Sounded like the pellets that they were fed at the farm.
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10-09-2007, 10:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
We used to hunt those at the Dike at Hatches. At the end of the P-town Airport runways. Try thet now....
Ringnecks are a non-native species all are stocked. We called them with a small box of BBs. Sounded like the pellets that they were fed at the farm.
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You are right that they are not a native species, they originally came from China. But you are not right that they are all stocked, they can and do breed almost everywhere in the U.S. |
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10-09-2007, 11:37 AM
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Registered User
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wheresmy50
Male pheasants are called roosters, not cocks.
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They're called "cocks" because of the call they make when flushed |
Catch'em up,
ThomCat
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10-10-2007, 06:07 AM
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UMMMMMMMM, gooooooood  |
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10-12-2007, 12:15 PM
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The Club I belong to, we have 175 in the pen ...season starts next week...YUM YUM...
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10-12-2007, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
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The season opens Tomorrow the 13th, Libby and I will go out and try to bag two  |
Fly & Light Tackle Fishing
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10-12-2007, 04:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigcat
The season opens Tomorrow the 13th, Libby and I will go out and try to bag two |
I never liked openning day, especially early morning. Way too many people. Monday should still be good as the birds will be a little more scattered, what is left of them. |
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10-12-2007, 05:00 PM
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Funny but not so, last season two yahoos start hunting 15 minutes early less then 100 feet from the starting spot.
One of the guys yells at me for passing him at about 35 yards, everybody had to pass them.
I told him he was dangerous, and should take a hunters safety course, oh and learn the rules.
So the SOB threatend to shoot me, I talked to a EPO later in the day,
it's a story they hear all the time.
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Fly & Light Tackle Fishing
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10-12-2007, 05:40 PM
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Location: Maine
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That is sad. Another thing that rots is having to wear safety glasses for your own personal protection.
I haven't been out in the last 3 years. Ever since we had to put "Ralphie" (our english setter) down. Hunting over a dog is so much more enjoyable than just poking around blindly.
Good luck tomorrow.
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02-24-2008, 07:40 AM
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yep
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThomCat
They're called "cocks" because of the call they make when flushed
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i heard that 
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