HELP cooking phesant

ken2525

i shot a pheasant on sun and cooked it it today but it smelt so bad i got one the week before and left it longer it it smelt worse. I just left it in a bag for for 3 day and cooked it in the oven what am i doing wrong

murphy125

When i shoot a pheasant i hang it in my shed for a few days then cook it

fiestaman

shoot it, bring it home gut it and cook it,no need for hanging in my opinion. if you want to hang it then do for no more than 3 days (hanging) not in a bag,thats where you went wrong.

riflehunter77

ken2525 wrote: »

i shot a pheasant on sun and cooked it it today but it smelt so bad i got one the week before and left it longer it it smelt worse. I just left it in a bag for for 3 day and cooked it in the oven what am i doing wrong

Dont leave it in a bag for a start, just tie up by the feet and leave in a cool place for about 3 to 4 days.

Cook it slowly with a few rashers and an onion shove up its rear you should be ok.

You did remember to completely clean it out.

jap gt

i was always told hang game by the head and poultry by the feet

Eddie B

jap gt wrote: »

i was always told hang game by the head and poultry by the feet

Thought it was duck by the head! and pheasant by the feet!

murphy125

+1 with jap gt whenever i shoot pheasants i hang them by the head and rabbits from the feet:D

Feidhlim Dignan

no joke lads hung a phesant for 10 days last week and it was grand but i usually leave it for 5 or 6.

jap gt

Feidhlim Dignan wrote: »

no joke lads hung a phesant for 10 days last week and it was grand but i usually leave it for 5 or 6.

i keep chickens ducks and so on for the table, it has been so cold last few weeks that 10 days would'nt do much harm

greenpeter

Feidhlim Dignan wrote: »

no joke lads hung a phesant for 10 days last week and it was grand but i usually leave it for 5 or 6.

You have a long week in cork FD:p
I would always hang my birds for up to 4 days by the neck.
I cook them real slow in a casserole dish with plenty of red wine and veg breast side down.

jwshooter

hang them in a cool place over nite. then pluck/skin them .i skin them .put them into a basin of cold salt water over nite.

if your not mad keen on game and it sounds your not cook them with a chicken.covered in rashers ,dont over cook them .

also the longer you hang them the stronger the game flavor gets ,never leave them in a bag as they will go rancid.

there lovely in a indian sauce like tikka masala ,i make with a mix of chicken and pheasant.

johnner1

riflehunter77 wrote: »

Dont leave it in a bag for a start, just tie up by the feet and leave in a cool place for about 3 to 4 days.

Cook it slowly with a few rashers and an onion shove up its rear you should be ok.

You did remember to completely clean it out.

The only birds i have ever seen hung by the feet are turkeys.

jap gt

johnner1 wrote: »

The only birds i have ever seen hung by the feet are turkeys.

you should always hang chicken by the feet 2, it lets the blood drain into the cavity in the neck where you snapped it, much easier bleed it after hanging it

lucy333springer

ken2525 wrote: »

i shot a pheasant on sun and cooked it it today but it smelt so bad i got one the week before and left it longer it it smelt worse. I just left it in a bag for for 3 day and cooked it in the oven what am i doing wrong

2525,
Check out the sticky at the top of the page,(recipes),
or get yourself a cook girl from tiailand.333

terminator2

how much is the cook from thailand:D

lucy333springer

terminator2 wrote: »

how much is the cook from thailand:D

Two goat's and an albino donkey

terminator2

NO!.........MEET THE ZOHAN

lucy333springer

You don't mess with the ZOHAN

Dusty87

I would always hang them. Called to an old woman for a chat one evenin and she told me the sooner you cook them after they're shot the better. She reckoned that if there shot in the breast it will spoil the meat the longer you leave it hanging. She said if its shot in the head she would leave it hanging for a couple of days but thats it.
I was always told to leave them hanging.
I hang everything by the feet to let blood drain to head?
Should pheasant and duck be hung by the head or is it just personnal choice??

Dvs

ken2525 wrote: »

i shot a pheasant on sun and cooked it it today but it smelt so bad i got one the week before and left it longer it it smelt worse. I just left it in a bag for for 3 day and cooked it in the oven what am i doing wrong

Just wondering did you get food poisoning?
Dvs.