cheeky pheasants

dicky82

given that in the last three to four weeks ive counted at least eight dead pheasants on a back road that i use every morning,:( i was delighted (and surprised) to see two cock pheasants sitting on the roof of my van when i returnd to it from checking my larsen trap. . . pitty i didn't have the dog with me i would have loved to see what she would have made of it . . . :rolleyes:

EPointer=Birdss

Nearly worth carrying a camera at all times in the field...
Esp when the gun hand is free. Would have been a nice photo...

My breeding cock pheasant punched a hole though the roof of the run the other day & escaped!! I had a melanistc caught with 24 hours & in the run. Sure low & behold Steve McQueen was back prowling the top of the run following day!
Sitting up there bould as could be when I passed. Anyway was pottering around the garden a few days later & heard a load of comosion & that familiar sound of wing beats! There was the pointer with the f****r pinned in the corner! I gave a roar & he dropped him & off he flew crowing mad! Pointer walks up to me tail between his legs, head hanging & a mouthful of feathers as guilty as can be!!! He had been hunting him for at least 3 days trying to figure out a way of catching him I suppose & getting sick of actually pointing him. Good job he has a soft mouth!

So I thought no more of seeing your man again & was cursing the dog, because he was a noble bird & I wanted to recatch him for breeding. Sure following day I walked to the run & who was there up on the run only the same brazen git again looking no worse for wear!
Eventually anyway he managed to get back into the run somehow & has lasted a few days in there! I await the next event..... :eek:
(Could swear this pheasant was a hoodenie in a former life!)

Anyway caught the replacement bird & have him kept as a spare now given your mans history! Whats the odds he'll be a dud after all this!:D

meathstevie

Their behaviour this time of year reminds me of the average lad in Copperface Jacks after a few pints.

dicky82

gud story ep, he prob realised its a big bad world out there and thought hed be better of with his bitches in the pen. . . (a realisation we all come to from time to time) :rolleyes:

couple of weeks ago the dog put up a cock pheasant (i use the term loosly) it actually hopped up on a branch about 8 inches out of her reach, she sat solid underneath it staring at it and he sat returning the favour, i walked towards it and it hopped further into the bush about eight inches out of my reach, id swear the ****er is still sitting there because for at least 10 minutes none of the three parties concerned moved a muscle. . . :D would i get that close from nov to jan???

dicky82

ah coppers. . . . a country night out in the heart of the city, a place where being tough and hairy is accepted as the norm. a place for gards and nurses to meet and help repopulate our fine nation. . . ah coppers :D:D