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[ditchparrot]

A slang term for a rooster pheasant –– a bird I love to pursue in the company of dogs, but which still scares the bejeezus out of me every time it busts out of heavy cover.

[markiver54]

A slang term for a rooster pheasant –– a bird I love to pursue in the company of dogs, but which still scares the bejeezus out of me every time it busts out of heavy cover.

I know that feeling . The first hunting I ever did was when living in Illinois and that was for pheasant. We hunted mostly on state run preserves that were stocked with pen raised birds. Those birds would not get up until you nearly stepped on them which would startle the heck outa ya. A good bird dog prevents that from happening.

[Hatchdog]

A slang term for a rooster pheasant –– a bird I love to pursue in the company of dogs, but which still scares the bejeezus out of me every time it busts out of heavy cover.

I didn’t know this. Like here we call a Ruff Grouse a Fool Hen as sometimes they just hang around begging to become tonight’s dinner. However, it seems like when deer hunting and trying to move as quietly as possible they will always do a very noisy flush and startle the crap out of me.

[ditchparrot]

I know that feeling . The first hunting I ever did was when living in Illinois and that was for pheasant. We hunted mostly on state run preserves that were stocked with pen raised birds. Those birds would not get up until you nearly stepped on them which would startle the heck outa ya. A good bird dog prevents that from happening.

The difference between pen-raised pheasants and the real thing (wild ones) is similar to the difference between the paper airplane you made in 3rd grade and an F-35 fighter jet.

[ditchparrot]

I didn’t know this. Like here we call a Ruff Grouse a Fool Hen as sometimes they just hang around begging to become tonight’s dinner. However, it seems like when deer hunting and trying to move as quietly as possible they will always do a very noisy flush and startle the crap out of me.

Yeah, those birds are as dumb as rocks out here in the West –– in fact, you can kill them with rocks if you possess a bit of throwing talent.

Evidently it's a totally different story back East, where they're revered and it's tough to get one up in gun range.