9 Hours With Two Pheasants…

Earl Easter · 10-24-2009, 08:43 PM

Well some of you folks have been asking about when Pennsylvania's Pheasants season comes in and it was today. I was supposed to go youth pheasant last week but ended up with a bad tooth and a really bad infection that kept me down. I usually go with my wife's brother and his young kids as we adults are not allowed to carry shot guns.
Full of rain this morning, we really got soaked. My two boys and I walked up the almost three mile hill to the top and i was lucky enough to get the first bird that flushed about 30 yards in front of me in a chest high tall brown grass.
It was not a very good day to hunt as the birds sat tight, but just being there was still our main objective. This was the only bird that we got, but 5 other flushes that the two boys just could not connect. We went home after 5 hours and dried our wet hunting clothes. The two boys had to head back to their homes about one hour and a half away. This gave me a second chance to travel back up to the original spot and try it again. This is where i shot the second bird..…….. it finished my day as we are only allowed two birds…
Hope you like the pictures, my wife took them as she has a long lasting electronic file of all the pheasants we have shot for the last 10 years.
She makes posters of them and hands them out to each of us for Christmas…….Earl
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srt 10 jimbo · 10-24-2009, 08:57 PM

Nice Birds, Hopefully ya get alot more after ya get a little snow.

TargetGunFan · 10-24-2009, 09:27 PM

nice looking birds. We got about 30 last weekend, but we cheat.

Earl Easter · 10-24-2009, 09:27 PM

srt10
Anything would have been better than rain and lots of it...LOL.
I love hunting in the snow, especially easy to track them and know for sure if they are even there. Last year at the end of the season i tracked two birds together and ended up with a double flush and two birds. I was only there in time for the walk up the hill and back down within minutes and i was done........
Hey thanks for viewing and if i get lucky again i will post some more.

Earl Easter · 10-24-2009, 09:30 PM

TGF
Thats a lot.....LOL......and i guess i better not ask how ya did that....ROTFLMAO....
Sounds like ya need ta light up the smoker and have a time at it eatin those birds..

thrillbilly · 10-24-2009, 10:48 PM

LOL perdy birds...purdy shotgun.....I don't know about that disreputable character holdin them though!

Looks like fun Earl!

p.s. I wasn't lookin or nothin...but I'm REAL glad ya had blue jeans on under them bibs! ROFLMAO!!!!!

thrillbilly · 10-24-2009, 10:50 PM

BTW...those are awesome pics, your wife has real talent! LOL they look as nice as one of them there glossy magazines pictoors....but without no nekkid wimmin!

Earl Easter · 10-25-2009, 09:54 AM

thrillbilly
Thanks ya big lug...LOL...Going out Monday mornin fer another episode. I was wonderin iffin those nekkid wemmin go pheasants huntin, why I aint never seen any in all my time.
I just might have ta stop and take a look see iffin i am allowed.....
Thanks for stopping by.....Earl

Archetype_wyo · 10-25-2009, 10:04 AM

Good lookin birds Earl.

BunnyWabbit · 10-25-2009, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thrillbilly

BTW...those are awesome pics, your wife has real talent! LOL they look as nice as one of them there glossy magazines pictoors....but without no nekkid wimmin!

LOL, don't tell Earl that or the next thread might be XXX with nekkid Earl and bird pics.

TargetGunFan · 10-25-2009, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Easter

TGF
Thats a lot.....LOL......and i guess i better not ask how ya did that....ROTFLMAO....
Sounds like ya need ta light up the smoker and have a time at it eatin those birds..

We hunt on a reserve where they raise the birds, and you pay x-dollars per bird for release. It is a very target rich environment.

srt 10 jimbo · 10-25-2009, 12:14 PM

Leave Wednesday for South Dakota , guess they got some snow already.

larmus · 10-25-2009, 12:43 PM

Earl those have got to be the best lookin pheasent ive seen ya put up so far... they look better then last years birds... if they all are that good lookin then i for see an excellent season in your future... good job buddy!!!

ArkansasHunter · 10-25-2009, 01:02 PM

Bo Bo the pictures are outstanding and the back ground is perfect. Nice shoot'in Iron you got there to, is it a Ruger ?

Glad you got to spend some quality time with your kids, thats fun to !!!

SwedeSteve · 10-25-2009, 01:36 PM

Nice birds. Great pics !! Thanks for sharing.

Earl Easter · 10-25-2009, 08:34 PM

Thanks guys. i have not been able to get on all day,I was out doing chores all day.
Arch
Thanks for viewing

Bunny...,ROTFL...
Well i would be afraid of showin any parts of my old self especially with a few
pheasants birds.
Now maybe when Fall Turkey season comes and i get one i could celebrate a little, but i don't think that would go real well with the women folk gettin the dry heaves or the vapors..ROTFL.....You aint too young to know what the vapors are is ya...LOL..

TGF
My sons paid for a hunt like that last January and we had a great time but also a lot of work in the fields in -8 windy weather. Glad you also had a good time with that hunt,some think it is easy just because they are there...

Hey Jimbo
Thanks for stopping by and good luck Wednesday. If you could please post some picture for this old guy...it just makes me happy....

Larry
Thanks always for a great response. The birds this year are a little better looking.
It seemed to be a long wait this year for the seson to finally come around..i live for this time of year..

AH
You are right it is the ruger over and under 12 Ga.
I mentioned in a letter to you i was second guessing myself and wanting to take the
mossberg 500 pump,3 shells ta two. But had decided to go with the ruger,it had plenty enough coats of wood wax on her and gun oil to repel the rain.
It was only shot two times in 9 hours or so of hunting and i think it would have liked a lot more shooting...LOL..Thanks Mike fer stoppin on in..........

Steve
You welcome there buddy, i will go out on Monday ta see iffin i can git some more.
I visited a site a few weeks ago and took a peek at Moose's Ground Chickens.that really got the blood flowing for me...

captsquirrel · 10-26-2009, 09:49 PM

Hey Earl. Nice lookin' birds ya got there. I wish I could've been there.

cremley · 10-26-2009, 11:23 PM

Those are some very good looking birds! Good looking O/U as well!

SKS NOOB · 10-26-2009, 11:35 PM

Never been Pheasant hunting. Though I have taken a crack at wood cocks a couple of times and some turkeys during deer season.

I am curious about how they are prepared.

Earl Easter · 10-27-2009, 01:23 PM

Thanks Captain
It was almost nine hours but my sons for the first 5 missed most of there birds...
I shot the first one at the same time my youngest shot,he was over to the right so if there where any BB's in it they would have been in the left side of the bird...LOL So i stripped the bird after the pictures and there where 5 on the birds right side...LOL I did offer the bird to him but he kept saying i don't know how i missed such an easy shot....
We had fu but were soaked...

cremley
Thanks for stopping by and taken a look see..And thanks for the nice comments.....

sksnoob
Well we soak them over night in salt water and milk with a little vinegar. And just stuff em like you would a chicken.... This year i will wait until i have a little over 10 birds and send them over to the farmers house so he can smoke them. We soak them in brine solution for 5 days and he hangs them in a netting in the smoker for i think 7 hours at 180˚....
We use apple or hickory chips found on our property.....He owes me big time cause i spent 50 hours or more helping him build this outdoor smoker...The thing with smoking them is that you can leave them on a counter top for a long spell....days... and just keep snacking on the meat all day long with out getting sick......

10-24-2009, 08:43 PM	#1
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	9 Hours With Two Pheasants… Well some of you folks have been asking about when Pennsylvania's Pheasants season comes in and it was today. I was supposed to go youth pheasant last week but ended up with a bad tooth and a really bad infection that kept me down. I usually go with my wife's brother and his young kids as we adults are not allowed to carry shot guns. Full of rain this morning, we really got soaked. My two boys and I walked up the almost three mile hill to the top and i was lucky enough to get the first bird that flushed about 30 yards in front of me in a chest high tall brown grass. It was not a very good day to hunt as the birds sat tight, but just being there was still our main objective. This was the only bird that we got, but 5 other flushes that the two boys just could not connect. We went home after 5 hours and dried our wet hunting clothes. The two boys had to head back to their homes about one hour and a half away. This gave me a second chance to travel back up to the original spot and try it again. This is where i shot the second bird..…….. it finished my day as we are only allowed two birds… Hope you like the pictures, my wife took them as she has a long lasting electronic file of all the pheasants we have shot for the last 10 years. She makes posters of them and hands them out to each of us for Christmas…….Earl http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1256431274 http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/att...1&d=1256431286 Attached Thumbnails

10-24-2009, 08:57 PM	#2
srt 10 jimbo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 476	Nice Birds, Hopefully ya get alot more after ya get a little snow. __________________

10-24-2009, 09:27 PM	#3
TargetGunFan Cardinal Richlieu Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 2,764 Blog Entries: 2	nice looking birds. We got about 30 last weekend, but we cheat. __________________ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -Aesop

10-24-2009, 09:27 PM	#4
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	srt10 Anything would have been better than rain and lots of it...LOL. I love hunting in the snow, especially easy to track them and know for sure if they are even there. Last year at the end of the season i tracked two birds together and ended up with a double flush and two birds. I was only there in time for the walk up the hill and back down within minutes and i was done........ Hey thanks for viewing and if i get lucky again i will post some more. Last edited by Earl Easter; 10-25-2009 at 09:43 AM.

10-24-2009, 10:48 PM	#6
thrillbilly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ozark Hill Country Posts: 3,182	LOL perdy birds...purdy shotgun.....I don't know about that disreputable character holdin them though! Looks like fun Earl! p.s. I wasn't lookin or nothin...but I'm REAL glad ya had blue jeans on under them bibs! ROFLMAO!!!!! __________________ *" I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."* John Wayne

10-24-2009, 09:30 PM	#5
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	TGF Thats a lot.....LOL......and i guess i better not ask how ya did that....ROTFLMAO.... Sounds like ya need ta light up the smoker and have a time at it eatin those birds..

10-24-2009, 10:50 PM	#7
thrillbilly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ozark Hill Country Posts: 3,182	BTW...those are awesome pics, your wife has real talent! LOL they look as nice as one of them there glossy magazines pictoors....but without no nekkid wimmin! __________________ *" I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."* John Wayne

10-25-2009, 09:54 AM	#8
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	thrillbilly Thanks ya big lug...LOL...Going out Monday mornin fer another episode. I was wonderin iffin those nekkid wemmin go pheasants huntin, why I aint never seen any in all my time. I just might have ta stop and take a look see iffin i am allowed..... Thanks for stopping by.....Earl

10-25-2009, 10:04 AM	#9
Archetype_wyo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Buffalo, Wyo Posts: 2,248	Good lookin birds Earl. __________________ The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. —Patrick Henry

10-25-2009, 12:14 PM	#12
srt 10 jimbo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 476	Leave Wednesday for South Dakota , guess they got some snow already. __________________

10-25-2009, 12:43 PM	#13
larmus Domestic Engineer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: arizona Posts: 3,389	Earl those have got to be the best lookin pheasent ive seen ya put up so far... they look better then last years birds... if they all are that good lookin then i for see an excellent season in your future... good job buddy!!! __________________ Lawrence Home Defense: .45 and a Shovel...

10-25-2009, 01:02 PM	#14
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,224	Bo Bo the pictures are outstanding and the back ground is perfect. Nice shoot'in Iron you got there to, is it a Ruger ? Glad you got to spend some quality time with your kids, thats fun to !!! __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

10-25-2009, 01:36 PM	#15
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 25,529	Nice birds. Great pics !! Thanks for sharing. __________________ In the absence of orders, ATTACK !!

10-25-2009, 08:34 PM	#16
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	Thanks guys. i have not been able to get on all day,I was out doing chores all day. Arch Thanks for viewing Bunny...,ROTFL... Well i would be afraid of showin any parts of my old self especially with a few pheasants birds. Now maybe when Fall Turkey season comes and i get one i could celebrate a little, but i don't think that would go real well with the women folk gettin the dry heaves or the vapors..ROTFL.....You aint too young to know what the vapors are is ya...LOL.. TGF My sons paid for a hunt like that last January and we had a great time but also a lot of work in the fields in -8 windy weather. Glad you also had a good time with that hunt,some think it is easy just because they are there... Hey Jimbo Thanks for stopping by and good luck Wednesday. If you could please post some picture for this old guy...it just makes me happy.... Larry Thanks always for a great response. The birds this year are a little better looking. It seemed to be a long wait this year for the seson to finally come around..i live for this time of year.. AH You are right it is the ruger over and under 12 Ga. I mentioned in a letter to you i was second guessing myself and wanting to take the mossberg 500 pump,3 shells ta two. But had decided to go with the ruger,it had plenty enough coats of wood wax on her and gun oil to repel the rain. It was only shot two times in 9 hours or so of hunting and i think it would have liked a lot more shooting...LOL..Thanks Mike fer stoppin on in.......... Steve You welcome there buddy, i will go out on Monday ta see iffin i can git some more. I visited a site a few weeks ago and took a peek at Moose's Ground Chickens.that really got the blood flowing for me...

10-26-2009, 09:49 PM	#17
captsquirrel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Las Vegas, NV. Posts: 1,688	Hey Earl. Nice lookin' birds ya got there. I wish I could've been there. __________________ "I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution." Werner Von Braun

10-26-2009, 11:23 PM	#18
cremley Young Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern New Mexico Posts: 2,948	Those are some very good looking birds! Good looking O/U as well! __________________ Well done is better than well said - Benjamin Franklin NRA MEMBER

10-26-2009, 11:35 PM	#19
SKS NOOB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Minnesotah Posts: 1,685	Never been Pheasant hunting. Though I have taken a crack at wood cocks a couple of times and some turkeys during deer season. I am curious about how they are prepared.

10-27-2009, 01:23 PM	#20
Earl Easter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,444	Thanks Captain It was almost nine hours but my sons for the first 5 missed most of there birds... I shot the first one at the same time my youngest shot,he was over to the right so if there where any BB's in it they would have been in the left side of the bird...LOL So i stripped the bird after the pictures and there where 5 on the birds right side...LOL I did offer the bird to him but he kept saying i don't know how i missed such an easy shot.... We had fu but were soaked... cremley Thanks for stopping by and taken a look see..And thanks for the nice comments..... sksnoob Well we soak them over night in salt water and milk with a little vinegar. And just stuff em like you would a chicken.... This year i will wait until i have a little over 10 birds and send them over to the farmers house so he can smoke them. We soak them in brine solution for 5 days and he hangs them in a netting in the smoker for i think 7 hours at 180˚.... We use apple or hickory chips found on our property.....He owes me big time cause i spent 50 hours or more helping him build this outdoor smoker...The thing with smoking them is that you can leave them on a counter top for a long spell....days... and just keep snacking on the meat all day long with out getting sick......