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youngbowyer:
This afternoon I was sighting in my new Ruger air hawk Which I plan to use on small game and ironically i spot a pheasant behind me. I have only seen 1 pheasant before in my backyard but i didn't want to shoot him with the air rifle. I quickly ran inside and grabbed my recurve which was laying strung on the table and a handful of broadheads. I hurried my first 2 shots and missed both. The pheasant spooked and I was dissapointed but in 5 minutes he was back. I carefully aimed my arrow and i took him in the center of his chest, piercing all the vitals. From my angle I wasnt sure if I hit it. I looked at my arrow and it was covered in blood and feathers. Not 5 yards in the thick bursh lay the pheasant. It was stone dead. It's not a deer, but it's a start. Sorry I don't have a picture with the bird, my mom was a little freaked out.

sweeney3:
Nice!  That's alright about not being able to get a picture with it.  Be sure and cook it up.  Pheasant is tasty bird.  That's quite the first meat.  Not too many guys get a pheasant with a bow ever, much less as their first kill.  Good for you taking it with the bow rather than the firearm, too.

lowell:
Good job...congrats!!!!!!

youngbowyer:
Thanks. Does anyone know what kind of pheasant this is. I think its a cock pheasant, not sure though.

JW_Halverson:
Phasianus colchicus  A.k.a. Chinese ring-necked pheasant.  First introduced successfully into Oregon in 1881.  South Dakota's state bird, makes it the only State Bird in the nation that the state population annually tries to wipe out!

Can you get me a close-up of the spurs?  I think it's a two year old bird, but can't tell for sure. 

You can save the spurs by sawing off the leg bones, skin and all, above and below the spur.  Use a small stick or pipecleaner to clean the marrow out the center of the bone.  Then cover in borax for a couple of weeks to help dry them out.  Rinse with water, and let dry.  You can string them like beads on a thong as decorations. 

My favorite feathers are the spruce green feathers on the back just above the tail. 

As for eating, pheasant is not too gamey.

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