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my dads mate has just given my dad a pheasant so we can have a go at preparing it, we are going to do it after dinner i will tell you how i get on, i am going to pinch the skin just under the breast bone and make a slit the pull the skin away from the breast meat and make a cut either side of the breast bone then i will follow the rib cage and hopefully i will have two pieces of meat
leon
leon
my dads mate also said that when he has got a rabbit he will let us have it so i can have a go at preparing one of them, he also lent me a book its called FM 21-76 department of the army field manual SURVIVAL on the front it says 1970 but inside it says 1957 and apparently it id not in print anymore
leon
leon
my dad has just gave me 7 cartridges that he got me now i can make some more spamel you are next on the list and there are two other people that i go shooting with who want one
fenlander dont worry i havent missed you out you are getting one for all of the info and time you have spent with me teaching me new skills
leon
fenlander dont worry i havent missed you out you are getting one for all of the info and time you have spent with me teaching me new skills
leon
Cheers Leon!! I will try and get your watch strap in the post tomorrow, I spent the day teaching people the laying of aluminium trackway that is used for tanks to travel over, and then gave my troop members a hand to get ready for a plant concentration exercise. They are going out on the area to dig in the mud with their JCBs and I'm sure they will have fun. I can't make that one though!!
Have you got your watch yet?
Have you got your watch yet?
Mine took about two weeks from them telling me that it was sent from russia. It's pretty cool to think of how far the watch travelled to get to me, especially as I have read two books about escape from russia in the last couple of months.
Leon,
Thats "breasting" that you are describing. (Reoing the breast meat). Its okay but you won't learn too much about game prep that way. Look in your Bushcraft magazine (one of the later ones) and there is a good description of preparing a quartered carcas (using all the bird)
Or I'll talk you through rpeparing a whole prepped carcas (like a chicken) if you like?
Red
Thats "breasting" that you are describing. (Reoing the breast meat). Its okay but you won't learn too much about game prep that way. Look in your Bushcraft magazine (one of the later ones) and there is a good description of preparing a quartered carcas (using all the bird)
Or I'll talk you through rpeparing a whole prepped carcas (like a chicken) if you like?
Red
Well done Leon - good job! Nice looking hen pheasant there too!
Couple of tips mate...
1) If you are going to breast, you don't have to pluck - just pinch the skin away from the flesh, make a slit and pull the skin (complete with feathers) away from the breast
2) Once you have removed the breast meat, check for shot where those two marks are along the breast bone (they often hit the breast bone and stop - you can bite on one later when cooked which isn't great).
Nice looking hen pheasant there - one of this years I'd say from her size
How are you planning to cook her?
Red
Couple of tips mate...
1) If you are going to breast, you don't have to pluck - just pinch the skin away from the flesh, make a slit and pull the skin (complete with feathers) away from the breast
2) Once you have removed the breast meat, check for shot where those two marks are along the breast bone (they often hit the breast bone and stop - you can bite on one later when cooked which isn't great).
Nice looking hen pheasant there - one of this years I'd say from her size
How are you planning to cook her?
Red
Think we were both writing at the same time there Leon. 
How would you like your finished bun? Pieces or whole?
Red
How would you like your finished bun? Pieces or whole?
Red
ok i will not bother plucking it next time i breast it, i would like to know how to prepare it so that i have the whole thing not pieces
i am probably going to roast it as a small snack as there is no way near enough for a meal
leon
i am probably going to roast it as a small snack as there is no way near enough for a meal
leon
leon-b said:well i have finished preparing the pheasant and it was suprisingly easy well enough talk heres the photos
me holding the pheasant
me plucking the pheasant
the pheasants breast meat
leon
Well done Leon thats a really good job you have made of the pheasant :You_Rock_
Keep up the good work.
Phil.
leon-b said:
No problems! I am back at home at the moment, I will be back to work soon though and I will take the watchstrap in and send it off. Hopefully it will be with you by the end of this week, maybe next Monday.
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