| Ever since their first introduction in Europe in the 10th | | | | as it is tough and dry; modern cookery generally uses |
| century, pheasants have become a popular game bird | | | | moist roasting or farm-raised female birds. |
| attracting hunters to engage in hunting them for | | | | Pheasant hunting is one of those sports in which the |
| centuries. Although many have changed through the | | | | aid of a hound is invaluable, and without which it |
| ages, the way we live, the way wee see life, and so | | | | would be almost impossible to make a hunt. A well |
| on, our delight of pheasant hunting has stayed | | | | trained upland dog can be an important tool for the |
| untouched. We could say that it is a timeless practice | | | | pheasant enthusiast, but it requires just the right |
| for the modern hunter and it would seem fair to | | | | training to be done. Unlike waterfowl hunters, a |
| suppose it will continue to be for many years to | | | | pheasant hunter doesn’t have to start an |
| come. | | | | intensive training program but rather to focus on the |
| Pheasants are native to the Asian continent but have | | | | crucial aspects such as obedience, testing his natural |
| been widely introduced elsewhere, where they are | | | | instincts towards bird hunting or building up a proper |
| bred to be hunted and are shot in huge numbers. | | | | physical shape. Managing to stay away from useless, |
| The bird was brought to Britain around the 10th | | | | ineffective methods and centering your attention |
| century but became extinct in the early 17th century; | | | | only on these facets of training will prove very |
| it was reintroduced in the 1830s and is now widely | | | | important down the road. |
| spread. Chronic reintroduction has made the pheasant | | | | Pheasant hunting is also a sport that sometimes |
| an exceptionally variable species in regard to size and | | | | makes better sense if done alongside friends or |
| plumage. Pheasants were introduced in North America | | | | simply other hunters like you. Pheasants are well |
| in 1913, and they’ve become more popular for | | | | known for their ability to run swiftly and one |
| hunting, rather than for food, although many hunting | | | | generally good strategy is to use “blockers”, |
| based restaurants serve pheasant meat. | | | | hunters stationed at the end of the field who shoot |
| Because pheasant hunting has proved to be an | | | | as birds break from cover. Besides this, when hunting |
| increasingly popular practice in the last decades, | | | | besides fellow hunters, it is imperative that you wear |
| pheasants are now raised intensively in farms all over | | | | an orange hunting vest because it may become |
| the United States and the United Kingdom, mostly. | | | | dangerous and safety should always be put first. |
| Pheasant farms meet about 10 million birds in the U.S. | | | | To cut a long story short, pheasant hunting may |
| and 35 million in the U.K., which is very impressing | | | | have its roots back in medieval times but it’s |
| bearing in mind that the number increases with each | | | | now more popular than ever before. Although similar |
| passing year. Birds are supplied both to hunting | | | | to other game bird hunts, it has features that |
| preserves/estates and restaurants, with smaller | | | | differentiate it from the others in the group, and that |
| numbers being available for individual cooks. But | | | | is why it appeals to so many people worldwide. |
| eating pheasant meat can be unpleasant for some, | | | | |