SC - A Winter food
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Wed Oct 13 06:03:02 PDT 1999
>Lady Kinga Roux wrote:
> >Especially since Pheasant season is currently going on here in Montana.
>
>Are those European pheasants that are hunted in pheasant season, or
>American
>ruffed grouses?
That would be both here, the pheasant is the same bird, it was introduced
here in the 1700's. The english nobles brought their
hunting stock with them.
>It can be difficult for us in America to keep track of period European
>birds, because so many terms (I think including pheasant, partridge, robin,
>and quail) apply to different species here than in Europe.
Quail and Partridge are basicially the same, just some small plumage
differences. European Robins are a smaller brownish speckled bird.
All the above birds are in the states now though, once again thanks to our
European forefathers and game stocking.
As to to how they can be used, grouse and pheasant are both good spring and
fall food. They aren't hunted during the summer for mating reasons and are
the best in the fall after they've fed all summer (yum!).
Cadoc
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Cadoc MacDairi, Mountain Confederation, ACG
" Some men like the fishing
some men like the fowling
Some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball roaring"
"Whiskey in the Jar" -- Trad Irish
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