Sacha writes
On 2009-11-25 23:59:17 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries
said:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote:

We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just
recently. They're shameless!
Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my
seeds
!
Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses
and
more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out
sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them.
--

The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up
the
drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it
up there to roost.
Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?

I'd heard of that trick and no, it doesn't!

I don't think the poachers were intending sport though, were they? Just
an easy, efficient and quiet kill.
--
Kay

On 2009-11-26 11:06:57 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-25 23:59:17 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries
said:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote:

We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just
recently. They're shameless!
Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds
!
Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and
more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out
sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them.
--

The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up the
drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it
up there to roost.
Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?

I'd heard of that trick and no, it doesn't!

I don't think the poachers were intending sport though, were they? Just
an easy, efficient and quiet kill.

Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-26 11:06:57 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-25 23:59:17 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries
said:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote:

We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just
recently. They're shameless!
Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds
!
Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and
more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out
sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them.
--

The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect
up the
drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or
couldn't make it
up there to roost.
Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?
I'd heard of that trick and no, it doesn't!
I don't think the poachers were intending sport though, were they?
Just an easy, efficient and quiet kill.

Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!

You reckon the pheasants prefer the alternative? ;-)
--
Kay

On 2009-11-26 16:31:53 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-26 11:06:57 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-25 23:59:17 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries
said:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote:

We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just
recently. They're shameless!
Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds
!
Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and
more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out
sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them.
--

The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up the
drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it
up there to roost.
Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?
I'd heard of that trick and no, it doesn't!
I don't think the poachers were intending sport though, were they?
Just an easy, efficient and quiet kill.

Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!

You reckon the pheasants prefer the alternative? ;-)

Whooping it up on raisins and bring on the dancing hens? You bet. ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-26 16:31:53 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!
You reckon the pheasants prefer the alternative? ;-)

Whooping it up on raisins and bring on the dancing hens? You bet. ;-)

No, I meant the alternative which ends up with them being shot in a
sporting manner, as I'm sure you knew ;-)

--
Kay

On 2009-11-26 23:18:23 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-26 16:31:53 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!
You reckon the pheasants prefer the alternative? ;-)

Whooping it up on raisins and bring on the dancing hens? You bet. ;-)

No, I meant the alternative which ends up with them being shot in a
sporting manner, as I'm sure you knew ;-)

They probably stand more chance of getting away on a shoot. Of
course, if they're halfway sensible, they walk and don't get shot
anyway.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

Sacha wrote:
On 2009-11-26 23:18:23 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-26 16:31:53 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val
that it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their
weakness!
You reckon the pheasants prefer the alternative? ;-)

Whooping it up on raisins and bring on the dancing hens? You bet. ;-)

No, I meant the alternative which ends up with them being shot in a
sporting manner, as I'm sure you knew ;-)

They probably stand more chance of getting away on a shoot. Of course,
if they're halfway sensible, they walk and don't get shot anyway.

Except at the end of the eason on special walked-up days for keepers,
pickers-up and beaters - birds which don't fly tend to produce broods of
more birds that don't fly...

--
Rusty

On 2009-11-28 13:11:25 +0000, VivienB said:

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:26:18 +0000, Sacha wrote:

if they're halfway sensible,

You were previously talking about pheasants. 'Sensible' is not a
description that is commonly used for such beautiful, daft birds!

I must admit the phrase 'bird brained' could have been coined for them!
Driving down a lane with one running in front of you has to be one of
the most frustrating things to do in the country! After a very, very
long time, it occurs to this avian genius that it does have wings and
getting up and away over a hedge is preferable to the alternative!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

VivienB wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:26:18 +0000, Sacha wrote:

if they're halfway sensible,

You were previously talking about pheasants. 'Sensible' is not a
description that is commonly used for such beautiful, daft birds!

On the contrary - see my post ^ up there somewhere.

--
Rusty

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:16:12 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-11-26 11:06:57 +0000, K said:

Sacha writes
On 2009-11-25 23:59:17 +0000, "Christina Websell"
said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2009-11-25 08:57:51 +0000, Aries
said:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:04:28 +0000, Sacha wrote:

We've had a cock pheasant on the lawn scrounging peanuts, just
recently. They're shameless!
Beautiful tho. I love seeing them but not when they're pinching my seeds
!
Any veg we grow are for sale, so they're in pots in the greenhouses and
more in danger from stray mice, if any are around. I sometimes put out
sultanas for the pheasants, too and they get quite silly about them.
--

The old poachers used to soak sultanas in whisky and then collect up the
drunken pheasants when they either fell out of the trees or couldn't make it
up there to roost.
Doesn't seem very sporting, does it?

I'd heard of that trick and no, it doesn't!

I don't think the poachers were intending sport though, were they? Just
an easy, efficient and quiet kill.

Oh definitely - food for the pot etc. But I do agree with Val that
it's a bit hard on the poor old pheasants to exploit their weakness!

Way to go!!


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