| Ever since their first introduction in Europe in the 10th | | | | enthusiast, but it requires just the right training to be |
| century, pheasants have become a popular game bird | | | | done. Unlike waterfowl hunters, a pheasant hunter |
| attracting hunters to engage in hunting them for | | | | doesn't have to start an intensive training program but |
| centuries. Although many have changed through the | | | | rather to focus on the crucial aspects such as |
| ages, the way we live, the way wee see life, and so | | | | obedience, testing his natural instincts towards bird |
| on, our delight of pheasant hunting has stayed | | | | hunting or building up a proper physical shape. |
| untouched. We could say that it is a timeless practice | | | | Managing to stay away from useless, ineffective |
| for the modern hunter and it would seem fair to | | | | methods and centering your attention only on these |
| suppose it will continue to be for many years to come. | | | | facets of training will prove very important down the |
| Pheasants are native to the Asian continent but have | | | | road. |
| been widely introduced elsewhere, where they are | | | | Pheasant hunting is also a sport that sometimes |
| bred to be hunted and are shot in huge numbers. The | | | | makes better sense if done alongside friends or simply |
| bird was brought to Britain around the 10th century but | | | | other hunters like you. Pheasants are well known for |
| became extinct in the early 17th century; it was | | | | their ability to run swiftly and one generally good |
| reintroduced in the 1830s and is now widely spread. | | | | strategy is to use "blockers", hunters stationed at the |
| Chronic reintroduction has made the pheasant an | | | | end of the field who shoot as birds break from cover. |
| exceptionally variable species in regard to size and | | | | Besides this, when hunting besides fellow hunters, it is |
| plumage. Pheasants were introduced in North America | | | | imperative that you wear an orange hunting vest |
| in 1913, and they've become more popular for hunting, | | | | because it may become dangerous and safety should |
| rather than for food, although many hunting based | | | | always be put first. |
| restaurants serve pheasant meat. | | | | To cut a long story short, pheasant hunting may have |
| Because pheasant hunting has proved to be an | | | | its roots back in medieval times but it's now more |
| increasingly popular practice in the last decades, | | | | popular than ever before. Although similar to other |
| pheasants are now raised intensively in farms all over | | | | game bird hunts, it has features that differentiate it |
| the United States and the United Kingdom, mostly. | | | | from the others in the group, and that is why it appeals |
| Pheasant farms meet about 10 million birds in the U.S. | | | | to so many people worldwide. |
| and 35 million in the U.K., which is very impressing | | | | Summary: Given its many centuries of history, it |
| bearing in mind that the number increases with each | | | | comes to no surprise that pheasant hunting is still a |
| passing year. Birds are supplied both to hunting | | | | popular practice throughout the world, many believing |
| preserves/estates and restaurants, with smaller | | | | that its high point is yet to be reached. Similar to other |
| numbers being available for individual cooks. But eating | | | | bird hunts as it may seem, at a closer inspection |
| pheasant meat can be unpleasant for some, as it is | | | | pheasant hunting clearly stands out as a self-governing |
| tough and dry; modern cookery generally uses moist | | | | sport because it enhances many aspects to the game |
| roasting or farm-raised female birds. | | | | bird hunting genre. |
| Pheasant hunting is one of those sports in which the | | | | About author: Razvan Marian Jr. is a pheasant hunting |
| aid of a hound is invaluable, and without which it would | | | | enthusiast and has plenty of years of experience in |
| be almost impossible to make a hunt. A well trained | | | | the field of pheasant hunts. He is now sharing his |
| upland dog can be an important tool for the pheasant | | | | pheasant hunting tips with others at . |