How i skin & prep a pheasant

[marpocalypse]

Awesome video, well explained. My first pheasant has been hanging in the shed for 2 days now so i think it's time to get it prepped. Would have been great to see a demonstration of gutting or filleting.

Thanks man.

[ARCEYE78]

@marpocalypse Thankyou & glad it helped,to be honest I stopped gutting them and instead just removed the meat as the bad internal smell got infused into the meat,now for some thats part of the taste but the mrs went off it as she hated the smell when I gutted them so by just removing the meat and then pot roast / cook as normal you get less tainted meat,try gypsy style pot roast,google it for recipe and cook it up,imo the best dish for pheasant :)

[ThePelletgunman]

i want to hunt them with a air gun can i do it with a 12 pound .22 

[ARCEYE78]

@ThePelletgunman Its not illegal to shoot pheasant but it is frowned upon for some reason,toffs dont like to see it & believe it to be anfair / not sporting although im not sure whats sporting about scareing em out of the woods with beaters for the waiting crowd of shotguns :/, just as long as you are a good shot & imo go for the head then like this one will go down very humainly,& make sure they are wild and not owned,i used my fenman .22 12ft/lb although i dont anymore as i prefer woodys :)

[ThePelletgunman]

@ARCEYE78 thanks for all the info so i am probly not going to get permision to shot them on someones land

[ARCEYE78]

@ThePelletgunman No probs,I very much doubt it,even to get permission to shoot pests can be a mission,im lucky the ones that live on the farm where i live are wild & owned by nobody,i no longer shoot them as i have gone off the taste but still often dodge them driving along the road in and out :),to be honest for me wood pigeon is the best tasting & a far more difficult bird to shoot so a great challenge,get your BASC insurance,dress smart, get onto some farms and have a chat with the owner.

[ThePelletgunman]

@ARCEYE78 see i came from the usa to the uk and every one always said pigeon as a like flying rats do u think they are better to eat then a phesent

[ARCEYE78]

@ThePelletgunman IMO yes but just make sure its the wood pigeon you eat and not the dirty feral,woodys have a white stripe on each wing,they are very much like beef steak but with a gamey taste.

[blackwood011]

give em to your kids.....christmas. priceless

[ARCEYE78]

@blackwood011 X),my daughter is fascinated and loves to watch me do this.

[jackjones964]

hey great video, i noticed you said its sometimes rather hard to skin a bird in one, this is because the fat on the bird sets almost like a bar of soap, upto 3 hours after shooting it if u pluck a little feathers off its neck and skin back down from there it comes off easily with the head and legs still attached so is still great to hang them for a few days. :-D

[ARCEYE78]

@jackjones964 thanks jack and thanks for the tip, to be honest im prob not gonna hang em anymore as im not too keen on the rotten taste,the last one i hung for 3 days and the meat was quite crumbly and had a fair amount of odour i assume from decomposition so next season im gonna marinate the next ones in olive oil and lemon juice overnight to help tenderise the meat instead :)

[OutInTheCountrySide]

at least you respect the animal just not killing for the sake of it

well done good hunter

[ARCEYE78]

@OutInTheCountrySide thankyou, these are magnificient birds and deserve respect as all animals should.

[solomonstemplers]

A1 vid yet agian Arceye.

just as a matter of interest your name is it cos you've had arceyes.

[ARCEYE78]

thanks sol, well the name arceye as you know is from my welding but i am very happy to say that to this day i have avoided arceye as im very careful, fingers crossed i'll never go through that pain because i have heard it is very nasty :/

[BackYardHuntingPA]

wat is the yellow stuff is tht fat?

[ARCEYE78]

yep spot on mate and it does not have much of it as they are very active birds, keep it all to help keep the meat juicy and for flavour when cooking :)

[12345dogs54321]

lol time for me big knife

[roztheboz]

haha I love your vids :D "play with the tendens, pull one, the claws clench, pull the other, oo look they relax!, give it to your kids for christmas" 5 stars once again :D

[ARCEYE78]

LOL!!  cheers mate i like to give a laugh, my daughter loves to watch me do this and she's just 5, its good to show them so they get a full understanding of how our food is sourced and prepped, wont be long and she'll be out with me shooting too :)

[Helpsaveanimalstoday]

Thats RUDE. why did you kill it??

[ARCEYE78]

@Helpsaveanimalstoday your a little thick aren't you?? to eat it of course, dont start your animal rights bullshit as i'll just block you SIMPLES!!!

[Aonexia]

To Eat It Silly Goose!

[MegaDanbo]

lol give it to yur kids for christmas!

[christchurchrugby]

Thanks mate, great video. I'm skinning my first pheasants this afternoon and you have helped me massively!

[sercout]

thanks for shering mate...

we just got an extra 154 hectares with permition to shoot all geme and vermins, prioraty Roe Deer day are over 30 of them...

to say have there lots of phesants I'm preaty exited...

keep the good work

regards

sercout

[ARCEYE78]

my pleasure:)

nice one with the land and to get full permission too!!, one day i really hope to get the opportunity to shoot dear or wild boar, im going for my FAC in the new year which will get me one step closer to the dream, good luck with it and ENJOY!!

happy hunting :)

[NewElita6]

dont cocking brains xD

[ARCEYE78]

LOL! i cant they're all over the field.

[NewElita6]

lol did u kill that bird by pelet?

[ARCEYE78]

yes....headshot to the brain @ about 25-30mts.

[NewElita6]

well i need to go run outside right now morning !damit!i wanna eat now lol greit vid 10/10

[ARCEYE78]

LOL!! cheers mate:) you should of tasted the pot roast i made...YUMMY!!! XD

[NewElita6]

next time try show and show wat complete in end lol its more tasty appetitos!

[ARCEYE78]

funny you say that as i was going to do that but the batteries run out in my cam:(

i was going to show how much meat came off the bird and also how to make the pot roast,oh well next time :)

[hogpot123]

Great vid mate, but cutting on the side board! Tut tut.

[ARCEYE78]

thanks mate LOL! yeah i wont do it again :/...:)

[BruceOliBruce]

nice one. however i do it differently i just chop down the breast and peel away the skin and take the breast out thats works as well.

P.S have a look at my youtube channel for some shooting vids 5* 4 urs m8

[ARCEYE78]

thanks mate, you just eat the breast?

i'm replying to comments at mo so i'll check out your new vids sap ,,,happy shooting:)

[BruceOliBruce]

yh well last time i made phesant stew lol and i dont leave them that long lol i shoot em then eat the next day!

[ARCEYE78]

well if you dont hang em then marinate it in olive oil/lemon juice& wine in a bag the night before remove all air from bag then all meat will marinate and tenderise ready for the next days dinner , and remove the tendons like i do and you will have loads more meat :)

[TheRotHound]

This is the way forward man. some cunts would starve to death if Tesco shut down...

[TheRotHound]

Mate i know your not Gordon Ramsey but whats the Gypsy pot roast?

[ARCEYE78]

LOL!! too true mate...let them fekers starveXD

[WeaponCollector]

nothing better than preparing your own meat, i find the whole process very relaxing and therapeutic, lol, sound strange but its true.

great video, hopefully i should be getting some pheasants soon.

Mike.

[ARCEYE78]

thanks mike and i am the same ,i too find it relaxing and very rewarding doing the whole proccess, i especially love skinning em, some may find that disturbing LOL!! good luck with your shoot:)

[cressy7]

you lucky bugger i have to do mine in the shed ,she gose mad at me lol great job 5*

[ARCEYE78]

cheers cressy, you should of seen her face when she walked in while i was taking the skin off the legs, she was heaving from the smell, she's a great girl and thoroughly enjoyed the gypsy style pot roast i cooked today, it was FOOOOKIN LOVELY with not only pheasant but some woody breast too with smoked streaky bacon/bread/apples/ wine/ brandy/ saute spuds.....are ya gettin hungry X)

[cressy7]

my mouth is watering ,off pigeon shooting soon ,pigeon pie yum yum lol

[ARCEYE78]

LOL! yeah i need to top up my meat stores:)

[Olliedfox]

with hunting season now on ill defs be refering back to this video :)

[ARCEYE78]

good luck mate ..hope you bag some fatties :)

[customtuned]

Quality mate.. theres a load of these on my shoot.. when rabge where you at when you bagged it? its a large bird so im think close .. you thought about getting a pcp yet mate?

[ARCEYE78]

Thanks c t i shot it from my bathroom window and it was about 25-30mts, as for pcp i will be sticking with my trusty fenman for now, i may get one some day but too many other things i want :)

[customtuned]

Niceone mate!!

Only got the one rifle now mate.. but cannot knock them rammers ive had a gd few in the past and loved the TB Sirocco 2000 .20 twas one of my favs

[ARCEYE78]

same as me now mate:)...just the one, what did you keep?

[customtuned]

Hiya buddy. i kept my BSA SUPERTEN MK3 back. you can see me with it in the Pidgy vid

[ARCEYE78]

OOOOH THE DARK SIDE YOU HAVE GONE!! :)

Nice gun though, i could be tempted with it too:)

[customtuned]

i miss the simple springer/rammers but its allot easyier with the mutishot mate and i get over 230 shot each charge so can plink hunt all day

[sambowilki]

great vid mate well done how do u hang the bird up i find if you hang them by the neck they dont bleed so much

[ARCEYE78]

good point sam as i hang em from the legs....now i'll use the neck :)

[bassfuryvi]

Great tip concerning the tendons,,thanks for posting!

[ARCEYE78]

my pleasure :)