Pheasant plucker

Early Xmas present - a brace of freshly shot pheasants in feather. I've left them to hang in the utility room for a while and I'll pluck and draw them next week. Hope there's not too much shot in them. The last hen bird I got was badly damaged, but I managed to make a decent game pie using it.

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I skin pheasants nowadays, can't be bothered with plucking them.

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I'm tempted to do that too, but I'm not sure if you can roast them successfully. If they're badly shot, I think I just might skin them and use them in pies.

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Please send me the feathers!

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Scrape the fat off the inside of the skin and spread over the bird adding plenty of streaky bacon and they will roast OK.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0K3GJqZbKI