<![CDATA[Cured Smoked Pheasant]]>I just took these two pheasants out of the brine tank where they have been curing for 3 days. Ready to go in the smoker this morning after a short drip-dry.

One of them shows some signs of being hard-mouthed by the dog. I need to have a little conversation with her about that.

Her side of the story goes like this. " If you were a better shot, I wouldn’t have to chase down these cripples and hard-mouth them"…

Yeah, she has got me there…

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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/3221/cured-smoked-pheasantRSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 00:14:57 GMTThu, 07 Jan 2021 18:29:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:20:43 GMT]]>Jonathon said in Cured Smoked Pheasant:

processhead Nice job! She fetched so she wins that argument!

Right you are, Jonathon. She covers my a$$ most of the time and is a great companion to boot.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28175https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28175Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:20:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:13:11 GMT]]>processhead Nice job! She fetched so she wins that argument!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28169https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28169Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:13:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Sat, 09 Jan 2021 02:06:35 GMT]]>erich52 said in Cured Smoked Pheasant:

processhead I am going to have to give that a go. What did you use for the brine.

It is a very basic brine. 3 cups of Tenderquick and 2 gallons of cold water. This will work for 4-5 pheasants I use the same brine for wild turkey breast as well. I usually inject turkey breast before the soak.
Give the birds a cold water soak after you take them out of the brine to pull some of the excess salt out.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28130https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28130Sat, 09 Jan 2021 02:06:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Sat, 09 Jan 2021 01:46:21 GMT]]>processhead I am going to have to give that a go. What did you use for the brine.

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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28075https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28075Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:07:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:01:36 GMT]]>Thanks. One of the pheasants rolled over on the smoker rack and has a big black blemish where it rested against the inside of the smoker. So much for that nice presentation photo I was after. lol It still tastes great on the inside, however. Just got back from pheasant hunting a few minutes ago. No birds in the bag today. The warmer weather has them acting more like wild January birds.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28074https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28074Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:01:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cured Smoked Pheasant on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:54:37 GMT]]>processhead man those look good! I had a similar conversation with my wirehaired back in the day, you can’t argue with truth.

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