Hit a Pheasant

[Wicker]

A7 just north of Galashiels, doing about 60mph going round a nice sweeping left hand bend and a pheasant decides to get airbourne from the verge . Big hit on my left shoulder and the bird bounces onto the road. Didn't half give me a fright. Realise now how lucky I was that it didn't hit me on my visor as it was a hard enough hit on my shoulder blade.

Seem to be awful lot of pheasants on some Border roads and also quite a few in Perthshire. I have had to stop or slow quite a few times lately for them. The stupid birds don't seem to have any road sense at all even to the extent of turning & running back across the carriageway when they were already close to the safety of the verge.

Last weekend it was a kamikaze sheep. Guess the car that I was following must have spooked it because next thing you know the sheep starts running and decides to run across the road behind the car but in front of me. Brakes worked ok

Is mother nature out to get me .........

 

[Klanky]

These incidents are Gods' way of helping you top up your freezer....

 

[boatman]

aye klankers for us townie boyz that dinna ken whits the procedure fr gettin it fae the road ontae my plate ?

 

[Den]

Ive noticed a huge increase in pheasant numbers this year.
The road from Auchtermuchty to Newburgh is crawling with them.

Maybe the rich bastids who come up every year to shoot them are affected by the depression and have stayed at home.

 

[Deleted account rno]

There wur hundreds if no' thoosands of them up Glenshee and Glen Isla the day. Kamikaze wans they were tae.

Just wait until wur a' tooled up next weekend...

 

[Blackal]

There wur hundreds if no' thoosands of them up Glenshee and Glen Isla the day. Kamikaze wans they were tae.

Just wait until wur a' tooled up next weekend...

It's feckin' "PHEASANTS" - no "PEASANTS"!

Al

 

[Klanky]

aye klankers for us townie boyz that dinna ken whits the procedure fr gettin it fae the road ontae my plate ?

1: Run over target animal.

2: Repeat if necessary.

3: Drag animal to side of road.

4: Get Big Knife/Axe/Machete/Pipe Knife out of pannier/glove compartment.

5: Slit belly open and rip innards out with both hands.
(Note: Much entertainment can be had by trailing innards over your head and waving knife at passing traffic, whilst jumping up and down and laughing manically)

6: Chop animal into reasonable sized bits...apart from anything smaller than a Cat. Weasels/Voles etc are small enough to be cooked whole.

7: Take home, bung in oven and eat.

Sorted.

If Bhud is ill next Saturday, I am more than willing to rustle up a meal out of whatever we all hit on the way there......

 

[boatman]

aye richt enuff therse loads of folk being made redundant wi the recession but even these di**heads in power widna allow shooting peasants

 

[Klanky]

aye richt enuff therse loads of folk being made redundant wi the recession but even these di**heads in power widna allow shooting peasants

Give them time, give them time.....