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Title: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: Danbow on January 12, 2017, 10:56:02 PM
I've got a few breasts in the freezer and was thinking about doing some. Figured brinning might moisten them up some. What do you all think? Temps times etc?
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: SconnieQ on January 13, 2017, 12:59:17 AM
Brining is critical for any wild game. I would double the brine time for pheasant breasts vs chicken breasts. So if you brine chicken breasts for 4 hours, then I would brine pheasant for about 8 hours, or overnight. Same smoke times and temps. Smoke at 225-250 until internal temp of 165.
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: SuperDave on January 13, 2017, 02:49:21 PM
I do split pheasants when I have them.  I marinate them in a soy sauce, brown sugar and garlic mixture overnight.  We slice them thin when cold and serve it with wine, cheese & crackers. 
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: NDKoze on January 16, 2017, 02:32:20 PM
I usually make jerky out of mine. :)
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: Danbow on January 16, 2017, 11:23:04 PM
Must be those north Dakota pheasant with that sagey taste huh? lol  ;)
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: NDKoze on January 17, 2017, 10:18:59 AM
Yes and No. :P ND Pheasant, yes. But, where I hunt (SE ND) it is flat and lots of corn and soybeans where we get them.

We have just found that that is what we like to do best with them. :)
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: Greenenvey on March 16, 2017, 01:28:05 PM
Yes and No. :P ND Pheasant, yes. But, where I hunt (SE ND) it is flat and lots of corn and soybeans where we get them.

We have just found that that is what we like to do best with them. :)
same here, I make jerry as well, and no they aren't sagey  tasting.  They eat our crops and they take quite good!
Title: Re: Has anyone done pheasant in their SI?
Post by: wehill on March 30, 2017, 09:08:41 PM
I think wild pheasant is better in a pressure cooker than in a smoker.  My mother was an expert in working up the best pheasant and she used a pressure cooker.