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Thanks guys ---- y'all really come thru in a pinch. Ken

Ken,

Your request could not be more timely, I got back from SD last night. I will pick out the best of the "long tails" and send to you. My pheasants will be sent later and I will send you a couple around the first along with some quail.

Jim

Kenny,
My little Lab had a hold of a live rooster yesterday morn during a hunt and pulled all the tailfeathers out on the ground. Had I known, I'd have picked them up or pulled some off the 2 phez I took.

I just mailed to Ken a complete skin, beak to tail, of a big wild rooster. We dont have any other kind here. I skin a few each year, just for occasions like this. They sure are pretty....

I do not want the skin and feathers, I want the meat!

Well, you'll have to shoot your own! If you want to come out and shoot a few, we still have December dates open. So far we have harvested over 80 wild birds http://www.huntersbb.com

Ken, having lived in Iowa nearly all my life, and having hunted those evil Chinese imports since the 1950's, I'd offer one piece of advice for your consideration as an engraver: When a mature, long-tailed rooster rises, there's almost always at least a bit of a "hook" at the end of the tail. Two feet of tail is a lot to flap around in the breeze, and in pheasant country, there's almost always some breeze!

Ken:
It sounds like Last Dollar took care of request. The skin will give you a better flavor than just the tail.

Ditto Larry Browns comment about the hook. Would it be helpful for members to look for photos or wild life art examples of roosters rising? My guess is you have already done this, but I would be glad to help.

Sounds like a great project Mr. Baron is having done.

Mike

Ken, As you know, I have also shot many, many pheasants. And I agree with Mike and Larry. In a rush take off a big rooster will almost always have a little "english" on the tail until they are up, clear and on a straight path. Don't know if I would use the word "hook." Best, Jake

"Curve at the end" might be better, Jake. But it looks as if we're all used to seeing the same thing when a big rooster blasts out of the cover.

I've seen good photos of what we're trying to describe. The best illustrations I can find readily at hand are on pages 62, 80, and 81 of "A Wingshooter's World, Volume II". I was the shooting "model" in those shots, but pro photographer Danny Dempster did a really excellent job of capturing roosters in flight.