Pheasants loose on the road

The problem is, MsCorvette, sometime you will run over something a bit bigger which will damage your car at the very least!

I've always learned never to swerve and not to brake because you can cause accidents. I know it sounds mean but stay staright in your lane and keep your foot on the gas and go! I drive a new 08 vette (my foot is always to the floor hehe) and I hate when things run out because of how low it is but it is what it is.

I can tell you, as an accident investigator, pheasants cropped up quite a lot in accidents in rural locations. They are EXTREMELY dim, but so many animals are hit on the roads. Look at the rabbits, hedgehogs or foxes. Most people swerve as an instinct.

There is a pheasant pecking itself in a fight to the death with his reflection in a mirror in my garden as I type (hence my coming across your blog whilst googling pheasant behaviour). Shame, as I leave out seed for him to eat but he lost interest when he discovered his "adversary".

Pheasants are extremely dim birds. Bred to be shot, they are allowed to roam the countryside - at speed, it is extremely dangerous to swerve to avoid an animal. They do no damage to your car if you hit one, and, if you see one dead by the side of the road, you can pick it up, take it home, and cook it. Pheasant is a lovely meat and depending on the time of year and the size/gender of the bird, it is deliciously tender.

Pee-zants and Loo - I'm afraid you are the idiots. Of course pheasants are bred. About 40 million of them a year - for the shooting 'industry'. Many of them get run over, or starve, because they're not really wild at all. And most of them don't get eaten either - the money is in the shooting, not the meat. All 40 million of them get fed perfectly good corn before they're released.
Such a waste, for some people to try and climb the social ladder on shoots.

With the rising price of meat and rising unemployment, I wonder if more people will be catching their own dinner soon

If I hit a pheasant, he or she is slung in the back of the car and my dog has a yummy meal when we get home - waste not, want not. He eats the lot, feathers and all.

pheasants breed by themselves you idiot, they are wild. if you want to blame anyone then blame whoever introduced them to this country for hunting in the first place. If they really piss you off that much then get your own back and cook the damn thing, they make a nice roast!

Game bird, I think you are confusing the terms "country road" and "country lane"!

You sound like a townie yourself! If you really live in the country you would sometimes drive on roads that are perfectly good for 55 or 60 mph. Around here there are long straight stretches with good visibility and wide enough to have a white line down the middle, believe it or not!

Just a quick note to sensible person who isnt actually very sensible at all , have you thought that maybe you shouldnt be driving at 55mph along a country road for exactly the reason that you are whinging about !!! I wonder how you would feel if you were driving at that speed and happened to wipe out a horse and rider ???!!! I suspect that you are another idiotic townie who doesnt have the foggiest idea of country life and seriously are you stupid ? Most pheasants are wild birds you dumbass !!!!!

For the record, pheasant are bred for the guns and released from their pens into the wild a few days before the season starts on October 1st. The season ends February 1st. Those birds still at large have managed to avoid being shot! They live as wild birds but most responsible gamekeepers will still keep a supply of food going at the breeding pen to ensure they do not starve to death. At this time of year cock pheasant are very aggressive towards each other and compete & fight for territory and females. I killed one on the road yesterday because it was concentrating on fighting with two others. After it stopped rolling the other two went for it with the sharp spurs on their legs.

Pheasants are indeed bred, very commercially. As for their suicidal tendencies on the road - if you knew you'd been bred just to be shot by some Hooray henry for kicks, you too might think "flip that" and run in front of a car.