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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: 4 Dec 2024 19:13:21 GMT
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:35:14 +0100, D wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:18:55 +0100, D wrote:
>>
>>> This is the truth! They were bred in captivity close to my country
>>> side house, and one day either the farm closed, the birds escaped, or
>>> both. So now there are "wild" pheasants running around there from time
>>> to time. I have thought about getting out the old longbow, since they
>>> are not shy at all. Maybe a project for next summer!
>>
>> That could be interesting. My father and I were rabbit hunting when a
>> pheasant provided a target of opportunity. My father managed to knock
>> the bird down and it landed in some brush about 50 yards away. The
>> beagle ran over but after a brief scuffle the pheasant flew off and the
>> beagle decided he wasn't a bird dog.
>>
>>
> Really?? Was that a very small beagle, or a very big bird? ;)

Well, he was a 13" beagle which is the US designation for the smaller end 
of the scale and a pissed off ring neck wasn't quite what he expected to 
find in the brush. Rabbits run away and don't fight back.