What to do with pheasant drumsticks?

[CP]

I’ve tried soup; it’s good but it’s full of those long bones.  Anyone have any good drumstick recipes?

[Stilly bay]

I solved the soup problem by wrapping all the drums together in cheese cloth. then once they have simmered long enough take them all out together and  pick out the tendons and bone then throw the meat back into the pot.

it will be interesting to hear what everyone else has to say.

[quadrafire]

I solved the soup problem by wrapping all the drums together in cheese cloth. then once they have simmered long enough take them all out together and  pick out the tendons and bone then throw the meat back into the pot.

it will be interesting to hear what everyone else has to say.

Stilly that is a great idea.

[singleshot12]

A good easy one is to lay about 8 legs onto a baking dish, pour 2 cans of Mexican style stewed tomatoes over top and bake at 200 for 4 hours or so until tender 

[Ellensburg]

I just fry them up with the breast and eat them like chicken... don't care about a few lil bones.

[RadSav]

I take both thighs and drumsticks and run them through the Kitchen Aide grinder twice.  Brown 50/50 with ground venison into taco meat using Pace picante sauce instead of water.  Makes some wicked hoof and wing grubbin'.

[fethrduster]

Fry 'em like a chicken leg.  Yummy.

[Heartsblood]

We just BBQ 'em up like chicken.  Those little tendons ain't no thang....

[coachcw]

roast the whole bird like cornish game hens , with spuds and carrots

[wildweeds]

I crock pot em in the same manner as this,with a rub on the outside,legmeat just falls off the bone

roast the whole bird like cornish game hens , with spuds and carrots

[ICEMAN]

I’ve tried soup; it’s good but it’s full of those long bones.  Anyone have any good drumstick recipes?

I hear ya on the bones. No fun.   We just cook em longer and then I separate the bone from meat.....  Sort of a pain but I owe it to the bird to use it all.

Watching guys just "breast out" ducks and geese makes me sick. Total waste of wildlife in my opinion.

[singleshot12]

   I really don't know how people can sleep at night knowing they took only the breast and wasted the rest. The breast is only half the meat on a bird. Atleast stew up the legs,thighs and organs and feed it to your dog!

[CP]

Watching guys just "breast out" ducks and geese makes me sick. Total waste of wildlife in my opinion.

Agreed, I love duck or goose livers & eggs, my favorite part of the bird.    Just made a batch of duck, goose, elk and pork sausage out of the parts most people throw away, delicious.   

[Heartsblood]

  I really don't know how people can sleep at night knowing they took only the breast and wasted the rest. The breast is only half the meat on a bird. Atleast stew up the legs,thighs and organs and feed it to your dog!

While I've not just "breasted out" any birds I've killed, I don't hold it against those that do. Any part of the animal I leave in the field goes back into the cycle and is food for someone. Not everyone has a dog. But knowing that other critters will benefit and being conscious of the taking and giving life that is the predator prey relationship, in my opinion is a good way to be.

[ICEMAN]

  I really don't know how people can sleep at night knowing they took only the breast and wasted the rest. The breast is only half the meat on a bird. Atleast stew up the legs,thighs and organs and feed it to your dog!

While I've not just "breasted out" any birds I've killed, I don't hold it against those that do. Any part of the animal I leave in the field goes back into the cycle and is food for someone. Not everyone has a dog. But knowing that other critters will benefit and being conscious of the taking and giving life that is the predator prey relationship, in my opinion is a good way to be.

Yeah but,... (and I am not tryting to start a fight over it...)  this same arguement that "meat left or lost" will benefit other wildlife, true to some degree, but I still feel guys should take the time necessary to learn to save and cook as much meat from anything they kill, not using mother nature as their reason to save time.