The feathered remains of pheasants were strewn along a stretch of Sunrise Highway about a half mile from the edge of Otis Pike Preserve in Manorville earlier this month. Every 15 or 20 feet a disembodied wing, leg, striped tail feathers, coppery chest feathers and tufts of iridescent teal were scattered across the grass. Farther along, one pheasant was beginning to decompose on the frozen soil.
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