I have cooked pheasant a couple of different ways. I like to do a white chilli, not great for Christmas dinner, or I have also done the beer can cooker on the grille. Rub the bird down with butter, and your favorite seasonings, and low temps. Lastly the other thing we did last year was this. We always deep fry a turkey, yes we used the basket and fried the pheasant, careful though it only takes a minute or two, DONT WALK AWAY!!! A turkey is 3 minutes per pound I think. So the pheasant is only maybe a pound. Good luck.