I didn't mean they 'were' engraved with a non-indigenous bird, I was only suggesting that the depiction of the engraving leaves something to (mis) interpet as I have not seen any birds in N. America that resemble them. I spent my youth and much of my adult years shooting sharptail (as that was the primary upland bird in my neighborhood) and the engraving is open to interpretation, in my opinion.
As for sharptail or prairie chicken, where I come from there are one in the same as we do not have any 'real prairie chicken'.
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