We had a good winter and spring brooding conditions so pheasant numbers rebounded well, up 76% over last year overall. The best source of info is the SD GF&P brood survey and pheasant outlook. The link to that is
Here Even last year with historic lows hunters had fair success but they had to try a lot of spots to find hot ones. Pheasants don't travel much so survival and reproduction depends on very local conditions.