Well they are WILD! I just got back from a 10 day deer trip with mid day pheasants and we saw maybe 50 total birds. Absolutely pitiful, ten years ago it was 50/hour. quail were OK though if you hit the right cover. No pheasants in barnyards/shelter belts none crowing coming/going to roost while on deer stand they just are not there. Cover was fantastic with the rain. Many 2 hour walks for a single hen or none at all.
