Aren’t all pheasants in the us an introduced species? How would planting be any different than the introduction of the species to the western world? I am not a big upland hunter but I view pheasants the same as shooting iguanas in Florida and catching carp just about anywhere. I know a lot of people who seem to have a superiority complex on how to hunt upland birds that is not reflected on the carp staggers in your local ditch but to me it is the same.