In New Jersey the state Division of Fish and Game releases pheasants on wildlife management areas. I can tell you that after a few days of being out in the field and hunted the remaining birds become quite difficult to hunt. I will go out on a limb and say they become rather wild. The key to a real hunt in NJ is not going out on release days and wait until perhaps mid week. Then birds are much more crafty.
Well, it's sure not like that in Georgia. I live near a place that has "Continental Pheasant Shoots", where they throw pen raised pheasants up and then shoot them at whatever station they cross. Because the shooters are usually not adept, many pheasants are not shot and "escape" the grounds. I see them wandering the shoulders of the highway until a hawk or coyote gets them. If I liked pheasant meat I could have plenty just by stopping my truck and killing them on the sides of the highway. Between the coyotes and the other predators they don't last long around heah'.
SRH
