One day last week, I put about 300 miles on my vehicle in Lancaster, York, Adams, and adjoining counties in PA. I didn't see one pheasant, either in a field or dead on the road. It seems like there are way too many foxes in that area and trapping is a legitimate method to control them. Intensive farming is probably as much to blame as predators for the absense of a serious game bird population, but predators are a factor.