RE: Canned pheasant hunting
I do release hunts on public land, private preserve hunts and wild birds. With released birds you better have a good dog because those birds will just set. I don't have a dog so it is easier for me to flush wild birds.
There's systemic problems with released birds: You gotta have a reservation in this state or you have to sit standby. That means you may or may not get to hunt that day depending on how many folks show up. Standby is the luck of the lottery. I'm too impulsive andtoo disorganized to make arrangements in advance so I like the wild hunt venues. The couple of times I was on standby I did get out, however.