They are tasty and good looking animals, but correct me if I' m wrong... Pheasants aren' t even native to the United States. Yes, it is nice to hunt them every once and a while, but my experience with stocked pheasants has been walking up on " tame" birds that will either just stand there or walk/run away. I guess if you have a good dog, they will flush it out, but I don' t agree with shooting them on the ground.

As far as shooting them when the truck is releasing them... That' s not hunting, that' s trap shooting.