When I was a kid back in the 50s living down near Indianapolis my Dad always took a few days over into east-central Illinois to pheasant hunt and it was really something back then. Then with the changes talked about the birds started going down hill and now it's just like up here where you hardly ever see one. I've been going out to ND for the last ten years or so and the birds are doing fantastic out there with all the cover they have near the farm fields of wheat.