Troutdudes,

Do you fish for stocked trout? I can't remember but I think you live up in Saskatchewan. Are their no wild pheasants? Pretty far north so maybe not. I don't care where the stocked pheasants come from they are not wild, they may fly well but lack the genetics that wild birds have when it comes to living through a season of being prey. I mean that every year the birds that live to breed are the smartest of the smart. As far as ethical look at how you feel about the trout question. Lots of places would not have pheasant hunting without release hunts and I can't say anything for or against this. I hear that there are release hunts here in KY but I've never been on one, I travel out west instead. Something to be said for "HUNTING" wild birds. IMO.
Dogs need wild birds, IMO.