Just got back from opening weekend of pheasant season here in Kansas. It's about a 4 hour drive to our huntng area. Saturday started off about 17 degrees with a 20 mph wind, didn't take long for the wind to get to as much as 30mph. Not the best conditions for pheasant hunting. The population has been way down the last few years, a little better last year and about the same this year. We hunt walk in areas, get to the field at least a half hour before daylight to beat the other hunters, and wait for legal time. The first field will be the only one all day that hasn't been hunted at least once, some will have been hit several times. Everything we hunted was heavy grass, crp, you have to pick your feet up and push through the tangles to take another step. This ol man put in 11.5 miles according to the health app on my iphone, was really glad to hit the bed that night. At nearly 66, this isn't as easy as I remember it. Our group of three regulars with two young boys, with a couple new guys only took 4 roosters and 5 quail Saturday. Went till noon Sunday and got 3 pheasant, 2 quail. Hunted with a 3 year old lab, and a gung ho 1.5 yr old shorthair that is really turning out to be a good one. Son and I both hunted with 16 ga SxS, mine a Dickinson with 1 1/8 oz -5s, his a 100 year old Oscar Will (Venus Gun Works, Suhl Germany) with light 1 oz-5s @about 1185fps. Both hit hard on birds out to about 35 yards.