Long sharp BH,s is the only way to go, in my exp. As others have said, those birds are tough, feathers are harder to pentrate than hide. Most shots at pheasants are going away or nearly so kind of shots--if the bird is moving away at 30mph and your bow throws an arrow at 100mph, it makes your 60# bow hit w/ the force of a 40#lb bow. I think this effect is magnified w/ flu flus, unless you get on them quick and nail them as they rise. If a bird flushes 10yds in front of you, by the time you get your bow up and release and arrow that birds out about 25-30 yards and that flu flu just ain't gonna get it when it finally catches up to the bird. Ive hit alot of pheasants with alot of diff. kinds of pts.(not the snaro though- which looks laughable to me) and I can't imagine anything other than a sharp BH. The fear of BH hurting dogs is mostly an unfounded fear. My beagles have been grabbing hold rabbits w. BH's in them for years (at least 100 times)--never had one injured. Can happen of course, but not all that likely-- and the result is apt to be nothing more than a small cut in the dogs mouth, unless you got one 'em dogs that trys to eat the bird!