Originally posted by bowzonly: Actually Bisch, it can make a big diff. Although I have never hunted wild pheas. ( I have hunted wild ducks, geese and woodcock with bow), I have hunted released birds under many different conditions. How the birds were raised and fed, weather conditions, cover type and time of year (preserves in jersey are open Sept thru March)can all make a big diff. Some birds bust out like a rocket while others can be lumbering clods.