Rod,

Tell us about your pheasant breeding and shooting. How many do you breed to shoot? Broody hens or incubator? What about the timelines, how long in the egg? Incubator? Transfer to an enclosed pen? Open pen? Feeding in place ? Etc. Released into the wild how long before a shoot? Predation? Any tips?

I've a book somewhere I should read. Or buy, if I never bought it.

Can anyone recommend a good breeding, shooting practicable book?

I've wanted to breed some pheasant, quail, partridge for a long time. Never have. I've been nervous about the incubation process. And the need to reliably monitor. Broody hens are less productive, but cheaper and less responsibility. Need to build a nice permant covered fly pen to keep some in. Need a good property to release them on as well. Though I'd probably just release a few at home for fun. My foxes would be a very big problem. I don't like feeding foxes.

A few to shoot would be fun.