Though it may require special equipment, hunting on rainy days can be especially productive as the birds burrow into dense cover or hold under cedars to stay dry, often offering pointing-dog owners the best canine work of the season. Let Them Teach You Like most game, pheasants are creatures of habit. If something works for them once, they'll probably do it over and over again. For instance, if you are working a thick creek bottom or wheat patch, and birds are routinely squirting out a midfield bend, that's where you will want to station a blocker next time. Likewise, should you walk a field of wheat stubble and find the birds ultra-spooky, you may want to have more blockers than walkers when you hunt other fields of similar cover.
Many pheasant hunters are patternable and predictable, and roosters soon learn what to expect.
Rather than working a field the same way time after time, try coming at the birds from different angles. Also, don't give the birds any more warning than you have to. Park out of sight and enter the field quietly. Also resist the temptation to bang away at long-range roosters. Most times you're simply wasting ammo.