A normal day of hunting requires four to six miles of walking and fighting brush. A well-seasoned pair of comfortable hunting or hiking boots is critical. You'll be working fields and cover with a line of walkers or drivers working slowly toward another line of hunters or blockers. Wear either canvas-fronted hunting pants or brush chaps to turn the briars, brush and barbed wire common in pheasant country. Shooting glasses or sunglasses are mandatory, as are a hunter orange cap and vest or jacket.
Retrievers are an important aid in finding fallen pheasants.
A dog trained to quarter closely in front of your line of hunters will also push out many birds that you'd miss otherwise. Only roosters are legal game and the bag limit is three roosters per day. It's the relentless pursuit of the sneakiest bird to ever take wing, which he seldom does until you're not prepared.