Pheasant Mortality

Rarely if ever does a pheasant die of old age, in fact, the average life span is less than 1 year. The pheasant is a prey species and must face 4 major sources of mortality beginning the day it is laid in the nest as an egg through the day it dies.

1. Pheasant Hunters

2. Mowing Ditches

3. Predators

4. Extreme Weather