it's all about economics, it is the rare landowner that plants habitat for free. some one in the food chain is going to pay for hunting pheasants, to the land owner and /or through license fees. usually both.
last year was poor and the drought plus emergency haying was at an all time high this summer, draw your own conclusions, very little in positive reports here, not just mine, good luck to all.
stocking pen raised birds will do nothing for the proliferation of wild birds, they will all die before they breed.
waste of time and money. throwing money at stockers is a bad idea