Make sure you have a deer tag too. You never know what might be lurking at the edge of your "pheasant" field. Might get a chance to fill the deer tag before you start your bird hunt. Two out of the last three years I have had deer standing in the first field of the day. Lucky for them, I didn't bring my rifle the first time and I was already tagged out the second time.
If you don't like the taste of venison, you can still shoot it and give it to me.:laugh::cheers:
I bird hunt during deer season every year and never have any trouble. If you're hunting Walk-In or public ground, just stick to the fields instead of the woody areas.