The new wears off, but the fun doesn't go away. This is a fitting description of pheasant hunting after the season's been in a couple of weeks. The hoopla of opening day dies down, but there's still plenty good hunting left for those who'll work to find it.

All Outdoors with Don Dziedzina and Rich Komar: Goose Hunt

Who is smarter, the pheasant hunter or the pheasant? A lot of times it seems to be the latter, especially when the season has been in a few weeks, and the birds have become educated in hunter avoidance.

Marinating is a good way to impart flavor and moisture into wild game, and everybody knows you marinate game before cooking it, right? Not necessarily, says Scott Leyseth, the Sporting Chef. He says sometimes the meat tastes better if you marinate after it's cooked instead of before.

South Dakota's pheasant population is renowned, attracting hunters from all over. Many hunters flock to and make reservations at commercial operations, but what if you want to come out and hunt on your own?

These strategies will take pheasants, handsome birds that have been imported from the Far East.