Pheasant hunters bagged 375,000 roosters in 2021, nesting outlook predicts another good hunting season 6/21/2022 12:55:00 PM View Count 4637 Survey results confirmed what Iowa pheasant hunters already knew – pheasant hunting last fall was really good. In fact, it was the best in more than a decade. Iowa hunters bagged an estimated 375,000 roosters in 2021, the most since 2008.