lovely
dont know about phesants bt if you hit a sheep or cow you should be able to claim of the farmer (most are loaded anyway). The phesants can fly thou, unless the farmer/gamekeeper has clipped them in the same way as chickens but am not sure if this is done. living in the country we get them in drives at the sides of the roads.
your right though they must be the most stupid bird as they run stright into the path of the car