Looks like a great hunt. I didn't even know there were pheasants in Mexico.
From your POV, what did the security situation look like? Current DoS guidance is "reconsider travel" to Baja California state due to crime and kidnapping. Source is here:
https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...a%20California
And of course we need to know about the shotgun and load used to bring down those Chinese transplants.