After Retrocession in 1945, because the Japanese like to admire them, mikado pheasants were caught in large quantities, and the number of wild ones fell off sharply.
光復初期，由於日本人喜歡養帝雉供觀賞之用，帝雉大量被捕，成為階下囚，使得野生帝雉的數目銳減。