Pheasant Hunt Opens in Southern and Eastern Idaho

The regular pheasant season opens in southern and eastern Idaho Areas 2 and 3 on Saturday, October 17. The season opens in northern Idaho Area 1 on Saturday, October 10. On opening day, shooting hours start one-half hour before sunrise in Area 1 and at noon in Areas 2 and 3 and end one-half hour after sunset. For the remaining season shooting hours start one-half hour before sunrise and end one-half hour after sunset in all three areas, except on Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Montour and Payette River wildlife management areas, where shooting hours start at 10 a.m. The daily bag limit is three cocks, and the possession limit is six after the first day, except on wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked, in which case the daily limit is two cocks and four in possession. Hunters 17 and older need a wildlife management area pheasant permit to hunt pheasants on the nine Idaho Fish and Game wildlife management areas where pheasants are released, including the Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Payette River, Montour, Sterling, Market Lake, Mud Lake, Cartier Slough and Niagara Springs wildlife management areas. The WMA permit cost is $23.75 for residents and $51.75 for nonresidents. All upland game bird and upland game animal hunters are required to wear hunter orange on wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked. And all hunters must have a valid 2009 Idaho hunting license.