Pheasant Season Open

The regular pheasant season now is open for all licensed hunters statewide. The season in Areas 1 and 3 runs through December 31, and in Area 2 it runs through November 30. Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, except on the Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Montour and Payette River wildlife management areas where shooting hours are from 10 a.m. to one-half hour after sunset. 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, where the daily limit is two cocks and four in possession. Hunters need a wildlife management area upland game bird permit - formerly a pheasant permit - to hunt 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 new law that went into effect July 1 expands the scope of the wildlife management area pheasant permit to include other stocked upland game birds. All pheasant hunters are required to wear hunter orange on wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked. And all hunters must have a valid 2007 Idaho hunting license. For more information, go to http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/pheasant.