Pheasant season opens Saturday in North
Idaho
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October 9, 2012 |
The regular pheasant season opens Saturday,
October 13, in North Idaho, Area 1, and runs
through December 31.
In the rest of the state the season opens
October 20. It runs through November 30 in
eastern Idaho, Area 2, and through December 31,
in southwest Idaho, Area 3.
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 nine, except on wildlife
management areas where pheasants are stocked,
where the daily limit is two cocks and six in
possession.
Hunters 17 and older need a wildlife management
area upland game bird permit - $23.75 for
resident hunters and $51.75 for nonresidents -
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.
All pheasant and upland game bird hunters are
required to wear a minimum of 36 square inches
of hunter orange above the waist during the
pheasant season while hunting on wildlife
management areas where pheasants are stocked. A
hunter orange hat meets this requirement.
All hunters must have a valid 2012 Idaho hunting
license. For more information, go to
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/pheasant.
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