Pheasant hunt on in southern and eastern Idaho
Regular season opens in areas 2,3 Oct. 18
By Idaho Fish and Game
Special to the Argus Observer
Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:46 PM PDT
Boise — The regular pheasant season opens in southern and eastern Idaho areas 2 and 3 on Saturday, October 18.
The season opened in northern Idaho area 1 on Saturday, October 11.
On opening day, shooting hours start 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 statewide, except on Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Montour and Payette River wildlife management areas, where shooting hours start at 10 a.m. to allow pheasant stocking.
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 permit costs $23.75.
All upland game and upland bird hunters are required to wear at least 36 square inches of hunter orange visible above the waist on wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked.
And all hunters must have a valid 2008 Idaho hunting license.
Hunters also are urged to check the 2008 upland game rules brochure for details.
In other hunting news:
Somebody apparently shot 46 geese on Saturday, October 4, and dumped them in three Dumpsters in City Park in Soda Springs.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is looking for information.
Officials suspect the geese were shot over decoys in grain fields or from boats on or around Blackfoot Reservoir.
After investigating, Fish and Game officers determined that the geese were unsalvageable.
Anyone with any information, please contact Brandon Chamberlin, at (541) 339-3520.
