Montana Pheasant Hunting
Montana Pheasants Forever Gunning for More Upland Habitat
Helena, Mont. - December 22 - Starting in March 2009, Montana Pheasants Forever will be giving away 52 guns – one per week for an entire year – in an effort to increase funding for the organization's upland habitat work in the state. Tickets for the raffle, which is being supported by Sportsman's Warehouse stores, are on sale now for $50 each. Only 1,200 tickets will be sold, or one gun for every 23 tickets sold!- 2009 Pheasant Season Outlook - Oct. 02, 2009
- Region 4 Upland Game Bird Forecast - Sep. 01, 2009
- PF Hosting Montana State Habitat Meeting in Great Falls June 26 & 27 - Jun. 17, 2009
- Montana Pheasants Forever Announces 2008 Habitat Accomplishments - Feb. 03, 2009
- When The Going Get's Rough - Nov. 14, 2008
- Pheasant Hunting: History Of An Exotic Pleasure - Oct. 27, 2008
- Montana's 2008 Hunting Season Offers Veterans Discounts - Oct. 03, 2008
- 2008 Pheasant Season Outlook - Sep. 29, 2008
- Youth Pheasant And Waterfowl Hunting Opportunities - Sep. 15, 2008
- Improved Hunter/Landowner Relations--How Hunters Can Address 12 Landowner Concerns Related To Public Hunting Access - Sep. 09, 2008
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It's unlikely that Big Sky pheasant hunting will be as fruitful as last year’s harvest of 127,000 roosters. Prolonged winter with deep snow in the northeastern counties affected carryover, and drought during summer across the Montana Hi-Line from the Rocky Mountain Front to North Dakota state line likely affected brood survival and will limit hiding cover. Crowing counts in northeast and north-central Montana were down. Further south, habitat tends to be more limited, but overwinter survival was better and production/brood survival is generally expected to provide comparable or better pheasant hunting opportunities this fall relative to last fall. Hunting further west in intermountain valleys remains a very limited opportunity due to public access limitations, and pheasant abundance is expected to be near average in these areas. In cooperation with PF and others, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has two habitat farming positions – in Billings and Lewistown – focusing habitat work on lands that are accessible to public hunting. Montana's three CRP SAFE projects are halfway enrolled, providing over 9,600 acres of pheasant winter cover, prairie pothole and sagebrush habitat. * Season Dates: Season Dates: Youth-only weekend September 26 & 27; General season runs October 10 thru January 1, 2010 * Daily Bag / Possession Limits: 3 / 9
