Season: September 1, 2007 - November 1, 2007

Regulations

• Bag Limit: 2 daily. Possession limit is two times the daily bag limit.
• Means of Taking: Sage Grouse may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow. All other means of taking are prohibited.

Season: September 1, 2007- January 1, 2008

Regulations

• Bag Limits: 4 daily. Possession limit is four times the daily bag limit.
• Means of Taking: Sharp-tailed Grouse may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow. All other means of taking are prohibited.

Season Dates: September 1, 2007- December 15, 2007

Regulations

• Bag Limits: 3 in aggregate daily. Possession limit is four times the daily bag limit.
• Means of Taking: Blue, Ruffed and Franklin’s Grouse may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow; a rifle; or a handgun. All other means of taking are prohibited.

Statewide Season: September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008

Regulations

• Bag Limits: 8 in aggregate daily. Possession limit is four times the daily bag limit.
• Means of Taking: Means of taking: Hungarian and Chukar Partridge may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow. All other means of taking are prohibited.

Exception: (see legal description below)

• Portion of Carbon County: September 1, 2007 - January 10, 2008.
• Portion of Carbon County within the following described boundary: Beginning at the junction of Route 72 and the Wyoming-Montana state line, then northerly along said route to Bridger, then northerly along Hwy. 310 to Edgar, then east on the Edgar-Pryor Road to the Crow Indian Reservation boundary, then southerly and easterly along said boundary to the west shore of Big Horn Lake, then southerly along said shore to the Wyoming-Montana state line, then west along said state line to its junction with Route 72, the point of beginning.

Note: Chukar partridge occur primarily in Carbon County.

Statewide Season: October 13, 2007 - January 1, 2008

Regulations

• Bag Limits: 3 cock pheasants daily. Possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.
• Means of Taking: Pheasants may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow. All other means of taking are prohibited.
• Transporting Pheasants:It is unlawful to possess or transport within the state any pheasant unless one leg and foot are left naturally attached for evidence of sex. They shall remain attached until they arrive at the permanent residence of the possessor.

Statewide Season: September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008

Regulations

• Bag Limit: 2 wild turkey, either-sex. However, the total combined limit of the spring and fall seasons cannot exceed two turkeys per hunter. A hunter may harvest two male turkeys in the spring (as long as at least one of them is harvested in Admin Reg 7); OR one male turkey in the spring and one either-sex turkey in the fall; OR two either-sex turkeys in the fall (as long as at least one of them is harvested in Admin Reg 7).
• Means of Taking: Wild turkey may be taken with a shotgun not larger than a ten gauge; a long recurve or compound bow and arrow; a rifle; or a handgun. All other means of taking are prohibited.
• Exception: In Flathead, Lake, Sanders and Lincoln Counties rifles and handguns may not be used.
• Tagging: Immediately after harvesting your wild turkey, cut out the proper month and day from the license (if more than one date is cut, the license is invalid) and affix to the leg of the wild turkey.

General Fall Turkey Hunting Areas

The following counties are open to all hunters who hold a valid current year fall turkey license:

Choteau, Fergus, Wheatland, Sweet Grass, Stillwater and Carbon counties and all counties lying east of these; and the Flathead Valley Area as described in the legals.

• Administrative Region 7 open to hunting includes: Garfield, Rosebud, Treasure, Prairie, Custer, Powder River, Richland, Dawson, Wibaux, Fallon and Carter counties.
• Portion of Chouteau County open to hunting includes: That portion of FWP Region 6 in Chouteau County north of the Missouri and east of the Marias Rivers.
• Flathead Valley Area: The Flathead Valley Area is open to all hunters who hold a valid fall turkey license. Special permits are not required in the area legally described below.
  • Hunters are reminded in Flathead, Lake, Sanders and Lincoln Counties rifles and handguns may not be used.
  • Turkey are found primarily on private land and access is limited and difficult to obtain.
  • All of Flathead County and that portion of Lake County lying within the following described boundary: Beginning on the shoreline of Flathead Lake at the junction of the Flathead County Line, then easterly along the county line to the Swan Divide, then southerly along said divide to USFS Trail 10 in Section 36, T26N, R18W, then southwesterly along said trail to USFS Road 9508 Six Mile Road), then southerly along said road to Route 83, then southerly along said route to USFS Road 10229 (Porcupine Creek Road), then westerly and southerly along said road to the south boundary of T26N, the 6th Standard Parallel North, then west along said township line to the Flathead Indian Reservation boundary, then north and west along said boundary to the east shore of Flathead Lake, then north along the shore of said lake to the Flathead County line, the point of beginning.

Special Permit Fall Turkey Hunting Areas
Region 1

Lincoln County Area:

• 182-50: 150 permits. Valid only in Lincoln County.
• September 1, 2007- January 1, 2008- Either sex Turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.

West Clark Fork Area:

• 183-50: 150 permits. Valid only in West Clark Fork portion of Sanders County as described below.
• September 1, 2007- January 1, 2008 - Either sex Turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.
• Permits valid only in the West Clark Fork portion of Sanders County lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning where the Sanders-Mineral County line meets the Idaho border, then easterly along said line to Greenwood Hill, then northerly along the divide to Penrose Peak, Cherry Peak and Eddy Mountain, then northwesterly down ridge to Clark Fork River and mouth of Thompson River, then northeasterly up said river to the West Fork of the Thompson River, then up said fork to Four Lakes Creek, then westerly up said creek to the North Fork of Four Lakes Creek, then northwesterly up said fork to USFS Road 7671 and USFS Trail 437, then westerly up said trail to USFS Trail 450, then northerly on said trail to Mt. Headley, then northerly along the divide between Graves Creek and West Fork of Fishtrap Creek to the Vermilion River Divide, then northerly along the Vermilion-Thompson River Divide to the Sanders-Lincoln County line, then westerly along said line to the Idaho border, then south and southeasterly along said border to the Sanders-Mineral County line, the point of beginning.

Region 2

Bitterroot Valley Area:

• 285-50: 300 permits. Valid only in that portion of Ravalli County lying west of the Bitterroot River and north of Tin Cup Creek.
• September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008 - Either sex turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.

Region 3

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - Administrative Region 3 and Park County

Park County

• 385-50: 30 permits. Park County.
• September 1, 2007- January 1, 2008 - Either sex Turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.
• 385-51: 2 permits. Park County. Only youth ages 12 - 15.
• September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008 - Either sex turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.

Region 3 Counties

• 395-50: 10 permits. Valid only in Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Jefferson, Broadwater, Madison, and Gallatin counties. Not valid in Canyon Ferry WMA.
• September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008 - Either sex Turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.
• 395-51: 2 permits. Valid only in Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Jefferson, Broadwater, Madison, and Gallatin counties. Not valid in Canyon Ferry WMA. Only youth ages 12 - 15.
• September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008 - Either sex Turkey. Shotgun/Archery only.

Wildlife Management Areas with big game winter range are closed to public entry from the day following the end of the general deer/elk season or December 1, whichever is later, to May 15 each year, as posted. (Exception: Blackfoot-Clearwater WMA closes Nov. 10); Kootenai Falls WMA is open year long; Porcupine (Gallatin); Dome Mountain, Bear Creek and Wall Creek WMAs open May 1).

State Game Preserves and National Parks shall remain closed to hunting of upland game birds. For hunting privileges on Indian Reservations and Federal Wildlife Refuges, inquire at the local Indian Agency or Refuge office.

That part of Montana lying west of the Continental Divide is closed to the hunting of sage and sharp-tailed grouse.

Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir (Lewis and Clark County): Open to upland game bird hunting until the opening of the waterfowl season, then it will be closed to all hunting.
Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area (Teton County): Open to upland game bird hunting until the opening of the general waterfowl season, then it will be closed to all hunting in the following described portion of the Wildlife Management Area: SW 1/4 Section 19, Sections 29 and 30, T22N, R3W, W 1/2 Section 12, W 1/2 of E 1/2 Section 12, and that portion of Sections 13 and 24 within the posted boundary of the Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area, T22N, R4W. The area closed will reopen November 20.