The seven-year itch has caught up with Montana’s 2007 antelope and pheasant hunting seasons. This year the pheasant season will open Oct. 13 and run through Jan. 1, 2008. The general antelope season will run Oct. 7 through Nov. 11. In Montana, the general antelope season opener is set by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission policy for the second Sunday in October, with the pheasant season set to open the day before, on Saturday. These hunting-season standards often correspond with the federal Columbus Day holiday, which annually falls on the second Monday in October. That’s Oct. 8 this year. Due to the 2007 calendar progression, however, the second Sunday in October falls on Oct.14. This calendar cycle occurs every seven years. The FWP Commission decided to readjust the antelope season opener and set it for Oct. 7, but kept the established pheasant season, which is set to open a week later, on Oct. 13.
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