Pheasant Season Date Changes

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The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, in a move to increase upland game bird hunting opportunities for the average Montana bird hunter, set the 2001 resident pheasant opening season dates to allow a two-day resident-only period from October 6-7, except on the Flathead Indian Reservation where residents and nonresidents may begin pheasant hunting on October 6 with the appropriate permit. The general pheasant season opens October 8 across the state. The Commission also agreed to cap the number of nonresident upland game bird hunting licenses sold at 11,000 beginning in 2002. The number of upland game bird hunting licenses sold in 2000 was 8,256.