Pheasant hunting in Montana

[blackpaws]

i was wondering if anyone can tell me how the pheasant hunting in Montana is? i may be making a trip out there for a couple days and wondered about some spots to maybe pheasant hunt for a day or two. any help or info on where to look or go is appreciated.

thanks

Joe

[live to hunt]

joe It really depends on what regoin you will be visiting. The eastern half is good but can be really spotty If you will be along the yellowstone anywhere east of billings you should find pretty good populations.

[blackpaws]

i am going out to pick up a pup between bozeman and billings and just thought as long as i was out there i would maybe try pheasant hunting there. is there any public lands to hunt that they have set up for pheasants or any maps that i could get? i thought maybe there was some maps on the internet but i can't find them.

thanks for the info.

[montananative]

best bet is to go to the fish and game office in billings or bozeman and get a BMA book. it gives every block management ranch or farm in the state. state land is ok, but other than forest service they pretty much come as sections at a time, and it seems to be hit or miss with the birds. north western mt like up by medicine lake/ plentywood area has some of the best pheasant hunting in the world. south of billings however has a decent amount of pheasant, partridge and grouse also, but nothin like up north.

[Doogie]

when did Medicine Lake and Plentywood move to northwest MT lol

[montananative]

[Doogie]

yeah out there you have to miss on purpose if you want any kind of a hunt

dagmar thats a place out in the middle of nowhere. Antelope, thats another thriving metropolis lol

[montananative]

ya, i like up there. lots of huntin opportunity thats for sure. some real nice whitetails runnin around thats for sure. think my buddy was saying a person can get like six b tags for up there or somthing ridiculous like that. the deer are over runnin it up there

[Doogie]

That was the case the last two years I don't know if its that way again or not I haven't looked, don't know if I'm gona make it there for general season this year, we are about 3 weeks behind at work and don't know if ill get to deer hunt on my way home or not, least there's always ditch parrots lol