2016 General Pheasant Hunting Opener Nears

By AmmoLand Editor JE

San Francisco, CA -(Ammoland.com)- The second weekend of November brings a popular tradition for many families in California – the opening of pheasant season.

Although the overall wild pheasant population has been decreasing in recent years and the number of shoot days has been reduced on some wildlife areas, opportunities are still available on state-managed lands.

The 2016 general pheasant season will open Saturday, Nov. 12 and extend through Sunday, Dec. 25.

The daily bag limit is two males per day for the first two days of the season, and three males per day thereafter. The possession limit is triple the daily bag. Shooting hours are from 8 a.m. to sunset.

Native to Asia, the ring-necked pheasant was introduced to California as a game bird species in the late 1800s.

Though they flourished in California for decades, numbers have been dropping since the most recent high in the late 1990s.Total pheasant harvest on public areas in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys declined from a high of 4,828 roosters in 1998 to 629 last year.

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