- (1) The department may enter into agreements to provide supplemental feeding for pheasants during extreme winter weather conditions in Sheridan, Daniels, and Roosevelt counties.
- (2) The department will authorize supplemental feeding when 90% or more of the naturally occurring food sources are covered with snow and ice, such that pheasants are unable to obtain food for a period of five or more days.
- (3) Supplemental feeding will be done only within areas 1/4 mile or closer to effective winter cover.
- (4) The department shall not enter into agreements for supplemental feeding on lands leased or closed for hunting, on shooting preserves, or during open pheasant season.
- (5) Feeding will stop when conditions moderate.
- (6) Feeding operations will terminate no later than March 31.
Authorizing statute(s): 87-1-249, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 87-1-248, MCA
History: NEW, 2001 MAR p. 1725, Eff. 9/7/01; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 1766, Eff. 9/7/12.