JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – North Dakota Game & Fish Wildlife Biologist Doug Leier says this weekend is the perfect chance to get youth involved in pheasant hunting.

North Dakota’s two-day youth pheasant season begins Saturday, Oct. 1 and runs through Sunday.

Resident youth hunters must possess a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate and general game and habitat license. Nonresident youth hunters from states that provide a reciprocal licensing agreement for North Dakota residents qualify for North Dakota resident licenses. Otherwise, nonresident youth hunters must purchase a nonresident small game license.

Hunters 12 and older need to have passed a certified hunter education course or obtain an apprentice hunter validation, which allows an individual to hunt small game for one license year without completing hunter education.

The daily bag limit and all other regulations for the regular pheasant season apply. See the North Dakota 2022-23 Hunting and Trapping Guide for additional information.

Leier also says the PLOTS Regulations are available on the Game & Fish Department website.

Permission from the landowner is always required for motorized vehicle access on PLOTS, such as for setting decoys in a field, unless specifically designated on the PLOTS sign.

For more information, visit gf.nd.gov.

You can listen to Doug Leier talk the great outdoors every Thursday at 7:35 AM with JD in the Morning on Big Dog 95.5 FM.