Pheasant Season Opens November 12, 2011

Some 2010 restrictions lifted.

The 2011 general pheasant season will last for 44 consecutive days and 60 days for archery.
In 2010 the Department of Fish and Game restricted some of the pheasant hunting opportunities for upland game hunters because of declining pheasant populations and because of the cost of operating check stations. Only some of the restrictions will remain in effect in 2011.

DFG sums up the regulations for pheasant hunting in 2011:

" Type A wildlife areas in the Sacramento Valley and the San Francisco Bay Delta (Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Delevan National Wildlife Refuge, Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area, Yolo Wildlife Area and Grizzly Island Wildlife Area) will be open for pheasant hunting on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, and only the first Monday (Nov. 14) during the pheasant season.

Type A wildlife areas in the San Joaquin Valley (Los Banos Wildlife Area, Mendota Wildlife Area, North Grasslands Wildlife Area and San Luis National Wildlife Refuge) will be open for pheasant hunting on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays only during the pheasant season.

The Wister Unit of the Imperial Wildlife Area in Imperial County and San Jacinto Wildlife Area in Riverside County will be closed to pheasant hunting this year.

Type C wildlife areas will remain open as normal."

For more information visit the DFG website.
And yes, wild pigs will raid pheasant nests and eat the eggs and occupants of the nests.
PJJ