This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Arkansas has no wild, self-sustaining huntable pheasant population.The 2026-27 AGFC Hunting Guidebook contains no pheasant season dates, statewide or WMA-level; the only mention of pheasant is a clause allowing licensed individuals/organizations to hold pen-raised pheasant (with quail/chukar) for dog training or sanctioned field trials. Where pheasant hunting occurs in Arkansas, it's limited to privately licensed game-bird shooting preserves using pen-raised stock under a separate captive-wildlife/shooting-resort permit that sets its own operating window, not an AGFC statewide season. A secondary aggregator (Farmers Co-op) claimed a statewide Dec. 1, 2026-Jan. 31, 2027 season with a 2-bird bag limit, but this could not be corroborated by any AGFC primary source.
Arkansas has no wild, self-sustaining pheasant population. The 2026-27 AGFC Hunting Guidebook contains zero pheasant season-date entries and mentions the species only in a clause covering pen-raised birds held for dog training and sanctioned field trials, the same clause covering chukar and quail. Where pheasant hunting occurs in Arkansas, it is on privately licensed game-bird shooting preserves stocking pen-raised birds under a separate captive-wildlife permit, not a wild population, and not something an AGFC regional map exists to describe.
No formal population survey program exists for this species in this state.
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