PointsAfieldSeason2026–27
Delaware · Upland

Gray (Hungarian) partridge

Opens in 94 days
Season 2026-27
1 windows on one classification

Season windows

  1. Season23 NOV 2026 – 28 FEB 202798d

As publishedNov 23, 2026 - Feb 28, 2027 (same as pheasant, per statute)

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Bag limitNo limit published for chukar/Hungarian partridge specifically (not tabled in DE's guide or code)

Licence and outlook

HIP requiredNot required
Exceptions posted at the boundary

Not listed as its own line item in the 2026/27 printed guide's species table.Delaware's codified regulation (7 Del. Admin. Code 3900-4.20) states 'Chukars and Hungarian Partridge may be hunted during the lawful season to hunt pheasants,' so the season is treated as identical to the pheasant season. No partridge-specific bag/possession limit was found published for 2026-27. Confirmed across 5 sources (printed guide, DE Admin. Code, DNREC news release, DNREC regulation-changes page, DE statutory game-bird definition, see raw source) that no partridge-specific bag/possession figure is published anywhere — not an unresearched gap.

Population outlook

Delaware 2026

Awaiting survey — Delaware 2026

Confirmed absence: same Gamebird Breeders Permit / put-and-take basis as chukar; no wild population or survey infrastructure exists.

Issuing agencyDelaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (DNREC)dnrec.delaware.gov/fish-wildlifeRecord year 2026