Delaware · Upland

Ring-necked pheasant

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Season 2026-27

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Season windows

Season23 NOV 2026 – 28 FEB 202798d

As publishedNov 23, 2026 - Feb 28, 2027

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Bag limit2 daily, 4 possession (male only)

Licence and outlook

HIP requiredNot required

Exceptions posted at the boundary

Males only; hens illegal.Hunter must wear 400 sq in hunter orange during any deer firearms season. Season = Monday immediately preceding Thanksgiving through last day of February.

Population outlook

Delaware 2026

Awaiting survey — Delaware 2026

Confirmed absence: Delaware's huntable pheasant population is DNREC-stocked on public hunting areas, not a wild, surveyed population.

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