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Delaware · UplandRing-necked pheasant

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WindowDatesDays
Season23 NOV 2026 – 28 FEB 202798d

As publishedNov 23, 2026 - Feb 28, 2027

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Bag limit
2 daily, 4 possession (male only)

License and requirements

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.

Where the birds are

Finding Ring-necked pheasant in Delaware

Range and concentration

Delaware's entire huntable pheasant population is DNREC-stocked onto public hunting areas, not a wild, surveyed population -- DNREC's own hunting page confirms stocking occurs "on certain public lands" without publishing a dedicated stocking-schedule document, so the honest "region" answer is the access geography of named wildlife areas rather than a density map. Independent hunting-press sourcing (Dive Bomb Industries, HuntNationUSA) converges on the same four wildlife areas as Delaware's top public pheasant destinations, spanning all three counties: Cedar Swamp WA (New Castle County), Norman G. Wilder WA and Milford Neck WA (Kent County), and Assawoman WA (Sussex County).

Population outlook

Delaware 2026

Awaiting survey — Delaware 2026

No formal population survey program exists for this species in this state.

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