As publishedOct 10, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
Iowa DNR regulations label this species 'Gray Partridge'.Blaze orange required. Shooting hours 8am-4:30pm.
Gray partridge is one of the three species (with pheasant, bobwhite quail) tracked by Iowa DNR's August Roadside Survey. Only the pre-survey weather-model prediction (July 2026, pheasant-only in its public framing) has published so far -- already captured in ia/ring-necked-pheasant.json per an earlier pass, not repeated here. Re-confirmed via fresh search 2026-08-19: the actual survey results (225 routes, fieldwork Aug 1-15) had not yet posted at iowadnr.gov/pheasantsurvey; multiple 2026 local-news pieces (KCII, KMAland, Bedford Times-Press) confirm fieldwork was still underway as of early-to-mid August. Expected early-to-mid September 2026 (one 2026 source cited "around September 15").