As publishedYouth & Disability: November 7-8, 2026; Regular: November 14, 2026 - January 31, 2027
Statewide, concurrent with pheasant season.Daily bag/possession figures (8/32 regular, 8/16 youth) are from the most recently published KDWP page showing 2025-26 numbers (2026-27 regs summary not yet published) — labeled prior-year reference. Season dates are the confirmed 2026-27 KDWP dates.
Gated by KDWP's annual Upland Bird Forecast (pheasant/quail/prairie-chicken narrative), fed by the spring quail whistle-count survey and the July-September roadside Quail/Pheasant/Turkey Brood Survey. Re-confirmed 2026-08-19: the live KDWP forecast page itself still reads "2026 Upland Bird Forecast coming this fall!", no standalone whistle-count or brood-survey report found yet either.