As publishedSeptember 26, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Legally open statewide (all WMDs per official table), but MDIFW's stocking program only releases birds at ~20 sites in York and Cumberland Counties (southernmost Maine); pheasants do not maintain a wild breeding population in Maine. Hunting license plus separate pheasant hunting permit required (permit ~$26, per 2025 program page, not expected to change materially for 2026).
Confirmed absence: Maine's entire huntable pheasant population is MDIFW-stocked (~20 release sites, York/Cumberland Counties), not a wild surveyed population.