This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
NJDEP's upland regs PDF still shows the 2025-26 season as of 2026-08-18, and a 2026-27 digest segment was probed directly and returned HTTP 404 (confirmed not yet posted). Reference only, NOT this year's dates: 2025-26 season was Nov. 8, 2025 (8 a.m.)–Feb. 16, 2026, closed Dec. 8–13 & 17, 2025. Stocked on WMAs; combined season/table with chukar and Hungarian partridge. Pheasant & Quail Stamp required for hunters 16+. Youth Upland Bird Day was Nov. 1, 2025; Youth Pheasant Days Nov. 3–7, 2025 (2 pheasant limit). Re-checked 2026-08-18 (barred-dove-style batch check for the state, since all of NJ's stocked upland species share one regs digest/table): still not published, and the original check already probed the 2026-27 digest URL directly (HTTP 404), not a paraphrase-miss, so no new fetch dispatched. Re-check once NJDEP posts a new digest edition. Re-checked 2026-08-19: still not published (dep.nj.gov direct WebFetch blocked by this environment's egress policy tonight; WebSearch found only 2025-26 digest files, no 2026-2027 digest or segment PDF, and the 2026-2027 page that does exist is the separate Migratory Game Bird Population Status page, not the upland regs digest). Re-checked 2026-08-20: still not published (dep.nj.gov and eregulations.com direct WebFetch both blocked via this environment's egress policy tonight, same as 2026-08-19; WebSearch found only 2025-26 digest/regs files and the unrelated Migratory Game Bird Population Status page, no 2026-2027 upland regs digest or segment PDF).
Confirmed absence of any wild population or survey -- pheasant is entirely NJDFW-stocked (~50,000 birds annually across 23 WMAs plus the Delaware Water Gap NRA and Fort Dix, funded by the Pheasant & Quail Stamp), put-and-take with no wild-population survey infrastructure.