As publishedOct. 17-Dec. 8, 2026
Sunday hunting closed for migratory game birds statewide.Requires a PA Migratory Game Bird License; no PA-specific 'HIP number' terminology found -- federal harvest-information registration appears folded into this license (unconfirmed inference, flagged for review).
No PA-specific pre-season woodcock forecast exists; the closest PA-specific data is retrospective harvest-per-100-hunter-days from PGC's Game Take and Furtaker Survey (2024-25 edition, published July 23, 2025, directly read in the Tier A pass: woodcock harvest rate decreased year-over-year). A 2025-26 edition was checked for directly this pass (guessed URL 404s) and via search -- not found, despite the ~late-July publish precedent already having passed. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region -- PA is a core participating state) gives a forward population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.