As publishedSept. 1-Dec. 24, 2026 and Dec. 26, 2026-Mar. 31, 2027
No limit / no closed daily bag stated.Season closed around the Letterkenny Army Depot Bobwhite Quail Recovery Area (no quail hunting or release there). PA's wild bobwhite population is essentially extirpated statewide; this season exists nominally with no bag limit.
Confirmed absence of a wild, surveyed population: PGC's own 2013-14 route surveys found the species fully extirpated statewide. The 'open,' no-bag-limit Sept-March season is a nominal legacy entry against an active but nascent reintroduction effort (Letterkenny Army Depot Bobwhite Quail Recovery Area, 76 birds released as of the 2024 restart, hunting itself closed there) -- a population-building effort, not a survey-and-forecast program.