As publishedOctober 17-November 30, 2026
Single season segment.Possession limit is 3x daily bag (9). Federal HIP permit and current RI hunting license required.
No RIDEM-specific woodcock population survey exists; the only RI-specific data point is incidental harvest participation captured in the annual Pheasant Program Report's hunter survey -- 8.4% of 2025-26 pheasant-permit respondents also harvested woodcock (directly read this pass in the 2025-26 report, published June 2026), not a population index. Only the federal USFWS American Woodcock Population Status report (Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey, Eastern Region) applies for a forward population-status read; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.