As publishedSept 19, 2026-Jan 31, 2027
Regulated jointly with greater prairie-chicken and ruffed grouse, sharing one combined bag limit. Shooting hours sunrise to sunset. Voluntary wing-box collection requested for population monitoring.
Governed by the same spring prairie grouse lek counts and late-August Upland Outlook PDF as greater prairie-chicken; the 2026 edition returned a 404 on direct fetch 2026-08-19, expected within the next 1-2 weeks.