Upland game bird
National prominence

Plain chachalaca

Plain chachalaca is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 1 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.

States present1Not present30Outlook researched0/1

Plain chachalaca habitatBeadle County, South Dakota · NovemberOwn work · CC BY 2.0

Cattail slough against picked corn. Where the roosters sit out a hard wind, and the reason the bird follows small-grain country across the northern plains.

Per-state worksheet

Where it is open, and what the survey says

0 of 1 states have published a 2026 outlook. The rest are primed and waiting on the agency.

Texas
Opens in 72 days
Awaiting survey — Texas 2026

Not present or not regulatedAlabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Florida · Hawaii · Idaho · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · North Carolina · North Dakota · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Utah · Virginia · West Virginia · Wisconsin