As publishedNov 7, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
No daily or seasonal bag limit; no gender (rooster/hen) restriction stated in the official regulation. Likely a low-priority/put-and-take season rather than a wild self-sustaining population, but DWR's own materials do not explicitly say so.
Confirmed absence, higher confidence: Virginia's regulatory framework authorizes ring-necked pheasant only for licensed shooting-preserve release and dog-training/field-trial use, consistent with no wild, surveyed population this far outside the species' Midwest/northern-Plains core range. No VA DWR population survey of any kind exists.