PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — The pheasant season is about to begin in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Game Commission is fully stocking public land for plenty of opportunities.
Junior pheasant season begins on Saturday, Oct. 12 and the statewide season will begin on Saturday, Oct. 26. The Game Commission plans to stock approximately 237,000 birds incrementally through early January, with most releases occurring on public land.
“Releases will occur weekly from late October through late November,” Ian Gregg, chief of the Game Commission’s Wildlife Operations Division said. “A mid-December release will bolster hunting opportunity prior to the holidays, and for the fourth year, many sites are also scheduled to be stocked twice after Christmas for late season hunting. Increased production on our two game farms has allowed us to make these improvements to winter pheasant hunting without impacting opportunity during the traditional autumn season.”
Six new types of bees found in Pennsylvania for the first time About 15,000 pheasants will go out for the junior pheasant hunt and they’ll be open to all junior hunters and mentored hunters of any age. The junior season runs from Oct. 12-19.
Pheasant hunting is open statewide, except in Pennsylvania’s two Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas (WPRAs) – the Central Susquehanna WPRA in Northumberland, Montour and Columbia counties, and the Franklin WPRA in Franklin County. No pheasant season will be established in either WPRA this year.
Elsewhere in the state, hunters may harvest either male or female pheasants. All adult hunters and some senior hunters who pursue pheasants are required to purchase a pheasant permit in addition to a general hunting license.
The permit costs $26.97 and is available through HuntFishPA or from any license-issuing agent .
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Like for other hunting seasons, hunters can store a digital pheasant permit on any smart device to carry when hunting. Paper licenses and permits must be signed when carried afield.
Senior lifetime resident license holders who acquired their licenses before May 13, 2017, are exempt from needing a pheasant permit. Junior hunters and mentored permit holders under 17 need a free permit.
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