2 seasons
Seasons
Pheasant
- Wisconsin outside Governor Dodge, Mill Bluff and Mirror Lake state parks, outside DNR's pheasant properties
- Pheasant property (Richard Bong State Recreation Area's own rules; hen and rooster hunting area)
- Pheasant property (hen and rooster hunting area)
- Pheasant property (hen and rooster hunting area; weekday noon closure)
- Pheasant property (weekday noon closure)
- Pheasant property (hen and rooster hunting area, on part of the property)
- Pheasant property (hen and rooster hunting area; weekday noon closure, on part of the property)
- Pheasant property (weekday noon closure, on part of the property)
Pheasant
Where to hunt
DNR plans to stock 54,080 pheasants on 73 public properties in 2026.
Adell Wildlife Area
Albany Wildlife Area
Allenton Wildlife Area
Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area
Bad Fish Creek Wildlife Area
Blackhawk Lake Recreational Area
Borst Valley Wildlife Area
Brillion Wildlife Area
Brooklyn Wildlife Area
C.D. (Buzz) Besadny Fish and Wildlife Area
Chimney Rock Wildlife Area
County Farm – Maple Hills Recreation Area
Deansville Wildlife Area
Dorn Creek Fishery Area
Dunnville Wildlife Area
Eldorado Wildlife Area
Evansville Wildlife Area
Extensive Wildlife Habitat
Footville Wildlife Area
French Creek Wildlife Area
Gardner Swamp Wildlife Area
Glacial Habitat Restoration
Goose Lake Wildlife Area
Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area
Grassy Lake Wildlife Area
Holland Wildlife Area
Honey Creek Wildlife Area
Hook Lake/Grass Lake Wildlife and Natural Area
Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area
Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area
Jefferson Marsh State Wildlife and Natural Area
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit – Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit
Kickapoo Valley Reserve State Natural Area
Kickapoo Wildlife Area
Killsnake Wildlife Area
Lake Mills Wildlife Area
Lakes Coulee Wildlife Area
Lima Marsh – Storrs Lake Wildlife Area
Lodi Marsh Wildlife Area
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area
Mazomanie Wildlife Area
McMillan Wildlife Area
Mud Lake Wildlife Area – Columbia
Mullet Creek Wildlife Area
Navarino Wildlife Area
New Munster Wildlife Area
Nichols Creek Wildlife Area
Paradise Marsh Wildlife Area
Paradise Valley Wildlife Area
Peter Helland Wildlife Area
Pine Island Wildlife Area
Princes Point Wildlife Area
Richard Bong State Recreation Area
Rome Pond Wildlife Area
Sand Creek Streambank Protection Area
Sauk Prairie Recreation Area
Scattered Wildlife
Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area
Sheboygan Marsh Wildlife Area
South Beaver Creek Wildlife Area
Statewide Habitat Areas
Statewide Wildlife Habitat
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program
Theresa Wildlife Area
Tichigan Wildlife Area
Tom Lawin Wildlife Area
Tri – Creek Watershed
Vernon Wildlife Area
Waterloo Wildlife Area
Waterloo – Mud Lake Wildlife Area
White River Marsh Wildlife Area
Willow Creek Fishery Area
Yellowstone Wildlife Area
Licenses and tags for Pheasant
You need the license and stamps for the season you hunt, and a tag for each animal. Today checks yours against each season.
Stamps and permits
Managed Hunt Daily Pheasant Hunting Permit (Richard Bong State Recreation Area)
Mentored pheasant stamp
Pheasant stamp
A Conservation Patron or Sports license includes several of these.
Special rules that apply
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink during firearm deer seasons
When and where a firearm deer season is in progress, it is illegal to hunt any game, except waterfowl, unless at least 50% of the hunter’s outer clothing above the waist is colo…
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink on ground blinds on DNR lands during firearm deer seasons
It is illegal to: Use a ground blind during any open deer season or special deer hunt with firearms unless a minimum of 144 square inches of solid blaze orange or fluorescent pi…
Required
No baiting small game
It is illegal to bait any small game (including coyote and bobcat) for the purpose of hunting.
Required
Non-toxic shot for migratory and upland game birds on national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl production areas
Only non-toxic shot may be possessed or used for hunting migratory and upland game bird species, including wild turkey, on all national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl pr…