Data Notes¶

Notes about the data.

• Contents
• Pheasant Stocking DNR
  • Hunting Season Pheasant and Requirements
• Fields & Forest Lands Interactive Gamebird Hunting Tool FFLIGHT
  • PM Closure Areas
  • Hen & Rooster Areas
• The Day-Old Chick DOC Program
• Pheasant Stocking DNR
  • Hunting Season Pheasant and Requirements
• Fields & Forest Lands Interactive Gamebird Hunting Tool FFLIGHT
  • PM Closure Areas
  • Hen & Rooster Areas
• The Day-Old Chick DOC Program

d Chick DOC Program](#the-day-old-chick-doc-program)

2023 Pheasant Stocking (DNR)¶

• The Wisconsin DNR plans to stock approximately 75,000 pheasants from the state game farm on over 80 properties statewide.

• Depending on production levels, pheasants are released once prior to the pheasant hunting season and then twice a week for the first two to three weeks of the season. After that, birds are released about once a week until the 9-day gun deer season.

Hunting Season (Pheasant) and Requirements¶

• October 14, 2023 (9 AM) through January 7, 2024

• Bag Limit is one rooster per day for opening day (October 14-15) and two roosters per day for the remainder of the season.

• Pheasant Hunters need a valid small game hunting license and a 2023 Pheasant Stamp

Fields & Forest Lands Interactive Gamebird Hunting Tool (FFLIGHT)¶

• Online map showing properties stocked with pheasants, managed dove fields and suitable cover for ruffed grouse and woodcock. Visit https://dnr.wi.gov and search keyword FFLIGHT for more information.

12PM Closure Areas¶

• Properties where pheasant hunting hours close at 12pm on weekdays beginning the third day of the season and continuing through November 3rd.

• The remainder of the season and all other properties follow regular small game hunting hours listed in the combined hunting regulations.

Hen & Rooster Areas¶

• Properties where the harvest of both roosters and hens is allowed.

• The bag limit is one pheasant daily Oct. 14-15 and two pheasants daily for the remainder of the season.

• All other properties only allow the harvest of roosters.

The Day-Old Chick (DOC) Program¶

• Program that allows conservation clubs to raise and release pheasants on private land open to public hunting or on approved state-owned lands.

• Hunters are reminded to be polite and notify landowners before hunting on open private property as part of the DOC program.

• Visit https://dnr.wi.gov and search keyword Game Farm for more information.

2023 Pheasant Stocking (DNR)¶

• The Wisconsin DNR plans to stock approximately 75,000 pheasants from the state game farm on over 80 properties statewide.

• Depending on production levels, pheasants are released once prior to the pheasant hunting season and then twice a week for the first two to three weeks of the season. After that, birds are released about once a week until the 9-day gun deer season.

Hunting Season (Pheasant) and Requirements¶

• October 14, 2023 (9 AM) through January 7, 2024

• Bag Limit is one rooster per day for opening day (October 14-15) and two roosters per day for the remainder of the season.

• Pheasant Hunters need a valid small game hunting license and a 2023 Pheasant Stamp

Fields & Forest Lands Interactive Gamebird Hunting Tool (FFLIGHT)¶

• Online map showing properties stocked with pheasants, managed dove fields and suitable cover for ruffed grouse and woodcock. Visit https://dnr.wi.gov and search keyword FFLIGHT for more information.

12PM Closure Areas¶

• Properties where pheasant hunting hours close at 12pm on weekdays beginning the third day of the season and continuing through November 3rd.

• The remainder of the season and all other properties follow regular small game hunting hours listed in the combined hunting regulations.

Hen & Rooster Areas¶

• Properties where the harvest of both roosters and hens is allowed.

• The bag limit is one pheasant daily Oct. 14-15 and two pheasants daily for the remainder of the season.

• All other properties only allow the harvest of roosters.

The Day-Old Chick (DOC) Program¶

• Program that allows conservation clubs to raise and release pheasants on private land open to public hunting or on approved state-owned lands.

• Hunters are reminded to be polite and notify landowners before hunting on open private property as part of the DOC program.

• Visit https://dnr.wi.gov and search keyword Game Farm for more information.