Vermont's pheasant season opens Saturday, September 26, 2026, and closes December 31, 2026. Dates are from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, read October 8, 2026.
The daily limit is 2 pheasants and 4 in possession.
In the words of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department: "Small numbers of ringneck pheasant occur in the Champlain Valley. Some are wild, most are the results of private stocking."
Vermont's pheasant season closes Thursday, December 31, 2026.
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department publishes them in its hunting regulations, read for this guide on October 8, 2026.
A rooster feeding in a disced crop field beside LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota. Birds feed in the open early and late and sit in grass and cattails through the middle of the day. “Ring-necked pheasant at LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge (51154749494)”, Tom Koerner, USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain
Vermont read October 8, 2026 from Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, every source linked above. An agency can move a date or close an area between the printed regulations and opening day, so its page is the one that governs. Every state is on the pheasant season calendar.
