Pheasant Stocking Program
2023 Pheasant Stocking Program
The pheasant stocking program provides additional pheasant hunting opportunities on Wildlife Management Areas and other access agreement properties throughout Idaho during the pheasant hunting season. Properties where game farm pheasants are released in each region are listed below.
Pheasants to be stocked at three locations in Salmon Region
Monday, September 25, 2023 - 10:29 AM MDTBird hunters should be excited that beginning in early October, pheasants will be stocked weekly at Pratt Creek, Kirtley Creek, and the Pahsimeroi River Access areas in the Salmon Region. Stockings will begin prior to the youth hunt season that runs October 7-13, and will continue weekly during the season.
Upland Game Bird Permit Stocking Locations
The following locations stock pheasants according to the listed schedules on each page.
Clearwater
Southwest
Magic Valley
Southeast
Upland Game Bird Permit
The Upland Game Bird Permit is required to hunt pheasant on properties where pheasants are stocked. Those properties are found on the Pheasant Stocking page.
Hunter Orange Required
All upland game bird hunters are required to wear visible hunter orange of at least 36 square inches above the waist when hunting on locations where an Upland Game Bird Permit is required. A hunter orange hat meets this requirement.
Areas with stocked birds are popular and can experience high hunter use. Please be courteous to others you encounter.
The Upland Game Seasons and Rules brochure defines take of pheasant. Pheasant hunting here requires the following special requirements: