Junior hunters and all mentored hunters can participate in the junior pheasant season. Hunters must be accompanied as required by law.
To hunt pheasants, resident and nonresident junior hunting license holders and mentored hunters need a pheasant hunting permit. Junior hunters and mentored hunters under age 17 must obtain a free pheasant hunting permit. Those 17 and older must purchase a pheasant hunting permit. These permits are available online or from any issuing agent, cost $26.97 and must be signed and carried while hunting pheasants.
Junior pheasant hunt stocking locations are listed online at www.pa.gov/pgc, or can be obtained by contacting the Centralized Dispatch Center. Although pheasants may be hunted statewide (except in WPRAs) during the Junior Pheasant Hunt, birds will be stocked at specific locations. About 16,000 pheasants are stocked statewide before the Junior Pheasant Hunt.