SOME HUNTERS HAVE EARLY CHANCES TO PURSUE SQUIRRELS, RABBITS & PHEASANTS
Junior squirrel season: Sept. 13-27.
Sundays 9/14 and 9/21
Junior rabbit season: Oct. 4-18.
Sundays 10/5 and 10/12
Junior pheasant season: Oct. 11-18.
Sunday 10/12
Hunters must abide by the same bag limits and regulations as during the regular season.
JUNIOR SQUIRREL AND RABBIT SEASONS
Junior hunters and mentored hunters under age 17 can participate in the junior squirrel and rabbit seasons. Hunters must be accompanied as required by law. A hunting license is not required to hunt squirrels or rabbits if the participant has successfully completed a Hunter-Trapper Education course.
JUNIOR PHEASANT SEASON
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.