Know the Seasons - Other Birds & Mammals
Pheasant
Small Game — Pheasant
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
License Required
For hunters under age 10, you must either have a valid hunting or combination license or be accompanied by an adult who
possesses a valid hunting or combination license. For hunters 10 years and older, any valid hunting or combination license
(See table on page 9 for Resident and Non-resident license fees). To hunt in a Falconry-Only season, a Sport Falconry License
is required as prescribed in R12-4-422 or R12-4-407.
Legal Methods of Take
Limited Weapon-Shotgun Shooting Shot Hunt: Shotgun shooting shot, crossbow, and bow and arrow, pneumatic weapons or
falconry as prescribed in R12-4-304 and R12-4-318. Archery-Only Hunt: Bow and arrow as prescribed in R12-4-304 and R12-
4-318, or crossbow if you possess a crossbow permit as prescribed in R12-4-216. Falconry-Only Hunt: Falconry as defined in
R12-4-101 and as prescribed in R12-4-318.
Bag Limit Two (2) rooster pheasants per day.
Possession Limit Six (6) rooster pheasants of which no more than two (2) may be taken in any one day.
Falconry-Only Possession
Limit Six (6) pheasants of which no more than two (2) may be taken in any one day.
NOTES CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES 75-77.
Pheasant: Commission Order 15
LIMITED WEAPON-SHOTGUN SHOOTING SHOT PHEASANT
Open Areas do not include areas within municipal parks, municipal preserves, county parks, county preserves, airports, golf courses, or posted water
treatment facilities (except as specifically opened in this Commission Order) or areas closed to hunting under A.R.S. Sections 17-303 and 17-304 or Commission
Rules R12-4-321, R12-4-801, R12-4-802 and R12-4-803.
Season Dates Notes Open Areas Legal Wildlife
Sep 1 - Sep 15, 2021 (9) 4 0B Any rooster pheasant
ARCHERY-ONLY PHEASANT
Open Areas do not include areas within municipal parks, municipal preserves, county parks, county preserves, airports, golf courses, or posted water
treatment facilities (except as specifically opened in this Commission Order) or areas closed to hunting under A.R.S. Sections 17-303 and 17-304 or Commission
Rules R12-4-321, R12-4-801, R12-4-802 and R12-4-803.
Season Dates Notes Open Areas Legal Wildlife
Oct 15, 2021 - Feb 6, 2022 (6) Open areas Statewide (excluding National Wildlife Refuges) Any pheasant
FALCONRY-ONLY PHEASANT
Open Areas include areas closed to hunting by R12-4-321 but do not include areas closed to hunting under A.R.S. Sections 17-303 and 17-304 or Commission
Rules R12-4-801, R12-4-802, and R12-4-803.
Season Dates Notes Open Areas Legal Wildlife
Sep 13, 2021 - Feb 6, 2022 (6) Open areas Statewide (excluding National Wildlife Refuges) Any pheasant
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