“The youth-only pheasant hunting weekend helps acclimate junior hunters to upland game bird hunting and provides a great opportunity for experienced hunters to share safe hunting values and skills with our future sportsmen and sportswomen,”said DEC Region 9 Director Abby Snyder.
Junior hunters must be accompanied by a licensed adult hunter during the youth pheasant hunt. Accompanying adults will not be allowed to possess a firearm or take a pheasant during this special season. During the two-day youth hunt, junior hunters will be allowed to take two birds per day, as allowed during the regular season. Pheasant hunting boundary descriptions can be found on DEC's website or on page 43 of the 2019-2020 Hunting and Trapping Regulation Guide. All other pheasant hunting regulations remain in effect.
A special permit will be required to hunt at Joseph Davis, Golden Hill, and Wilson-Tuscarora State Parks in Niagara County. An individual permit will be required to hunt on Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13. This year’s youth hunt will allow for a second youth hunter to be named on the permit. There will be two separate hunts each day that a permit is required: the first hunt will be from sunrise until 12:30 p.m.; the second hunt will be from 12:30 p.m. until sunset.
Junior hunters interested in entering the Permit Lottery at Golden Hill, Wilson-Tuscarora, and Joseph Davis State Parks should mail a separate, standard-size file card for each date and park that they would like to hunt. Only one permit will be issued to each hunter per day. Cards may be put into an envelope for each respective park and mailed together to the appropriate addresses below:
Golden Hill State Park Attn: Renee Campbell 9691 Lower Lake Rd. Barker, NY 14012 (716) 795-3885 | Joseph Davis State Park Attn: Josh Bodie1 Maintenance Ave. Youngstown, NY 14174 (716) 745-7273 | Wilson Tuscarora State Park Attn: David Giambra Lake Rd., P.O. Box 324 Wilson, NY 14172 (716) 751-6361 |
Approximately 847 adult roosters and hens will be stocked in DEC Region 9 immediately prior to the youth hunt weekend. Birds will be provided from the DEC Reynolds Game Farm. Please refer to the attached table for a summary of release sites in each county.
Youth hunters wishing to hunt pheasants in Allegany State Park are reminded that they must pick up a free hunting permit at the park’s administration building near Redhouse Lake before hunting in the park. For questions about pheasant hunting in Allegany State Park, call (716) 354-9121.
Questions about the Youth Pheasant Hunt can be directed to DEC’s Bureau of Wildlife at (716) 851-7010 in Buffalo or (716) 372-0645 in Allegany. See the table below for Youth Pheasant Hunt Stocking Locations. To apply for a permit, contact the New York State Park managers identified. Additional information about pheasant hunting is available on DEC’s website.
2019 Region 9 Youth Hunt Pheasant Stocking
County | Township | Release Site |
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Allegany | New Hudson | Hanging Bog WMA along New Hudson Road. |
Birdsall | Keeney Swamp WMA Route 15B, off North parking area | |
Cattaraugus | Conewango-Randolph | Conewango Swamp WMA – Between Route 241 and Conewango Creek |
Red House | Allegany State Park, Wolf Run Road (Free permit necessary from Administration Building.) | |
Farmersville | Harwood Lake Multiple Use Area. No special permit required for the youth hunt on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13.Allegheny Reservoir WMA - vicinity of Bone Run off Onoville Road. | |
South Valley | Allegheny Reservoir WMA - vicinity of Bone Run off Onoville Road. | |
Chautauqua | Sherman | Alder Bottom Wildlife Management Area – off Idora Road and Route 76. |
Erie | Collins | Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area, south of Vail and Unger Road and Button Road.No special permit required for the youth hunt on Oct. 12 and 13. |
Niagara | Lewiston | Joseph Davis State Park -Special permit required for hunting pheasants on Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13. |
Wilson | *Wilson-Tuscarora State Park –Special permit required for hunting pheasants on Saturday, Oct. 12, and Sunday, Oct. 13. | |
Somerset | Golden Hill State Park -Special permit required for hunting pheasants on Saturday, Oct 12, and Sunday, Oct 13. * | |
Wyoming | Middlebury | Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area and Sulphur Springs Hill Fish and Wildlife Management Act Cooperative Hunting Area, five miles north of Warsaw. |