Seasons and Bag Limits

Small or Upland Game

Ring-necked Pheasant (Male)
Hunting Season

November 1 to December 15,
excluding Sundays, in the
counties of Annapolis, Kings and
Hants.

October 1 to December 15,
excluding Sundays, in all other
counties of the province.

Bag Limit Two (2) male
ring-necked pheasants per day,
with a possession limit after
the first day of four (4) birds
at any time.
Persons transporting a
ring-necked pheasant must leave
at least one fully feathered
wing and the tail attached to
the bird. This does not apply to
legally tagged pheasants taken
from a licensed Pheasant
Shooting Preserve.

A Small Game Hunting License is
required to hunt ring-necked
pheasants.

Pheasant Preserve Hunting Season

August 1 to March 31,
excluding Sundays
No Bag Limit
A Small Game Hunting License is
not required to shoot pheasants
on a licensed Pheasant Shooting
Preserve. However, a Small Game
Hunting License is required to
shoot other small game on a
Preserve. No person is to remove
a pheasant from a Preserve
unless the game bird(s) are
identified with a band or tag
bearing the license number of
the Pheasant Shooting Preserve
Operator.

Ruffed Grouse
October 1 to December 31,
excluding Sundays

Bag Limit Five (5) per
day, with possession limit
after the first day of ten
(10) at any time.

A Small Game Hunting License
is required.

Rabbit (Snowshoe Hare)
No Bag Limit
No hunting license is required except by non-residents.

Hunting Season
November 15 to February 15, excluding Sundays

Snaring Season
November 15 to February 15, including Sundays

Hungarian Partridge
No open hunting season.