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Wisconsin american woodcock regulations, 2026
Last updated 2026-09-24 · from WDNR data · 2026 season year
Wisconsin's 2026 american woodcock season runs September 19, 2026 to November 2, 2026 — 45 days afield. No single bag limit is shown for it here — read the notes below and check the current WDNR regulations before you go. Hunter orange is required. Stamps: HIP registration. Read against the 2026 season year, from WDNR.
Season and limits
- Season
- American woodcock — September 19, 2026 to November 2, 2026
- Bag limit
- not shown No single bag limit is shown for it here. Where WDNR publishes one that changes by zone or partway through the season, the figures are in the notes below and this page will not pick one of them; where it publishes none at all, this page leaves it empty rather than guess — a wrong limit is worse than a missing one, because it looks researched. Check the Wisconsin Small Game Hunting Regulations.
- Hunter orange
- required At least 50% of clothing above the waist, and any head covering, must be blaze orange or fluorescent pink any time a firearm deer season is in progress. This applies to small game and archery hunters, not only to deer hunters. Waterfowl hunters are exempt.
- Stamps
- HIP registration
- Wisconsin requires blaze orange or fluorescent pink only while a firearm deer season is in progress — but then it applies to small game hunters too. This app flags orange as required for the whole season because missing it during gun deer season is the dangerous error. Check the gun deer dates.
- Woodcock is a migratory bird, so its limit is set federally and published on WDNR's migratory bird table rather than the upland one. This app does not carry that table, so no figure is shown.
- Migratory bird: a federal HIP registration is required in addition to the small game licence.
Licences
- Small game licence
Everyone hunting small game — Bought through Go Wild, WDNR's licence system. - Hunter education certificate
Anyone born on or after 1 January 1973 — Or a mentored hunting licence, which requires a qualified mentor within arm's reach. - Federal HIP registration
Woodcock and every other migratory bird — Free registration with the federal harvest survey. - Pheasant stamp
Pheasant hunters on WDNR-stocked land — Required in addition to the small game licence to hunt land the state stocks.
The other questions
- How to hunt american woodcock in Wisconsin
- When does Wisconsin's 2026 american woodcock season open?
- Where to hunt american woodcock in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin american woodcock hunting report
- American woodcock hunting in Wisconsin — the whole picture
- American woodcock — biology, range and how it is hunted
By region
- American woodcock hunting in the Wisconsin Northwoods
- American woodcock hunting in the Wisconsin Driftless