Pheasant Hunting in NH
The Fish and Game stocking crew unloads crates of pheasants. Photo by Eric Orff.
Successful thirteen-year-old Chris Forsey, with Rick Orford, both from Webster, hunting in Hopkinton.
Photo by Eric Orff.

The following list provides a road name for sites stocked with pheasant. Locations shaded with italicized bold print are state managed lands while the rest of these sites are on privately owned land open to hunting. Locations with more than one stocking site on the property are so noted. The tradition of pheasant hunting is available only because landowners continue to allow hunters access and areas to hunt pheasants.
This year, 10,000 adult ring-necked pheasants will be purchased and released at 63 sites in 43 towns. Sites will be stocked just prior to opening day and then on either a Thursday or Friday through October 21. Pheasant season will be closed until noon statewide on in-season stocking days. These closures will occur on Thursdays and Fridays, October 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21. The Success site is now closed and a new site in Milan, off of Head Pond Road, will be stocked this year.
Updated: September 27, 2022
As a late minute change the pheasant stocking site in Marlborough is closed and will no longer be stocked with pheasants. Please call Karen Bordeau at 603-744-5470 with any questions.
Pheasant Stocking Sites | |
TOWN | ROAD NAME |
Allenstown | Black Hall Road, Bear Brook State Park ![]() |
Belmont | Mile Hill Road |
Brentwood | Pine Road, Deer Hill Wildlife Management Area |
Canaan | Goose Pond Road, Mascoma River Wildlife Management Area |
Candia | Patten Hill Road |
Charlestown | Route 12/Great Meadows |
Charlestown | South Hemlock Road |
Claremont | Route 12/Grissom Lane |
Claremont | Sugar River Drive/Case Hill Road |
Claremont | Route 12A/Jarvis Hill |
Claremont | Route 12A/Intersection of Grissom Lane |
Conway | West Side Road |
Croydon | Route 10 |
Dover | Old Garrison Road, Bellamy Wildlife Management Area |
Dublin | Route 137, Edward McDowell Dam |
Enfield | Route 4A, Lower Shaker Village Wildlife Management Area |
Epsom | Off River Road |
Exeter | Route 101, Connor Farm Wildlife Management Area |
Grafton | Hardy Hill Road |
Haverhill | Route 10 |
Henniker | Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Area (2 release sites) |
Hill | Franklin Falls Flood Control Area (5 release sites) |
Hopkinton | Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Area (2 release sites) |
Hopkinton | Penacook Road |
Jaffrey | Route 124/Wit Hill Road |
Loudon | Captain French Road |
Lyndeborough | Cemetery Road |
Milan | Off of Head Pond Road |
Monroe | Route 135 |
Mont Vernon | Lamson Drive |
New Hampton | |
North Conway | Balcony Seat Road to Dugway Road |
Piermont | Route 10 |
Pittsburg | River Road |
Pittsfield | Webster Mills Road |
Pittsfield | Range Road |
Rollinsford | Rollins Road (1 release site) |
Salisbury | Blackwater Flood Control Area |
Sanbornton | Franklin Falls Flood Control Area (3 release sites) |
Sandwich | Bearcamp Pond Road |
Sandwich | Henderson Road off Route 113 |
Seabrook | Route 107 |
Stewartstown | North Hill |
Strafford | Whig Hill Road |
Surry | Surry Flood Control Area/Route 12A (2 release sites) |
Unity | Mica Mine Road |
Weare | Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Area |
Wentworth | North Dorchester Road, Foster and Colburn State Forest ![]() |
Westmoreland | Route 63/Conn. River (2 release sites) |
Westmoreland | River Road/County Farm |
Winchester | Old Westport Road (4 release sites) |
History
The ring-necked pheasant is one of the most colorful of the game birds. It prefers to run rather than fly and can test the most skilled bird hunting dog with its hide-and-seek behavior.
Pheasant hunting has a long history in New Hampshire – the first pheasants were stocked here over a hundred years ago.
Thank the Landowners
Today the time-honored tradition of pheasant hunting is possible in the state only because private landowners continue to allow hunters access to their land. The pheasant program relies heavily upon cooperative relationships with landowners.
Please remember to respect the land and property owner’s rights to privacy and safety on all lands open to pheasant hunting and stocking. Respect farmland and do not drive on agricultural fields or block gates or bar ways to pastures and croplands with vehicles.
Responsible behavior towards other hunters and other outdoor users will keep property open for everyone for years to come. Please take the time to be courteous and thank these landowners for their generosity.
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Youth Pheasant Events
Sporting clubs interested in holding youth pheasant hunting events may contact Karen Bordeau at NH Fish and Game's Region 2 Office at
(603) 744-5470 to request an information packet. Participating youth must be between 12 and 15 years of age. Events may be held on Saturday and Sunday of the two full weekends in September immediately prior to September 29.