- Sign up
- for hunter safety. Required if you were born on or after January 1, 1973.
- Buy
- your hunting license.
- Apply
- for a permit and check permit status online.
- Know
- the regulations.
Small game hunting
Game birds |
Type of license(s) required |
Pheasant |
Small game hunting license and Pheasant Stamp |
Ruffed Grouse |
Small game hunting license |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Small game hunting license and must apply for a permit |
Hungarian Partridge |
Small game hunting license |
Bobwhite Quail |
Small game hunting license |
Crow |
Small game hunting license |
Small game and furbearers |
Type of license(s) required |
Squirrels - Gray & Fox |
Small game hunting license |
Cottontail Rabbit |
Small game hunting license |
Snowshoe Hare |
Small game hunting license |
Fox - red and gray |
Residents required to have a small game hunting license and
non-Residents required to have a furbearer license |
Coyotes |
Residents required to have a small game hunting license and
non-Residents required to have a furbearer license |
Raccoons |
Residents required to have a small game hunting license and
non-Residents required to have a furbearer license |
Bobcat |
Residents required to have a small game hunting license and
non-Residents required to have a furbearer license and also successfully receive a permit by application |
Opossum |
Small game hunting license |
Skunk |
Small game hunting license |
Weasel |
Small game hunting license |
- Contact information
- For information on small game hunting, contact:
- Krista Pham
Assistant upland ecologist
Bureau of Wildlife Management
608-261-8458
Last revised: Tuesday October 20 2015