Every year, New Jersey DEP Fish & Wildlife stocks pheasants on 23 Wildlife Management Areas across the state, as well as Fort Dix (limited) and the Delaware Water Gap NRA. Additionally, quail are stocked on Greenwood Forest, and Peaslee Wildlife Management Areas. Efforts to provide a quality pheasant hunting season begin in spring, when Fish & Wildlife staff sow fields with forage and cover seed mixtures. Among other benefits to various species of wildlife, these mixes provide ample cover for pheasants when they are stocked in the fall. This ensures a challenging but rewarding hunt for both seasoned hunters, and those who are stepping foot in the field for the first time; pheasant hunting is an excellent way to get started in hunting. Maps showing the areas to be stocked with pheasants during the small game season are linked below.

Woodcock Hunting Zone Webmap
Upland Game Bird Stocking Area Webmap
2024 Pheasant and Quail Stocking Schedule 
Quail Stocking Maps

Click the name of a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) below to view a map of the stocking areas and parking lots in the Upland Bird Stocking Areas web application.

Northern New Jersey
Black River
Berkshire Valley
Clinton
Delaware Water Gap
Flatbrook
Pequest
Walpack
Whittingham

Central New Jersey
Assunpink
Colliers Mills
Greenwood Forest (Howardsville Section)
Manahawkin
Manasquan
Medford
Stafford Forge

Southern New Jersey
Dix
Glassboro
Heislerville
Mad Horse
Millville
Nantuxent
Port Republic
Tuckahoe
Winslow

Bobwhite Quail (Stocked on the Greenwood Forest and Peaslee WMAs only):
Greenwood Forest
Peaslee