Jacob Dingel More pheasants are planned for release by the Game Commission in the 2018-19 hunting seasons, and hunters who held their senior lifetime hunting or combination licenses at the time the requirement for a pheasant permit became regulation have been exempted from the requirement. Some seniors exempted from pheasant permit None required for those who held lifetime licenses prior to creation. Any Pennsylvania hunter who held a senior lifetime hunting or combination license prior to May 13, 2017 will not need to purchase a pheasant permit to hunt pheasants in the 2018-19 license year. The pheasant permit was created last year as a way to help offset the cost of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's pheasant propagation program. In its first year, the $26.90 permit was required for all adult and senior pheasant hunters, including senior lifetime license buyers. JULY 2018 The requirement for a permit officially became regulation on May 13, 2017. And the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at its April meeting voted to allow hunters who held senior lifetime hunting or combination licenses prior to May 13, 2017 to hunt pheasants without obtaining a permit. Adult pheasant hunters still will need to purchase the permit; junior pheasant hunters will need a free permit in 201819. The pheasant permit was one of several 47