News/Heads up:

• 2008 Regulations are available on-line!  Click below to go to the WDFW website.

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• Important 2008 season dates

  2008 Special Permit Application Available	April 16, 2008
  2008 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules Available	May 15, 2008
  2008 Raffle Tickets Must Be Purchased By	August 4, 2008
  2008 Migratory Waterfowl and Upland Game Seasons Pamphlets Available	Late August 2008
  2009 Hunting Season Licenses Available	December 1, 2008

  2008 Special Permit Application Submission Due	June 18, 2008
  2008 Band-Tailed Pigeon Application Due	August 28, 2008
  2008 Sea Duck Applications Due	September 25, 2008
  2008 Snow Goose Application Due	September 25, 2008
  2008 Brant Application Due	November 8, 2008
  2008 Spring Bear Special Permit Submission Due	March 13, 2008

  Big Game Hunt Harvest Report Due (for Incentive Permit Drawing Eligibility)	January 10, 2009
  Big Game Harvest Report Deadline	10 days after your harvest or the season end. No later than January 31, 2009, unless your special hunt or late season exceeds this date.
  Brant Harvest Report Due	February 15, 2009
  Sea Duck Harvest Report	February 15, 2009
  Snow Goose Harvest Report Due	February 15, 2009
  Band-Tailed Pigeon Harvest Report Due	September 30, 2008
  Pheasant Permit Return Due	December 31, 2008
  Harvest Report for Previous Year Estimated Availability	Mid-May for Website Late June for Printed Version
  Status and Trend Report for Previous Year Estimated Availability	TBA

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• 2008 Spring Turkey Pamphlet is available! click on the picture to download from the WDFW website.

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• WANTED! A newly formed Washington specific chapter of Hunt of A Lifetime is looking for volunteers and sponsors.  Send Steve G. an email at SteveG@huntofalifetime.org   This is a great organization. "Hunt Of A Lifetime" is a nonprofit organization with a mission to grant hunting & fishing adventures and dreams for children age 21 and under, who have been diagnosed with life threatening illnesses. We are doing what we can to make a difference in their life, a dream come true."
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• Master Hunter orientations are being offered in Ellensburg and Olympia.  The orientation meetings will focus on the Master Hunter program application process, requirements for certification and the role of the master hunter.  The meetings are open to the public and no pre-registration is required.  The meetings will be held:

   Feb. 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Ballroom A at the Central Washington University Student Union Building in Ellensburg. - March 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 172 of the Natural resources Building (NRB), 1111 Washington St., Olympia.

  Presentations at both meetings will begin at 1:15 p.m., followed by a question and answer session.The Master Hunter program is a voluntary program sponsored by WDFW.  Formerly known as the Advanced Hunter Education program, the program has been redesigned to promote the highest standard of hunter ethics and help assure continued hunting opportunity in the future. Master hunters participate in controlled hunts to eliminate problem animals that damage property and/or threaten public safety. In addition to providing certification, the program emphasizes safe, lawful and ethical hunting practices.

  The deadline for enrolling in the 2008 Master Hunter program is April 16.  Details on the program and enrollment procedures are available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/masterhunter .

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• HuntWashingtonState.com turns 1 year old February 1, 2008. Thank you to the thousands of visitors to this site and all of the great feedback, keep it coming!!!  A number of people have provided comments regarding the information available here and in some cases have helped people get their first deer or bird.  Exactly what this site was built for.
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• Brant goose numbers in Skagit County are high enough to allow a seven-day hunt later this month, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Brant hunting in the county will proceed as scheduled Jan. 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 27 with a daily bag limit of two geese.  Hunters participating in the brant season must have prior written authorization and a harvest information card from WDFW.  http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/water/water.htm   (posted 1-10-2008)
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• Washington Sportsmen's Show (Puyallup) is coming January 23 - 27, 2008 link 
• Evergreen Sportsmen's Show (Monroe) is coming February 21 - 24, 2008 link 
• Pacific Northwest Sportsmen's Show (Portland) is coming February 6 - 10, 2008 link 
• Big Horn Outdoor show (Spokane) is coming March 20 - 23, 2008 link
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• Spring bear applications are available and due by March 13, 2008 "To apply for a permit, hunters must purchase a special permit application and a 2008 hunting license that includes bear as a species option.  Hunting licenses, bear transport tags and bear permit applications may be purchased online (https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/ ), by phone (866-246-9453) or at any license vendor in the state" (posted 1-3-2008)
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• Make sure to report your big game hunting activity!!!  whether you harvested an animal or not, you must still report.  You can be fined for not reporting and if you report on time, you can get the chance at drawing one of a number of special permits. WA Licensing @ OutdoorCentral (posted 12-29-2007)
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• All general seasons are winding down for the year except for archery and waterfowl.  Weather has finally cooperated and has pushed the northerns through, but, some reports state that on the eastside of the state, most ponds have frozen up for the season.  Western Washington may have already had it's migration come through. (posted 12-12-2007)
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• Check out all of the new items in our Extras file.  Lots of useful information and interesting tidbits. Extras (posted 11-5-2007)
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• WDFW has reported mixed success on birds and bucks last weekend.  Dry and uneventful weather did not help hunters out in the field last weekend (posted 10-17-07)
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• Good luck to all of you rifle guys and all you waterfowlers... Oct 13 is opening day! Don't forget to pack a camera and send us your photos!! (posted 10-9-07)
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• Good luck to all the Muzzle stuffers out there!!! Opening day deer is the 6th of October (posted 10-4-07)
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• Take the WDFW survey to help steer the next management cycle. 2009-2015 Survey  Make sure you are heard! and comment on issues important to you. (posted 9-15-07)
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• Opening day for arrow flingers tomorrow!  Good luck to all (posted 8-31-07)
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• WDFW announced Fall Waterfowl seasons Oct 13-17, 2007 and Oct. 20, 2007-Jan 27, 2008
• Fall Bear Season opens tomorrow!!!!  Good luck! (posted 7-31-07)
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• Special permit application results are out this week and in your mailbox by July 31, 2007.  Here is a link to see if the special draw has selected you.  Special Permits WDFW  Make sure to have your WILD ID number ready to query the on-line tool (posted 7-19-07)
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• New 2007 legislation has been enacted and signed in to law effective July 22, 2007 which allows first time hunters to waive the need for hunter ed with some caveats.  Here is the full text. HB1249 (posted 6-6-07)
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• 2007 regs are available!  Here is a link to the WDFW Regulations and Harvest reports
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• 2006 Harvest reports are now available from the WDFW Status reports Use these reports to see how successful an area or a special permit has been. (posted 4-27-07)
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• Check out the new Google maps tool for each area.  We will try to build and post new maps as much as we can.  When you click on the map for the area, you will be directed to Google Maps.  Press "satellite" and you should see helpful information.
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• Here are some important dates to watch out for.  (posted 4-3-07)
• 2007 Special Permit Application Available                                
               May 15, 2007                                                  
    2007 Late Fall Turkey Applications Available                             
               August 1, 2007                                                
    2007 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Rules Available                        
               May 15, 2007                                                  
    2007 Raffle Tickets Must be Purchased By                                 
               August 6, 2007                                                
    2007 Migratory Waterfowl and Upland Game Seasons Pamphlets Available     
               Late August 2007                                              
    2007 Hunting Season Licenses Available                                   
               December 1, 2007                                              
                                                                             
    Application Related Dates                                                
    2007 Special Permit Application Submission Due                           
               June 28, 2007                                                 
    2007 Late Fall Turkey Applications Due                                   
               August 31, 2007                                               
    2007 Band-Tailed Pigeon Application Due                                  
               August 28, 2007                                               
    2007 Sea Duck Applications Due                                           
               September 25, 2007                                            
    2007 Snow Goose Application Due                                          
               September 25, 2007                                            
    2007 Brant Application Due                                               
               November 8, 2007                                              
         
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• Spring Bear tags will be awarded by March 31, the season is April 15 through June 15.  You are too late to apply if you haven't done so, already (posted 3-22-07)
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• Spring regulations are out for Turkey.  Season is April 15 - May 31, 2007 here is a link to the pamphlet. (posted 3-15-07)
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• Spring Turkey Season is coming up (generally April 15) Watch the WDFW website for their posting.  We will update the News section when this occurs so that you do not miss any crucial special hunt application deadlines. (posted 3-3-07)
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• WDFW generally posts the year's regulations sometime in the beginning of May.  Watch the WDFW website for their posting.  We will update the News section when this occurs so that you do not miss any crucial special hunt application deadlines. (posted 3-3-07)
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• 2007 Spring bear apps are due no later than March 13, 2007.  WDFW NEWS RELEASE (posted 3-2-07)

• Hunt Washington State Goes Live!!!!  (posted 2-1-07)

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