Migratory Game Bird Seasons

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Ducks, Coots, Snipe, Pigeon and Dove Seasons
Species	Area	Season Dates	Daily Bag Limit	Possession Limit
Duck For sea duck authorizations, see License Fees & Information.	W. Washington Youth	Sept. 21 (Youth Only^a)	7^b	7^b
	E. Washington Youth	Sept. 28 (Youth Only^a)	7^b	7^b
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Statewide)	Feb. 1^a	7b	7b
	Statewide	Oct. 12-20 & Oct. 23 - Jan. 26, except Scaup season closed Oct. 12 - Nov. 1	7^b	21^b
Coot	W. Washington Youth	Sept. 21 (Youth Only^a)	25	25
	E. Washington Youth	Sept. 28 (Youth Only^a)	25	25
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Statewide)	Feb. 1^a	25	25
	Statewide	Oct. 12-20 & Oct. 23 - Jan. 26	25	75
Snipe	Statewide	Oct. 12-20 & Oct. 23 - Jan. 26	8	24
Band-tailed Pigeon For authorization reporting requirements, see License Fees & Information.	Statewide	Sept. 15-23	2	6
Mourning Dove	Statewide	Sept. 1 - Oct. 30	15	45
a - Special hunting dates: Special Youth Hunting days open only to hunters 15 years of age or under (must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years old who is not hunting). Veterans and Active Military is open to: veterans must have served in the active military, naval, or air service, and discharged or released under Honorable conditions, Active duty military includes members of the National Guard and Reserves on active duty (other than for training). Must have one of the following, or a copy of, during the hunt: DD214, Veteran Benefit Card, Retired Active Military I.D., or Active Duty I.D. card. b - Daily bag limit: 7 ducks, to include not more than 2 hen mallard, 1 pintail, 2 scaup, 2 canvasback, and 2 redhead statewide; and to include not more than 2 scoter, 2 long-tailed duck, & 2 goldeneye in western Washington. - Possession limit (Youth and Youth, Veteran and Active Military Dates): Same as daily bag limit. - Possession limit (Regular Season): 21 ducks, to include not more than 6 hen mallard, 3 pintail, 6 scaup, 6 canvasback, and 6 redhead statewide; and to include not more than 6 scoter, 6 long-tailed duck, and 6 goldeneye in western Washington. - Harlequin Duck: Closed to harvest statewide, except for 38 permits (see Migratory Game Bird Season Summary for details).

2024-2025 Goose and Brant Seasons – Western Washington
Species	Area	Season Dates	Daily Bag Limit			Possession Limit
Canada Goose September Seasons	Goose Mgmt Areas 1 & 3	Sept. 7-12	5 ^c			15 ^c
Canada Goose September Seasons	Goose Mgmt Area 2	Sept. 7-15	5 ^c,d			15 ^c,d
Goose (except Brant)	Note: Canada Geese are all subspecies of Canada and Cackling geese. White Geese are snow, Ross' and blue phase geese. Dusky Canada goose season is closed. No other goose species is open to harvest.		Canada Geese	White-Fronted Geese	White Geese	Canada Geese	White-Fronted Geese	White Geese
	Western Washington Youth (Goose Mgmt Areas 1, 2, & 3)	Sept. 21 (Canada and white-fronted goose only)	4	10	—	4	10	—
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Statewide)	Feb. 1	4	10	10	4	10	10
	Goose Mgmt Area 1^e For snow goose authorization reporting requirements, see License Fees & Information.	Regular Season: Oct. 12 - Dec. 1 and Dec. 14 - Jan. 26	4	10	10	12	30	30
		Late Season (white goose only): Feb. 8-18. See pamphlet for details.	—	—	20	—	—	60
	Goose Mgmt Area 2 - Coast^f (includes Pacific County and that portion of Grays Harbor County west of Highway 101). Dusky Canada Goose season is closed in Area 2 during October - March. For authorization requirements, see pamphlet. During Feb. 8-19, National Wildlife Refuges and WDFW Wildlife Areas are closed to goose hunting in this management area.	Every day Oct. 12-27 Saturdays, Sundays, & Wednesdays only Oct. 30 - Dec. 1, Dec. 18 - Jan. 19, and Feb. 8-19.	3^g	10	10	9^g	30	30
	Goose Mgmt Area 2 - Inland^f (includes Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties; and that portion of Grays Harbor County east of Highway 101). Dusky Canada Goose season is closed in GMA2 during October - March. For authorization requirements, see pamphlet. During Feb. 8 - Mar. 5, National Wildlife Refuges and WDFW Wildlife Areas are closed to goose hunting in this management area.	All areas except Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Every day Oct. 12-27 Saturdays, Sundays, & Wednesdays only Nov. 20 - Jan. 12 and Feb. 8 - Mar. 5	3^g	10	10	9^g	30	30
		Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays only Oct. 12-27 and Nov. 20 - Jan. 11	3^g	10	10	9^g	30	30
	Goose Mgmt Area 3	Oct. 12-24 & Nov. 2 - Jan. 26	4	10	10	12	30	30
Brant For authorization reporting requirements, see regulations.	Skagit County	Starts closed: Additional season dates to be determined by aerial survey results. Season updates will be provided by WDFW news release.	2			6
	Clallam & Whatcom	Jan. 18, 22, and 25	2			6
	Pacific County	Jan. 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, and 26	2			6
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Clallam, Pacific, Whatcom)	Feb. 1. Skagit County status will be determined by aerial survey results.	2			2
Swans	Closed Statewide
c - Daily bag and possession limits: to include Canada geese only. d - Daily bag and possession limits in Pacific County are 15/45 during the September Canada goose season. e - Skagit County and Whatcom County Special Restrictions: While hunting snow geese, if a hunter is convicted of a) trespass, b) shooting from, across, or along the maintained part of any public highway, c) discharging a firearm for the purpose of hunting waterfowl within 100 feet of any maintained portion of a public highway or roadway on Fir Island or discharging a firearm for the purpose of hunting snow geese within 100 feet of any maintained portion of a public highway or roadway in other areas of Skagit County or Whatcom County, or d) exceeding the daily bag limit for snow geese, authorization will be invalidated for the remainder of the current snow goose season and an authorization will not be issued for the subsequent snow goose season. f - In Goose Management Area 2, legal hunting hours for geese are 30 minutes after the start of the official waterfowl hunting hours to 30 minutes before the end of official waterfowl hunting hours. See the inside back cover for hunting hours. g - Dusky Canada goose season closed. A dusky Canada goose is defined as a dark breasted (Munsell 10 YR, 5 or less) Canada goose with a culmen (bill) length of 40-50 mm.