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Western Washington Goose Management Areas

Mandatory Harvest Report requirement in Goose Management Area 1 due March 20th.

During Feb. 12-22, 2022, the following specified WDFW lands are closed to goose hunting in Goose Management Area 1:

Fir Island Farm Game Reserve Unit
Island Unit
Johnson DeBay's Slough Swan Reserve and Hunt Unit
Leque Island Unit
Samish Unit
Samish River Unit
South Padilla Bay Unit
Skagit Headquarters Unit

2021-2022 Migratory Game Bird Seasons - Western Washington
Species	Area	Season Dates	Daily Bag Limit			Possession Limit
Canada Goose September Seasons	Goose Mgmt Areas 1 & 3	Sept. 4-9	5 ^c			15 ^c
Canada Goose September Seasons	Goose Mgmt Area 2	Sept. 4-12	5 ^c,d			15 ^c,d
Goose (except Brant)	Note: Canada Geese are all types of Canada geese including cackling, Taverner's and Aleutian geese. White geese are snow and Ross' geese. Dusky Canada goose season is closed.		Canada Geese	White-Fronted Geese	White Geese	Canada Geese	White-Fronted Geese	White Geese
	Western Washington Youth (Goose Mgmt Areas 1, 2, & 3)	Sept. 25 (Canada and white-fronted goose only)	4	10	—	4	10	—
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Statewide)	Feb. 5	4	10	10	4	10	10
	Goose Mgmt Area 1^e For snow goose authorization reporting requirements, see License Fees & Information. During Feb. 12-22 specified WDFW lands are closed.	Regular Season (all goose types): Oct. 16 - Nov. 28 and Dec. 11 - Jan. 30	4	10	10	12	30	30
		Late Season (white goose only): Feb. 12-22. 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. 12 - 23, National Wildlife Refuges and WDFW Wildlife Areas are closed to goose hunting in this management area.	All areas except Willapa National Wildlife Refuge: Every day Oct. 16 - 31 Saturdays, Sundays, & Wednesdays only Nov. 3 - Dec. 5, Dec. 22 - Jan. 23, and Feb. 12 - 23.	4^g	10	10	12^g	30	30
		Willapa National Wildlife Refuge: Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday only Oct. 16 - 31, Nov. 3 - Dec. 5, and Dec. 22 - Jan. 23	4^g	10	10	12^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. 12 - Mar. 9, 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. 16 - 31 Saturdays, Sundays, & Wednesdays only Nov. 24 - Jan. 16 and Feb. 12 - Mar. 9	4^g	10	10	12^g	30	30
		Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays only Oct. 16- 31 and Nov. 24 - Jan. 15	4^g	10	10	12^g	30	30
	Goose Mgmt Area 3	Oct. 16-28 & Nov. 6 - Jan. 30	4	10	10	12	30	30
Brant For authorization reporting requirements, see regulations.	Skagit County	Jan. 15 and 22. Additional season dates to be determined by aerial survey results. Season updates will be provided by WDFW news release.	2			6
	Clallam & Whatcom	Jan. 15, 19 and 22	2			6
	Pacific County	Jan. 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29 and 30	2			6
	Youth, Veterans & Active Military (Clallam, Pacific, Skagit, Whatcom)	Feb. 5	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 paved public road on Fir Island or discharging a firearm for the purpose of hunting snow geese within 100 feet of any paved public road 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.