A big game license allows the holder to hunt for forest grouse, unclassified wildlife, and the individual species identified within a specific big game combination license package. Each big game license includes one transport tag for each species purchased in that package. A hunter may not purchase more than one license for each big game species except as authorized by rule of the commission. The fees for annual big game combination packages are as follows:. The fee for this license is eighty-five dollars for residents, seven hundred eighty dollars for nonresidents, and forty dollars for youth.
Hunters must select each of the required harvest record cards for species they intend to hunt. A test, with a passing score, is required before selecting the SW Canada Goose harvest record card see Goose Management Area 2 for more information. Under the automated licensing system WILD system , licenses may be purchased over the telephone at or online at: fishhunt.
At the end of a telephone or Internet sale, an authorization number will be issued. That authorization number may be used as your license if you are hunting for species not requiring a transport tag or special Migratory Bird Authorization Harvest Card.
Forest grouse and unclassified wildlife are the only species that may be hunted with a big game authorization number until your appropriate tags and license have arrived. Most animals hunted with a small game license, including unclassified wildlife, may be hunted with a small game authorization number until the valid license and tags have been received in the mail. The exceptions are turkeys, which require a transport tag, and migratory birds that require a Migratory Bird Authorization and Harvest Record Card.
Most migratory game birds may be hunted with a small game authorization number that includes a migratory bird permit until the valid license is received in the mail. Duck except Sea Duck in Western Washington : Federal migratory bird stamp not required for youth under 16 , small game license and state migratory bird permit. Sea Duck — Western Washington includes scoters, long-tailed duck, harlequin, goldeneyes : Federal migratory bird stamp not required for youth under 16 , small game license, state migratory bird permit and migratory bird authorization with sea duck harvest record card.
Canada Goose — September: Federal migratory bird stamp not required for youth under 16 , small game license and state migratory bird permit. Brant: Federal migratory bird stamp not required for youth under 16 , small game license, state migratory bird permit and migratory bird authorization with brant harvest record card.
Small game license, state migratory bird permit, and migratory bird authorization with band-tailed pigeon harvest record card.
This in turn allows for more hunting opportunities. If you hold a trapping license recreational or commercial or are certified as a Wildlife Control Operator, or both, you must submit a Trapping Activity Report Form even if you did not capture, trap for, haze, deter, or otherwise control wildlife.
If you were required to submit a tooth as part of your harvest, you can use WDFW's tooth lookup tool to see results. If you need additional assistance with hunter reporting, please contact the Wildlife Program by email , or by phone at Hunters will need to create an account with a user name and password before they are able to report online.
The deadline for big game and turkey reporting is Jan. After the deadline date, the system will not allow you to report. You must report your Migratory Bird harvest even if you did not hunt. Report deadline dates can be found on the WDFW website. If you purchased a hunting license and tag s , you must submit a hunter report even if you did not hunt. You cannot report after the deadline. The deadline is important in order to give WDFW time to collate the data, develop preliminary reports, and provide the information to department biologists across the state to set permit levels for the coming hunting season.
Permit recommendations are presented to the public and a hearing is conducted in early March each year with adoption by the Fish and Wildlife Commission scheduled for early April. These timelines are tight. Following the reporting deadline, WDFW conducts a telephone survey of randomly selected individuals who failed to report their hunting activity by the deadline. It is the random nature of the survey that allows WDFW to accurately estimate hunter effort, harvest, and success rates compared to previous years.
While reports provided by hunters before the deadline are critical, once the deadline passes, WDFW no longer accepts sporadic reports because they reduce the statistical strength of the harvest estimate. For this reason, you still may be contacted for information in a subsequent hunter survey. WDFW strongly encourages you to submit your reports on time because it is important for management of wildlife in Washington and support for hunting opportunity.
The hunter report administrative fee encourages hunter reporting. Hunter reports are important for improving the accuracy of harvest statistics and providing information to WDFW biologists across the state so they can prepare for setting permit levels for the coming hunting season.
For more information on the hunter report fee, see WAC If you made a mistake on your hunter report, contact the Wildlife Program before the deadline date so your report information can be adjusted. You can reach the Wildlife Program by email , or by phone at If you believe you have been assessed the hunter report administrative fee in error, please contact the Wildlife Program by email , or by phone at You will not be able to submit a report after the deadline date.
If you pay the hunter report administrative fee, you have missed the deadline and are no longer required to report for that season's hunting activity.
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