The most substantive changes are to the state’s deer hunting regulations, which were last updated in 2020. The proposal includes allowing hunters to use rifles and shotguns to kill antlerless ...

SEATTLE - Washington wildlife officials are launching a new study to better manage the state's black-tail deer populations, including during hunting seasons. This effort from the Washington ...

Now, with Washington state’s first case of chronic wasting ... “CWD is the biggest threat to the future of deer hunting,” says the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership on its website ...

The precautions extend to the ongoing burn ban as the state endures drought conditions causing more susceptibility to brush fires. The fall firearms deer hunting season will open on Wednesday ...

Wildlife officials are getting closer to making a final decision on permanent rules for limiting the spread of chronic wasting disease in Washington, including proposed statewide bans on feeding ...

Washington’s first case was discovered in a white-tailed deer from the Fairwood area ... were in place this fall in the three hunting units around the state’s first case of the disease.

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted 8-1 to approve amended cougar hunting rules. Spurred by a petition from wildlife conservation organizations, the new rules aim ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— Wildlife conservation groups today petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to amend state hunting rules for cougars and bears. The legal petition asks the commission to ...