Hunting and Fishing

There are hundreds of options for travel destinations in Washington State - but here are a select few managed by the National Park Service to start your adventure.

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for your help identifying the person who poached a mature bull elk in the northeast corner of the state with archery equipment over Labor Day weekend.   OSP says the suspect shot the elk, and began recovering the meat, however, when an Oregon State Trooper arrived in the area, the individual left the area without taking any portion of

Idaho Fish and Game recently announced with the detection of chronic wasting disease in Unit 1, a new CWD management zone has been established.  This new zone is defined as that portion of Boundary County east of the Selkirk Mountains divide.  Fish an...

Deer and elk hunters in Oregon have an incentive to get their animals tested for Chronic Wasting Disease.  They can have it for years without showing symptoms, which is why the state tests for it.  Now, Oregon is encouraging outdoor lovers to test their deer and elk for this fatal disease.  Michelle Dennehy,...

Idaho Fish and Game is recognizing Chronic Wasting Disease Awareness Week, which runs now through Sunday September 29th.  The goal is to help hunters, and others who value Idaho’s wildlife, to learn and understand why managing the disease is critical to Idaho’s future, and the role hunters play in it.   “I think hun...

The Washington department of fish and wildlife will host its annual national hunting and fishing day celebration September 28th in Cowlitz County.  Amy Elliott, regional WDFW hunter education and volunteer coordinator, said the family style event introduces shooting, hunting and fishing to the next generation.  She add...

In an effort to slow, or even stop the spread of chronic wasting disease, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife passed an emergency rule last week banning the feeding of deer, elk, and moose north of Spokane.  CWD is a fatal illness of cervids, which include deer, elk, and moose in Washington.  It is c...

Idaho Fish and Game announced last week a positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease in an adult female white-tailed deer roughly three miles outside of Bonners Ferry.  The deer was reported to Fish and Game by a landowner who found the dead deer in early July.  The pos...

Anglers in Chelan County can now catch channel catfish for the first time in over a decade. The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) has resumed its channel catfish stocking program after a ten-year absence. Channel catfish are a non-indigenous species that were first introduced to the waters of Washington in Skagit County in 1892. Af...

Get ready to cast your line for sockeye salmon at Lake Wenatchee! Fishing season opens July 22 with rules like daily limits and barbless hooks.