Washington · Today · September 15, 2026
What's in Season Right Now in Washington
7
seasons are open in Washington today
Closing next: Deer, Oct 4.
Open right now
- Deer High Buck Hunt (Wilderness Areas) · Early Archery Through Oct 4 · 19 days left
- Dove Mourning Dove Through Oct 30 · 45 days left
- Bear Any legal method (dogs & bait prohibited statewide) Through Nov 15 · 61 days left
- Turkey Fall General Season Through Dec 31 · 107 days left
- Elk Modern Firearm — Eastern WA (Master Hunter Permit Program only, antlerless) · Modern Firearm — Eastern WA, Elk Area 3722 (antlerless only, mainly private land) · +4 more Through Jan 31 · 138 days left
- Pheasant Falconry — upland game birds · Western Washington — hunters 65+/with disabilities · +1 more Through Mar 15 · 181 days left
- Rabbit Falconry — cottontail rabbit & snowshoe hare · Firearm/archery — cottontail rabbit & snowshoe hare Through Mar 15 · 181 days left
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No further dates on record
Our Washington record holds no open dates after these. That usually means the season year is done and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has yet to publish the next one — but where a state runs a later season we have not recorded yet, the season page is the place it will show first. Check there before treating a species as finished for the year.
Today’s sun in Washington
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 19:13
Sunrise and sunset for the centre of Washington — astronomy, not a legal shooting hour. Legal light is set per species and is often half an hour either side of these times, but not always: some seasons run sunrise to sunset, and a few open at a fixed clock time. Each season page carries its own rule.
How this page is worked out
Every season on this page is checked against its own open windows, not the outer span of the licence year. That matters: many seasons close and reopen — a two-day gap for a deer opener, a Christmas Day closure, or a gap of months between a fall and a spring hunt. A page that only looked at the first and last date of the year would call all of those open.
The status is recalculated in your browser when the page loads, so it stays right between updates. Dates come from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and carry a Last verified stamp on each season page.
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