As publishedWestern WA only: Sept 19-Nov 30, 2026
Closed throughout Eastern Washington entirely - only open in Western Washington.
Lower confidence: WDFW's own mountain quail species page states that deriving a population estimate for this small, widely dispersed, remote-habitat population "is not currently practical." A WDFW-funded research project is underway to develop survey methodology (to inform future translocation/habitat management), but this is methodology development, not a recurring monitoring or reporting program -- no population index exists to capture. State-ranked Critically Imperiled.