PointsAfieldSeason2026–27
Washington · Upland

Sharp-tailed grouse

Closed statewide
Season 2026-27
0 windows on one classification

Season windows

Awaiting survey — No dated season on record

This state's classification carries no date range for the species.

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Licence and outlook

Bag limitAwaiting survey
HIP requiredAwaiting survey
Exceptions posted at the boundary

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse; present in WA but explicitly closed to hunting statewide; WDFW's own grouse-ID pages caption it as 'protected'.

Population outlook

Washington 2026

Awaiting survey — Washington 2026

Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is state-endangered and closed to hunting statewide, but WDFW actively searches for and counts leks in the same Douglas County core area as sage-grouse (same monitoring effort, same named leks); population described as continuing to decrease. No standalone annual lek-count report was found distinct from the recovery-plan documents -- active monitoring confirmed, but no discrete dated report to capture.

Issuing agencyWashington Department of Fish and Wildlifewdfw.wa.govRecord year 2026