Varmints

[cumminsbassguy]

Hey all, I had a couple question about small game hunting.    Can you hunt squirrels here or no? I don't see any regulations in regards to them. Also can you hunt on any state land and us forestry lands?

[Blacktail Sniper]

Here is some info to start with:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_squirrel/

[Blacktail Sniper]

Also, copied from page 88 of the hunting regs:

10 Protected Wildlife:
It is illegal to hunt, kill, possess, or control protected wildlife Protected wildlife are: Cascade golden-mantled ground, golden mantled ground, Washington ground, red, Douglas, northern flying and western gray squirrels; Mazama pocket gopher, steller and California sea lions; seals; dolphins; porpoises; whales, green sea, loggerhead sea and painted turtles; Larch Mountain salamander; Greater sage-grouse; sharp-tailed grouse; bald eagle; peregrine falcon; ferruginous hawk; marbled murrelet; pygmy whitefish, margined sculpins; Olympic mudminnows; cony
or pika; North American lynx; common loon; least, yellow- pine, Townsend’s, and red-tailed chipmunks; hoary and Olympic marmots; wolverines; California mountain kingsnake; all birds not classified as game birds, except starlings, house sparrows, rock doves (pigeons), Eurasion collared doves, and magpies;
all bats, except when found in or immediately adjacent to a dwelling or other occupied building

[Fl0und3rz]

Two threads on topic.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,90214.msg1145285.html

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=53782.10

[cumminsbassguy]

Thanks guys!! appreciate it, I will have to do some looking at what kind of squirrels there are around the Spokane/ Cheney area. I really wanna take the life of some defenseless animal for my stove top.. that sounds kind of brutal...

[Trapper John]

If you do hunt them, make sure you are looking at hunting the "Eastern Gray Squirrel"
They have smaller ears and more rounded at the top of the ear.

The "Western Gray Squirrel" has longer ears and more square at the top of his ears.
The Western Gray squirrel is protected here in Washington State and the Eastern Gray Squirrel is not and neither is the "Fox Squirrel" which can be found down around Walla Walla area.

I recommend that you google both squirrels and look at the pictures so you know which is which to keep you out of danger from the Wildlife department.  Those boys like to write tickets.
JC