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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: adamR on December 27, 2013, 07:03:24 PM

Title: Porcupine
Post by: adamR on December 27, 2013, 07:03:24 PM: Can someone tell me if hunting porcupines is legal. I'm looking for a real answer. Hopefully someone could quote me an actual written rule.
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: stevemiller on December 27, 2013, 07:27:01 PM: Totally legal,unclassified,some feel but it is not a rule that porcupines are to be left for emergency consumption only,like if you get lost and need something to eat.they are slow and easy to kill with just a stick.but totally legal to hunt.when i was a kid back east i used to hunt them all the time,cook them up just like a chicken with some seasoning.hunting them in the winter months will put a green in the meat when you cook it up though lol.(pine needles main diet in the winter months)
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: bobcat on December 27, 2013, 07:27:58 PM: Yes, they are unclassified wildlife. Hunt year around.

See this, porcupines are 4th from the bottom:
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: duckmen1 on December 27, 2013, 07:42:34 PM: Is a license required to hunt unclassified wildlife? On unclassified wildlife can you use an air rifle?
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: bobcat on December 27, 2013, 07:49:30 PM: Quote
I heard about hunting unclassified wildlife. What do I need to purchase and what type of weapons can I use to hunt them?

To hunt unclassified wildlife, you need a valid big game or small game license. You can hunt unclassified wildlife year round with no bag limit and with any weapon. For instance, you can legally hunt unclassified wildlife with an air rifle.

Attached below is the Small Game, Furbearers, and Unclassified Species section (Pages 132-133) from the 2009-2015 Game Management Plan available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/game/. (http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/game/.)

http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/356/I+heard+about+hunting+unclassified+wildlife.+What+do+I+need+to+purchase+and+what+type+of+weapons+can+I+use+to+hunt+them%3F (http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/356/I+heard+about+hunting+unclassified+wildlife.+What+do+I+need+to+purchase+and+what+type+of+weapons+can+I+use+to+hunt+them%3F)
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: stevemiller on December 27, 2013, 07:51:31 PM: license is required,you can hunt unclassified with an air rifle. :yeah:
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: duckmen1 on December 27, 2013, 07:58:25 PM: Sweet thanks
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: adamR on December 27, 2013, 08:04:54 PM: Thanks for the link... And I would have never thought to eat one, I may try that.
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: Humptulips on December 27, 2013, 08:09:38 PM: The guard hair on them is worth about $20.
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: stevemiller on December 27, 2013, 09:38:01 PM: Quote from: adamR on December 27, 2013, 08:04:54 PM
Thanks for the link... And I would have never thought to eat one, I may try that.
very good eats.
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: CamoDup on December 28, 2013, 08:00:31 PM: Quote from: Humptulips on December 27, 2013, 08:09:38 PM
The guard hair on them is worth about $20.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: Jonathan_S on December 28, 2013, 08:07:54 PM: Quote from: CamoDup on December 28, 2013, 08:00:31 PM
Quote from: Humptulips on December 27, 2013, 08:09:38 PM
The guard hair on them is worth about $20.

:yeah:

Some even more :tup: There are a few certain drainage areas that "give" me 6-10 porkys a year each and they all have extra long tri-colored guard hairs :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: HawkCreek on December 28, 2013, 08:12:32 PM: This is from last month. This guy sure gave us a scare, thank goodness I had a 10 round mag of .308!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi252.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fhh29%2FHawkCreek_photos%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2FIMAG0059_zps0dbd6fb4.jpg&hash=efc5ccda78517ea1d2ca867e7835eb0da514df45)
Title: Re: Porcupine
Post by: Jonathan_S on December 28, 2013, 08:16:02 PM: I bet that was a close call, he looks to be pushing the 7# :yike: