Northwest Fishing Reports

just wondering if anybody on the site hunts with hounds. maybe raccoons or etc?. would love to go with somebody one night or a day hunt. i grew up running hounds for bear,cougar,and raccoons. with my grandfather down in oregon.

I thought hunting with hounds was banned in Washington? Or does it depend on what your hunting for?

spindog, hound hunting for cougar and blackbear was banned in 1996, but has made a bit of a restricted comeback. I'm not sure about using hounds to hunt small game though (i.e. racoon). However, we use dogs to hunt ducks and upland game. While pheasant hunting, I've had a good bird dog come out of the cover with a pheasant in it's mouth. No gun needed. Unfortunately one time it was a hen, but the dog was a very good bird dog with a soft mouth and no damage was done to the bird. Let her go and off she flew.

This is from the 2009 hunting regs:

He thanks BentRod for clearing that up fore me.