2026-27 game bird shooting hours
Legal shooting hours for Game Birds and Northwest Permit Goose for the 2026-27 hunting seasons.
Legal shooting hours are listed in the tables below, except for the following:
- Fee pheasant hunt shooting hours begin at the time listed in this table and end at 5:00 p.m. at E.E. Wilson and Fern Ridge Wildlife Areas. Sauvie Island WA ends at 6:00 p.m. Denman WA shooting hours follow the table below.
- Youth upland hunts, refer to pages 26-27.
- Northwest Permit Goose Season, refer to separate table below.
- Some state or federal areas may have specific shooting hours, refer to pages 34-42.
- Legal spring wild turkey season shooting hours are 1/2-hour before sunrise to sunset.
ZONE A: All of Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, Washington, Multnomah, Yamhill, Clackamas, Lincoln, Polk, Marion, Benton, Linn, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry, Josephine and Jackson Counties.
ZONE B: All of Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Jefferson, Wheeler, Deschutes and Crook Counties.
ZONE C: All of Klamath and Lake Counties.
ZONE D: All of Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Grant, Baker, Harney and *Malheur Counties. (A portion of Malheur County is included in the Mtn Time Zone - plan accordingly).
2026-27 Northwest Permit Goose Shooting Hours
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