Waterfowl Hunting
Ridgefield NWR’s waterfowl hunt program offers a quality duck and goose hunting experience with a maximum of 21 spaced blinds on 760 acres. Hunters can enter a pre-season lottery system to obtain reservations for priority check-in or attend as a stand-by hunter to occupy remaining blinds. Various blind options are offered, including pit and box blinds and two accessible blinds for hunters with disabilities. Northern shovelers account for a large percentage of bagged birds, but hunters also take good numbers of green-winged teal, mallard, American wigeon, gadwall, and northern pintail.
Ridgefield NWR Waterfowl Hunt Season Oct-Jan
Ridgefield NWR’s waterfowl hunt program offers a quality duck and goose hunting experience with a maximum of 21 spaced blinds on 760 acres. Hunters can enter a pre-season lottery system to obtain reservations for priority check-in or attend as a stand-by hunter to occupy remaining blinds. Various blind options are offered, including pit and box blinds and two accessible blinds for hunters with disabilities. Northern shovelers account for a large percentage of bagged birds, but hunters also take good numbers of green-winged teal, mallard, American wigeon, gadwall, and northern pintail.
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge is run in accordance with all Washington State Regulations. To understand how to hunt at Ridgefield you will need to know and understand the Washington state rules and regulations for waterfowl hunting. See site specific regulation below under Related Documents.
Washington State Waterfowl Hunting Regulation
2026-2027 Season Dates to Remember
- Wednesday November 11th Veteran's Hunt (By reservation ONLY, hunting until 1pm, no 10 am check -in)
- Thursday November 26th NO HUNTING, Thanksgiving
- Saturday January 30th Last Regular Hunt Day
- Saturday February 6th State Veteran's, Active Duty and Youth Hunt (must qualify per state regulations to hunt)
Top Blinds for Nov 7th, 39 total hunters* harvested 69 ducks and11 geese.
*Individual hunters that occupy multiple blinds in one day are counted once for each blind.
| Blinds | Hunters | Ducks | Geese |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Related Documents:
Ridgefield Hunt Map
Ridgefield Hunt Program Details
Ridgefield Hunt Procedures
Ridgefield Hunt Calendar for 2026-27 Season
Optional Reservation Lottery
Reservations give hunters first blind pick during the morning check-in but are not required to hunt.
See Related Documents for details about the check in process and other site-specific information.
Lottery applications have been awarded for the 2026-2027 Hunting Season.
