Pre-registration is required for this event.
Visit the event website for more information: National Hunting and Fishing Day
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration is a great, family-oriented way to introduce youth to target shooting, hunting and fishing. It's also an opportunity to recognize that hunters and anglers continue to be among the most active supporters of wildlife management and conservation.
This year's event will take place on Sept. 28, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cowlitz Public Shooting Range located at 1000 Toutle Park Rd, Castle Rock, WA 98611. Pre-register at National Hunting and Fishing Day | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Youth 17 years and younger who attend the event with an accompanying adult can shoot WDFW firearms, archery equipment and air rifles for free. Agency staff and WDFW hunter education instructors will be on hand to teach shooting safety and provide instruction and guidance.
The event also features:
- Conservation organization displays and info
- Door prize drawings
- Fun giveaways
- Casting practice
- Knot tying
- Fish prints
- Track plaster casting
Volunteers are needed to help make National Hunting and Fishing Day a huge success. Volunteer registration will open in late August 2024. For more information on volunteer opportunities with WDFW visit the Volunteer event list page.
Notice of Photography and/or Videography. When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography and/or videography (which includes audio recording) may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such photography and/or videography and their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you prefer not to have your photo and/or video taken, please inform WDFW staff immediately upon arrival. Staff will provide a sticker or tape for you to wear. You must wear the sticker/tape at all times. WDFW will make an effort to edit or remove any photos and/or video of you in which the sticker/tape is present. Any photos and/or videos posted in error will be immediately edited or removed upon request.
Due to the nature of audio recording that is a necessary part of videography, WDFW cannot warrant that outside/ambient audio from other individuals won’t be captured and released as part of said videography. All parties attending such an event consent to WDFW using such outside/ambient audio recording as part of any videography process.