Ridgefield’s waterfowl hunt program offers a quality duck and goose hunting experience with 21 spaced blinds on 760 acres of land. 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.
Saturday March 1st: Volunteer work party to clean up hunt blinds.
Join us and Washington Waterfowl Assocation from 8-12 to help clean up and patch up hunt blinds for the season. This is also a great opportunity to talk to other hunters and staff about the program and see the blinds in the day light. For more information and to sign up email RidgefieldVolunteer@fws.gov
Ridgefield NWR Waterfowl Hunt Season Oct-Jan
Information on the 2025-26 Season will be posted here in August.
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.
Washington State Waterfowl Hunting Regulation
Optional Reservation Lottery
Reservations give hunters first blind pick during the morning check-in but are not required to hunt. Reservations lost due to a Refuge closure (dangerous weather conditions, safety issues, emergency, or government shutdown) will not be reissued or refunded. Reservations are non-transferable.
