Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Pursuant to
RCW
77.32.155, individuals may apply for a
director-authorized, once in a lifetime, one-license-year deferral of hunter
education training. To qualify, the applicant for deferral and his or her
accompanying, licensed hunter must comply with the following requirements:
(a) The applicant for deferral must:
(i) Be at least ten years of age when
applying for the deferral; and
(ii)
Not have failed the hunter education training course within the previous twelve
months, if he or she took the course.
(b) The accompanying, licensed hunter, as
defined in
RCW
77.32.155, must:
(i) Be over eighteen years of age;
and
(ii) Have had a Washington
hunting license for the three years prior to being an accompanying, licensed
hunter.
(c) To provide
maximum supervision and to enhance safety afield, an accompanying, licensed
hunter must supervise only one deferred hunter while afield.
(d) An accompanying hunter must remain close
enough to the deferred hunter to have uninterrupted, unaided visual and
auditory communication with the deferred hunter.
(2) Application procedures.
(a) Applicants for deferral must submit their
applications to the department's hunter education division office in Olympia,
Washington. Applications submitted without the required information will not be
processed and will be returned to the applicant.
(b) Applicants for deferral must submit a
twenty-dollar application fee.
(c)
Deferral applications will be on forms prescribed by the department and may be
made available to the public in both printed and electronic formats.
(3) License purchases.
(a) Individuals granted a deferral under this
section will be authorized to purchase hunting licenses and tags for the
license year during which the applicant requested a deferral. An applicant will
not be authorized for future hunting license purchases in Washington state
without first successfully completing a hunter education training
course.
(b) Individuals deferred
under this administrative regulation:
(i) Must
purchase hunting licenses and tags in accordance with current licensing
procedures;
(ii) Must pay all
hunting license and tag fees established under current law; and
(iii) Are only eligible to participate in
general hunting seasons and/or youth opportunities.
(4) If either the deferred
education licensee or the required nondeferred accompanying person, hunting
under the authority of
RCW
77.32.155(2), is convicted
of a violation of this title, except for a violation of unlawful hunting of
wild birds,
RCW
77.15.400(1) through (3),
the department may revoke all hunting licenses and tags and order a suspension
of one or both the deferred education licensee and the nondeferred accompanying
person's hunting privileges for one year.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
77.12.047. 07-22-100 (Order 07-276), §
232-12-228, filed 11/6/07,
effective 12/7/07.
