New Changes to WA Coyote Hunting Laws

The new coyote hunting game regulation states that you cannnot hunt coyotes using dogs. To find out if this applies to tolling with a dog, I called the WA Fish and Game Dept. No one could answer my question and I kept being passed around to different offices until I finally got an answering machine. I left a polite message and never heard back from them. I am going to guess that it is still okay to toll coyotes using a dog since no one has been able to say no. If I were you, I would call your local Fish and Game Enforcement Officer and ask his opinion since he is the one in the field. I talked to the head of enforcement for the state, and he could not give me an answer. That does not make it legal to toll, but it sure brings up an interesting point that the WA Fish and Game Dept. needs to do a little more research before implementing a rule. There are all sorts of hound hunting of coyotes. I believe that tolling still falls within the spirit of the law. I still plan to do it.