Email from Voice of Vashon Island Center Forest Hunting Reminder 2025-10-10 COMMUNITY ADVISORY VOICE OF VASHON REPORTS THIS IMPORTANT REMINDER MESSAGE Annual Deer Hunt October 11-31, 2025 The annual limited deer-hunting season at King County Parks’ Island Center Forest is set for October 11-31, 2025. Trails in the Natural Area will be open for public use, the rest of the park will be closed to all other users except for hunters. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) oversees the deer hunt at Island Center Forest to better control the growing deer population on Vashon-Maury Island, where the deer have no natural predators. The hunting season during the second half of October coincides with WDFW’s designated modern firearm hunting season, when all firearms can be used, except rifles. Formerly owned and managed by Washington Department of Natural Resources, Island Center Forest is the only public land on Vashon Island where deer hunting has been allowed. The state transferred ownership of the forest to King County in 2004, and an agreement to continue a limited annual deer-hunting season was a part of the ownership transfer. The hunt is open to everyone with a big game deer license and tag for deer with the modern weaponry option. One deer (antlerless or buck) is allowed. The WDFW issues a special permit through a limited lottery for a second (antlerless only) deer with the modern weaponry tag. For general questions, contact parksinfo@kingcounty.gov, 206-477-4527. This message was posted at 10:00 am on Friday. Vashon-Maury Island Community Alerts Alerts are broadcast on 1650AM and the Voice of Vashon streaming app. They are published in text for email subscribers to this Alert System as well as the VoV Facebook page and the Voice of Vashon website. We encourage you to develop your 1650AM listening habit because an AM radio signal may be your only source of information in a serious island emergency. Thanks Windermere Voice of Vashon thanks Windermere Vashon Real Estate for their support, making 1650AM and this alert possible. Keep Alerts Coming! Become a Voice of Vashon member today to help sustain the 1650 Alert Team, KVSH 101.9FM, and VoV TV Comcast Channel 21. Join! Community Alerts Email List You received this message because of your interest in Voice of Vashon or VashonBePrepared. You can change your subscription or sign up anytime by clicking on this button below: Sign up for Alerts! Alert Partners USEFUL RESOURCES Voice Of Vashon VashonBePrepared Vashon Island Fire & Rescue PSE Outage Map 888-225-5773 WA State Ferry Alerts King County Sheriff 206-463-3618 Amber Alerts King County Roads VoV Alerts App VoV Facebook Thank you Windermere Vashon for helping to make these alerts possible. ~ Your Alert Team   Voice of Vashon | P.O. Box 2397 | Vashon, WA 98070 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice