Pheasant Release Program

[Slamadoo]

I was under the impression that the pheasant release program got cut by the legislature.

However, I see in the new regs that the youth pheasant hunt in Western WA is still a thing. Is this a sick joke and there will be  youth season with no releases or did they retain the pheasant release program?

Please advise. The youth hunt has been great for my kids and their friends, but i don't want to take the kids and dog for nothing.

[EnglishSetter]

I was under the impression that the pheasant release program got cut by the legislature.

However, I see in the new regs that the youth pheasant hunt in Western WA is still a thing. Is this a sick joke and there will be  youth season with no releases or did they retain the pheasant release program?

Please advise. The youth hunt has been great for my kids and their friends, but i don't want to take the kids and dog for nothing.

Discussion here:

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=291361.0

TMK it's safe this year, but perhaps not next.

[McCRIZZLEY]

I had the same questions and the same understanding. Came here to ask this and figured I'd bump this thread instead.

Hoping someone with more definitive information can chime in before I start penciling all my hunting weekend plans into the calendar.