Bills to relocate Bob Oke and continue pheasant release programs

[Torrent50]

There are bills in the house and senate to relocate the game farm and continue the program.   Please take the time to contact your legislators and urge them to support these bills.

HB2668 and SB6322.

[JakeLand]

Thanks for posting this it’s a good program

[Backstrap]

Any update on this? I looked online and couldn’t find anything, so I’m guessing nothing got done. But still hoping…

[JDHasty]

Thanks for posting this it’s a good program

It is a good program, but the corruption of the program by the absolute worst element in the hunting community has been epic and all but defined it in many local areas.  The Ft Lewis/JBLM program and Kitsap sites in particular were usurped by self-serving "volunteers" who used the sites and birds provided as a private hunting club all but defined them, setting up and inviting friends and family to "special hunts," strong-arming of others who weren't among the favored few and outright tyranny practiced by them continued right through last year. 

[shotguunar]

Just speculating here but that piece of property that bob oaks sits on is probably going to get sold off if the pheasant program gets put on the chopping block.I am thinking the city of centralia has got its eye on it and if it does go up for sale the wdfw better get fair market value for it  no back door deals the hunters of washington paid for it with license sales. And the money should go toward a new facility if they consider keeping the program going I have been hunting this program since 1974 its been around a long time my son and a couple of his friends shot their first birds on the lake Terrell site and I still to this day still hunt it

[Humptulips]

Died in Committee in February.

[HntnFsh]

Just speculating here but that piece of property that bob oaks sits on is probably going to get sold off if the pheasant program gets put on the chopping block.I am thinking the city of centralia has got its eye on it and if it does go up for sale the wdfw better get fair market value for it  no back door deals the hunters of washington paid for it with license sales. And the money should go toward a new facility if they consider keeping the program going I have been hunting this program since 1974 its been around a long time my son and a couple of his friends shot their first birds on the lake Terrell site and I still to this day still hunt it

I think it will be in remediation for a long time because of all of the isues with the soil and ground water.

[Backstrap]

Thanks for posting this it’s a good program

It is a good program, but the corruption of the program by the absolute worst element in the hunting community has been epic and all but defined it in many local areas.  The Ft Lewis/JBLM program and Kitsap sites in particular were usurped by self-serving "volunteers" who used the sites and birds provided as a private hunting club all but defined them, setting up and inviting friends and family to "special hunts," strong-arming of others who weren't among the favored few and outright tyranny practiced by them continued right through last year.

I was not aware of this! But I never hunt either of these areas.