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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: Bwana Bob on December 04, 2015, 10:35:00 AM

Title: Release Sites
Post by: Bwana Bob on December 04, 2015, 10:35:00 AM: Would I be able to run my dog at a pheasant release site without buying a permit if I just wanted to run her but not hunt. Are they still hunting pheasants at the Cherry Valley site this weekend?
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: CP on December 04, 2015, 11:11:21 AM: "Small game license required for training dogs on all wild birds; except only a Western Washington pheasant
license is required for Western Washington pheasants."

Pheasant season is now closed in western WA.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: Bwana Bob on December 04, 2015, 11:47:08 AM: Thanks CP.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: Colin on December 04, 2015, 12:02:16 PM: Don't go buy a Western Pheasant License. That season is over in almost all locations. Pretty sure the Snoqualmie valley sites are done. IDK if you can just go out there and dog train. I recall some debate about people going to those areas to walk their dogs during hunting season and I don't know if any new rules were imposed. Why not just go to Peppers and avoid all the uncertainty?
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: singleshot12 on December 04, 2015, 12:27:53 PM: You're talking about only running your dog right? Since the western phez season is over shouldn't be any prob at all to let your dog sniff or point a couple let over ditch chickens.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: bobcat on December 04, 2015, 12:31:29 PM: Anybody can run their dogs on the release sites as far as I know. Just don't be carrying a gun. You need your WDFW parking pass or the Discover pass.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: singleshot12 on December 04, 2015, 01:01:51 PM: That doesn't sound very fair to flush birds off the release site. I would think ones who paid the $90 permit would be pretty P.O.'d about that.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: bobcat on December 04, 2015, 01:06:24 PM: I'd do it when the hunting season is over or when nobody is hunting.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: singleshot12 on December 04, 2015, 01:14:22 PM: That would be fine after the hunting season is over, but running your dogs after 4:00 pm on a release night? Not cool!
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: constructeur on December 04, 2015, 05:54:36 PM: Training this time of year is a dick move if it's on a cropped property (Crescent lake, etc.); there are still guys that can field hunt ducks and you'd be out in the middle of that.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: constructeur on December 04, 2015, 05:57:01 PM: Quote from: Colin on December 04, 2015, 12:02:16 PM
Why not just go to Peppers and avoid all the uncertainty?

Bingo, $15 and you get 'serenity now.'
Title: Release Sites
Post by: scottr on December 04, 2015, 08:00:38 PM: The Snoqualmie sites have dedicated dog training areas. All other rules apply.
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: constructeur on December 05, 2015, 02:26:49 PM: and they're pretty much a joke :tup:
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: scottr on December 05, 2015, 09:46:54 PM: Quote from: constructeur on December 05, 2015, 02:26:49 PM
and they're pretty much a joke :tup:

+1 true
Title: Re: Release Sites
Post by: JDHasty on December 05, 2015, 09:58:23 PM: If you are just running your dog, make sure WDFW owns it and go for it. If it is leased, just ask and your wishes ill probably be granted.