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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: BaileyKren on October 30, 2019, 09:44:09 PM

Title: Need help finding a good pheasant release site.
Post by: BaileyKren on October 30, 2019, 09:44:09 PM: Hello I just recently moved to eastern Washington near Silverdale. Last weekend I went out to the pheasant release site in mason county. I thought the terrain was rough. Just a bunch of cut timber and no actually fields. Anyways I’m trying to find a pheasant release site that actually has normal brush fields. Thanks in advance for any information.
Title: Re: Need help finding a good pheasant release site.
Post by: jagermiester on October 30, 2019, 10:54:47 PM: ??
Eastern Washington or Western Washington??
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Post by: BaileyKren on October 31, 2019, 06:25:42 AM: Eastern Washington
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Post by: Curly on October 31, 2019, 06:41:13 AM: Isn't Silverdale in western Washington?
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Post by: bracer40 on October 31, 2019, 07:09:31 AM: You might want to look at the hunting regulations to see if Scatter Creek is still doing releases. Several large open areas and probably only about an hour south of Silverdale.
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Post by: jagermiester on October 31, 2019, 08:11:02 AM: If you are going to make the trek East I would suggest the crab creek release site. There are wild quail and tons of open space. Post up some pics and have fun!!
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Post by: BaileyKren on October 31, 2019, 12:00:25 PM: Yeah I’m wrong, it’s western Washington. I don’t know why I kept thinking eastern. But thank you for the info
Title: Re: Need help finding a good pheasant release site.
Post by: jagermiester on October 31, 2019, 12:31:48 PM: Quote from: BaileyKren on October 31, 2019, 12:00:25 PM
Yeah I’m wrong, it’s western Washington. I don’t know why I kept thinking eastern. But thank you for the info
No problem Buddy!
I've heard that the Fort Lewis pheasant hunt can be fun.
Title: Re: Need help finding a good pheasant release site.
Post by: CP on October 31, 2019, 12:45:08 PM: Take a look here:

https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02100
Title: Re: Need help finding a good pheasant release site.
Post by: Birdguy on November 01, 2019, 07:40:16 PM: Fort Lewis has fields, Scatter Creek has fields, Skookumchuck if they still release had some great fields (I remember chasing elk out of them before the hunt a couple weekends). Local to Silverdale all you get is clear cuts that were not cleaned up. Sequim used to have a decent release area that was not all sticks, stumps, and logs too. I have not hunted a release site in several years, so my intel may be out dated. Good luck!