The annual youth pheasant hunt in the Vancouver Lake lowlands will begin at 8 a.m. on Sept. 19 and 20.
Hunters age 15 and younger with appropriate licenses will get a chance to shoot pheasants released at the state’s Vancouver Lake and Shillapoo wildlife areas.
The young hunters must have completed the state’s hunter safety training and must wear 400 square inches of blaze orange clothing above the waist.
Dogs and experienced hunters will be available. Only steel-shot shells may be used.
About 170 pheasants will be released at each location.
Members of the former Pheasants Forever chapter will operate the Shillapoo site, which is about a half-mile north of Frenchmen’s Bar Park on Lower River Road.
The Vancouver Wildlife League will operate the Vancouver Lake site, which is at the end of LaFrambois Road.
Mentors will be available from 8 a.m. until about noon. Both sites are open for hunting until 4 p.m. For more information, call Chuck Cheshire, Vancouver Wildlife League president, at 360-910-9806.
