The annual youth pheasant hunt in the Vancouver Lake lowlands will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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 for youths without dogs. Only steel-shot shotguns shells may be used.
Members of the Vancouver Wildlife League will operate both sites. The Shillapoo site is about a half-mile north of Frenchmen’s Bar Park on Lower River Road. The Vancouver Lake site 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.
