barnettm,

I'm not familiar with the pheasant situation in E. Wa, I haven't hunted it for many years...I didn't even know that they planted pheasant in E. Wa, I though it was just here on the west side. I used to do my hunting in Hay, near LaCrosse.

Anyway, in an earlier thread you said that WDFW doesn't want to be in the hatchery fish business, but you must not have checked back to that thread after you stated that.

Go back and read it if you haven't yet, here it is...

The World\'s Largest Industrial Hatchery Complex

It gives the number of how many steelhead and salmon hatcheries there are in Washington State. Washington State has the largest salmon/steehead hatchery complex in the entire world, and by a large amount.

This may or may not have anything to do with the pheasant issue, but it definitely shows that Washington not only is not getting out of the hatchery business, but that it is the industry leader, worldwide, in the hatchery business.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Hooked a couple of those hatchery steelies today, as a matter of fact...and one little nate to go back.