This web site is for the pheasant hunters in the Belfair & Grapeview areas of Mason County, WA State.
The non-profit club is run by volunteers to assist the WDFW in operating the pheasant release site.
This page was last updated on: November 7, 2009
Click here to view the Western WA pheasant hunting schedule for 2009
Click here to view photos from the August 12, 2009 kickoff meeting
Club dues are $7 for the season. Please join our club and if you want to do more, become a volunteer and give us a hand. All the labor to get the pheasants weekly, unload into the pen, load them the night before release, go out early in the morning on the release days (Wed, Sat, & Sun) and release the pheasants, return the boxes to the pen, and open and close the access gate is done by dedicated club volunteers. You can mail your 2009 dues to: Peninsula Birdhunters Association, C/O Robert Newbill, P.O. Box 187, Tahuya WA 98588. Thank you!
Click here to view the Western WA pheasant release program brochure for 2009
Click here to view the 2009 Peninsula Birdhunters hunting calendar
CLUB HISTORY: The Peninsula Birdhunters Association was formed around 1970 by Martin Basner, Elmer Sandstrom, and Bill Raines. At that time, pheasants were picked up in Tacoma and released once a week on Friday night. The first release site was located at Camp Wesley Harris then relocated into the Tahuya Forest. The club dues were $1 back then increasing to $3 about 1980 and to $7 in 2008. Still a bargain to be able to enjoy pheasant hunting so close to home. Of the original founders, Bill Raines is the only surviving member and is still an active hunter and we still use his pheasant holding pen. Senator Bob Oke was director of the club until his death on May 14, 2007. Other long time members of the club include Chuck Tuai (past president), Bob Ronnie, Juels Kronnagel, Al Fortman, Leonard Caskey, Martin Fettig, Jim Payne, and Gary Pod. Dave Ojima has been president since 2000. If anyone has any more information on the club history, please let us know so it can be added.
Click here for 2009 volunteer assignments
Click here to view 2009 photos of the club volunteers & pheasant hunters
Click here to view 2009 photos of the Youth & Senior hunt
The general season hunt began on Saturday, October 3 on both sites. You can hunt from 0800 to 1600 daily. The last release is Sunday, Nov. 29 and the extended season is Dec. 1 - 15. At the Grapeview site, make sure you are out of the field by 1700 or you may get locked in for the night. Wear enough hunter orange for safety and since crowding is expected, hunt carefully.
