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No frills upland hunts
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02/10/19 09:59 PM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/10/19 10:12 PM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 02:00 AM
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Beautiful dog, depends on what it would cost ? Forrest
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 02:40 AM
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What price rang are you thinking about?
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 12:39 PM
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Based on price I'd be interested. Planted birds and flushing with my own dog would be of interest.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 01:31 PM
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I would be interested also using my dogs and working with others dogs. How do you think you would price it?
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 02:34 PM
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Let me crunch some numbers and I’ll update everyone in the next few days.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 10:32 PM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 10:48 PM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/11/19 11:57 PM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 12:06 AM
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If you haven’t checked, it’s tough to get pen raised bird right now. Shoot me a PM if you need any help guiding. I live over in Graham and have plenty of dogs.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 01:01 AM
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 01:55 AM
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Might want to get a little flushing dog like a Spaniel. Makes non-flighty birds more flighty
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 02:39 AM
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If you haven’t checked, it’s tough to get pen raised bird right now. Shoot me a PM if you need any help guiding. I live over in Graham and have plenty of dogs. I have a pretty reliable source for birds.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 04:25 PM
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Here’s what I’ve come up with so far. Willing to take constructive input.
2 hunters - $150/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning) 3 hunters - $125/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning) 4 hunters - $100/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning)
Use of up to 2 guide dogs - $100 for 1 hunt or $175 for 2 hunts
Small packages - 1 morning hunt 30 quail - $300 10 chukar / 5 pheasant - $300
Large package - 1 morning hunt and 1 afternoon hunt 60 quail - $550 20 chukar / 10 pheasant - $550
Additional quail can be added for $10/each. Additional chukar can be added for $16/each. Additional pheasant can be added for $22/each.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 05:32 PM
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So you are saying that for two hunters one morning hunt of 30 quail and two guide dogs?
$150 for each hunter = $300 Pick your hunt package for example 30 quail = $300 if you use 2 guide dogs for the hunt $100 Total of $700
Just wanting to make sure I am reading the post correct.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/12/19 05:48 PM
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In theory, yes. Happy to listen to feedback though. Not looking to get rich doing this as this will be offered once a week at the most. Just trying to put together packages that make sense for both myself and hunters.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 12:37 AM
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If those are common man prices, what do the rich folks pay??? I hope it works out well for you. If it does I'm getting out of the cattle business and building some flight pens!
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 02:24 AM
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A place I go to is $250 a hunt per person. Which includes dogs, guide, cleaning lunch and beverages. Mixed bag of birds 6 quail, 2 chukar, 2 pheasant. I'm still interested and who knows what is going to happen with the bird population this coming season..... Just thought you might want to see a comparison of prices.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 02:34 AM
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A place I go to is $250 a hunt per person. Which includes dogs, guide, cleaning lunch and beverages. Mixed bag of birds 6 quail, 2 chukar, 2 pheasant. I'm still interested and who knows what is going to happen with the bird population this coming season..... Just thought you might want to see a comparison of prices. Sounds like I’m pretty close on a fair price since this would be way more birds than you are accustomed to. Would this be more fair? 2 hunters - $175/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) 3 hunters - $150/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) 4 hunters - $125/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) Small packages - 1 morning hunt 30 quail - $300 10 chukar / 5 pheasant - $300 Large package - 1 morning hunt and 1 afternoon hunt 60 quail - $550 20 chukar / 10 pheasant - $550 Additional quail can be added for $10/each. Additional chukar can be added for $16/each. Additional pheasant can be added for $22/each.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 03:00 AM
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A place I go to is $250 a hunt per person. Which includes dogs, guide, cleaning lunch and beverages. Mixed bag of birds 6 quail, 2 chukar, 2 pheasant. I'm still interested and who knows what is going to happen with the bird population this coming season..... Just thought you might want to see a comparison of prices. Sounds like I’m pretty close on a fair price since this would be way more birds than you are accustomed to. Would this be more fair? 2 hunters - $175/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) 3 hunters - $150/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) 4 hunters - $125/each (includes lunch, bird cleaning, guide dogs) Small packages - 1 morning hunt 30 quail - $300 10 chukar / 5 pheasant - $300 Large package - 1 morning hunt and 1 afternoon hunt 60 quail - $550 20 chukar / 10 pheasant - $550 Additional quail can be added for $10/each. Additional chukar can be added for $16/each. Additional pheasant can be added for $22/each. I see flight conditioned quail for sale up here for $5 quite often so I assume they can be raised quite a bit cheaper than that. Seems like you should be able to cut the bird costs down quite a bit and still make a profit. Also, $350 a day is more than a lot of the "common folk" you say you are catering to make in a day doing something they loathe. You want to make that in a morning doing something you love? Will this be your only source of income?
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 03:35 AM
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When we add hunters does the bird count increase? 3 hunters would be 45 quail?
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 06:02 AM
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When we add hunters does the bird count increase? 3 hunters would be 45 quail? I believe you pay $150 per hunter to hunt and then purchase the package of birds you want. 45 quail would be $450 ABOVE the $150 per hunter to hunt. Three hunters and 45 quail would be $900 for a morning hunt.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 12:09 PM
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I see flight conditioned quail for sale up here for $5 quite often so I assume they can be raised quite a bit cheaper than that. Seems like you should be able to cut the bird costs down quite a bit and still make a profit. Also, $350 a day is more than a lot of the "common folk" you say you are catering to make in a day doing something they loathe. You want to make that in a morning doing something you love? Will this be your only source of income?[/quote]
I don’t raise my own birds nor do I pay only $5/bird for quail. No, this is not my only source of income. My partner and I will do this once a week at the most. Just curious if you’ve priced many upland hunts lately? Thank you for your input.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 05:12 PM
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TTT, you will have people standing in line. Hunting wild birds usually involves a lot of driving and expense, with no guarantee of finding birds. Those seeking the instant gratification of hitting the easy button will book hunts.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 06:09 PM
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TTT, you will have people standing in line. Hunting wild birds usually involves a lot of driving and expense, with no guarantee of finding birds. Those seeking the instant gratification of hitting the easy button will book hunts. Thanks for the kind words. Not looking to rip anyone off but it’s got to make financial sense for my partner and I as well. I live in Mansfield, so I’ve got a decent fuel investment and personal time investment that I have to factor in addition to bird expenses, lunch for hunters, etc.
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/13/19 08:55 PM
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TTT, you will have people standing in line. Hunting wild birds usually involves a lot of driving and expense, with no guarantee of finding birds. Those seeking the instant gratification of hitting the easy button will book hunts. I hope you are right. If you are, I will be getting Into the business as well. I have friends that go to a resort/preserve in Kansas a couple times a year and pay a comparable amount to this with room and board. I can't see it going over, but I sure hope it does!
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/14/19 12:27 AM
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I chase wild birds with my dog, but I also know several people who prefer the sure thing afforded by pen raised birds. Good luck to the both of you!
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Re: No frills upland hunts
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02/17/19 04:38 PM
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Offer it and they will come. Not out of line with others I have seen.
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