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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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