Finding dove shoots?

[Iglow]

What ways have you had the most luck finding pay shoots?
I know the TWRA has/ had shoots but I have zero interest in doing that.

If you've got a tip but don't want it broadcast worldwide, pm me.
Thanks.

 

[Tweeter]

Holler at me too

 

[Chaneylake]

almost impossible to find

most everyone now keeps the fields extremely private in my area..

 

[Dodge Man]

I never see them anymore, I assume they got to where they got to too much trouble with little profit to open to the public.

 

[GreyGoose]

These days friends /or $$

 

[Iglow]

These days friends /or $$

$$ is fine with me, I love dove shooting and love bacon wrapped japs/philly chz/ dove breast even more!!!

 

[Chaneylake]

$$ is fine with me, I love dove shooting and love bacon wrapped japs/philly chz/ dove breast even more!!!

 

[yellalinehunter]

Add me to the list if anyone hears of a paid shoot in west Tennessee

 

[Iglow]

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Now, after seeing that, im desperate!!!! I tell anybody that'll listen of everything I've ever ate I think bacon philly jap doves are the best! I'd rather have them than the best ribs, bbq, catfish, crab legs, lobster, steak. You name it, doves are better.

 

[Carlos]

My son is 14. He's gone on 2 youth hunts but he's never shot a dove.
Opportunities are very limited, to say the least.

Good Luck!

 

[JhnDeereMan]

What is the going rate for a pay hunt. I heard of a $300 per gun hunt last year on a sunflower field down in Lincoln Co. I did not know if that's is high or low.

 

[GUNNERX2]

$300/gun, in my mind, would be outrageous. There was a place down the road from me that, 15 years ago, was charging $50/gun for very little acreage. Ran into some guys that paid that and 1 fellow shot 2 and the other shot 1. The last paid shoot I got in on, $20/gun on a cut silage field that was loaded with birds but that was 20 years ago. I've been on a few TWRA shoots that were plumb dangerous. The last one had the game wardens shutting down the field for a while as the EMT guys wouldn't work on the wounded guy while shooting was going on. That was during Covid when no one was working and everyone wanted to hunt.

 

[mike243]

A couple years ago there was somebody advertising $1000 for the season down towards sweetwater I think it was, no way could I ever spend that kind of $ just to hunt doves. would take a bunch of broke folks in that field to keep the birds flying , have seen low hunter numbers make a ugly hunt, birds set down away from hunters till they are flushed and it starts again, several years ago I seen $20 fields but always worried about baiting and getting a ticket, twra would probably fine everybody hunting no matter if a paid field or not.

 

[Carlos]

$20-40 per shoot gun is more like a normal price.
Then again, what's priced normally these days?

 

[drake799]

I had someone last year tell me they paid $100 Said it was a good hunt and they got their limit but them some expensive doves to me lol. When I was a kid I never heard of paying for a shoot. You drove up ask permission and started hunting Those were the good ole days

 

[Tweeter]

I go to TWRA lease fields every year, met some good guys, also some idiots.

 

[Iglow]

$100.00 is fine with me for a fun day. If you went out to eat and went to the movies it'll be that or more.

 

[Mud Creek]

Would 100 or so be worth it for a good shoot if a lunch and drink was provided?

 

[yellalinehunter]

Would 100 or so be worth it for a good shoot if a lunch and drink was provided?

Absolutely

 

[TNGunsmoke]

You might check with a local volunteer fire department. There used to be several counties around here that would have a hunt for a fee as a fund raiser. It's been quite a while since I did that though.