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Grizzly Johnson

Grizzly Johnson

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I know it's early.... but,

I am looking for a field in the Middle Tennessee area that my wife and I could hunt. I don't mind paying a reasonable fee for a good shoot with other safety minded hunters.
 
pressfit said:
dont go to a twra field... no doves.. and way too many hunters...
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I have had my bad experiences at "public" fields.... not for me. I'm looking for a private field if one is to be found.... As I said, would be glad to donate a fee for a good hunt.
 
Grizzly Johnson said:
pressfit said:
dont go to a twra field... no doves.. and way too many hunters...
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I have had my bad experiences at "public" fields.... not for me. I'm looking for a private field if one is to be found.... As I said, would be glad to donate a fee for a good hunt.
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Good lord willing we will have one. I know it's a good trek for you (1-1/2 hour+/-) but if we are able to get it in as planned your welcome to come.
 
Rockhound said:
Grizzly Johnson said:
pressfit said:
dont go to a twra field... no doves.. and way too many hunters...
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I have had my bad experiences at "public" fields.... not for me. I'm looking for a private field if one is to be found.... As I said, would be glad to donate a fee for a good hunt.
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Good lord willing we will have one. I know it's a good trek for you (1-1/2 hour+/-) but if we are able to get it in as planned your welcome to come.
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Thanks, I will be in touch....
 
Not much around here so good sunglass impact resistant & long sleeves, I don't get rained on much with low shots more than 2 times & don't care to educate folks. I take my grand kids & put them into the center of the family circle to keep them from getting low birded. hope you find a great place, shot my first collard dove last year
 
I took my daughter to a twra kids dove hunt in Lewisburg.. I shot twice and she shot maybe 4 times.. I think I saw about 3 killed all day long.. the other 2 got away..
went to laurel hill twice, more hunters than birds.. did manage to get a few, but so many people there when one came over 5 different people were shooting at it.. it was a foot race to claim the bird..
I went to one staked hunt around williamsport.. must have been 75 people there... everyone drew a number... I saw 1 bird there...
went to a hunt out side of columbia maybe yanalii.. I did see about 3 birds there.. went to fayeteville out on fish ford road?? baked all day there and got 3.. all of these im speaking of were on opening day..
 
That sounds terrible. Why are the TWRA fields so bad? I did a lot of dove hunting with my father as a child but at some point diverged to fishing and never looked back. Now I've recently wanted to get back into hunting. My father and I talked today about going to the TWRA fields in September when dove season opens but he warned me that it can be complete chaos. Too many hunters, too little birds, and the occasional issues with arguing over who shot what bird, people shooting at low birds, etc.

I'll add in my offer as well that I'd gladly pay someone for access to a private hunt and promise to leave the place cleaner than I found it.
 
Just my .02 but I personally think all twra dove fields should be staked and have a quota draw for each field for the opening day shoot. Just like duck blinds or the deer hunts. Those not drawn would be able to wait until limit was reached by drawn participant or be on first come/first serve basis for no shows.

The twra fields are a joke.......no scratch that, they are a circus. How anyone could get enjoyment out that experience is beyond me. I'm not blaming the twra, I'm blaming the idiots that ruin them for others.......
 
rukiddin? said:
Just my .02 but I personally think all twra dove fields should be staked and have a quota draw for each field for the opening day shoot. Just like duck blinds or the deer hunts. Those not drawn would be able to wait until limit was reached by drawn participant or be on first come/first serve basis for no shows.

The twra fields are a joke.......no scratch that, they are a circus. How anyone could get enjoyment out that experience is beyond me. I'm not blaming the twra, I'm blaming the idiots that ruin them for others.......
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TWRA should never least/rent/have dove hunts if there are no birds, all hunters should be at least 80 yards apart from each other

limit the number of hunters per field
 
stik said:
pressfit said:
dont go to a twra field... no doves.. and way too many hunters...
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i guess it depends on where you go. we have several good fields up this way every year.
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I'm new to the state and was thinking of going to some of the twra fields since I don't know anyone out here (tri-cities area), but haven't heard many good things about them. Any chance you wouldn't mind letting me know which fields you have had better luck at? A pm would be great if you don't mind sharing. Thanks!
 
giantbabyfern said:
stik said:
pressfit said:
dont go to a twra field... no doves.. and way too many hunters...
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i guess it depends on where you go. we have several good fields up this way every year.
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I'm new to the state and was thinking of going to some of the twra fields since I don't know anyone out here (tri-cities area), but haven't heard many good things about them. Any chance you wouldn't mind letting me know which fields you have had better luck at? A pm would be great if you don't mind sharing. Thanks!
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there are usually several fields in the philadelphia(loudon co) area
 
I've only missed one opening day in 17 years. I've spent a lot of those days on wma's with some good ones and mostly bad ones, but its always a good time. I've been searching for a pay to hunt field this year in middle tn. It seems like its mostly word of mouth and flyers. If anyone wants to message me, my dad and I would much appreciate it!
 

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