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FALL 2009 NEWSLETTER
Hello Hunters and Friends,
Welcome to the 2009-20010 bird hunting season. We look forward to your visits to our hunting fields this coming season.
September Special Hunts
The 2007-2008
hunting season opens September 5th. We will again feature our
special rate for bird dog owners at 5 pheasants wild released
for $110 per shooter, morning hunts only. Call today to take
advantage of our early season special. Hunt September 5th to
30th at this special rate.
Summer
Projects
This spring we brought in some heavy
equipment and built some new roads in the sporting clays range
and graded and graveled all existing roads on the upland
hunting farms.We also built a new road to the north 40 sorghum
fields so we can now access these fields, even in soft ground
conditions. In addition, we designed a new continental
shooting area. It is also on the "north 40" acres. It is
setup to accommodate 13 shooters and is easily expandable to
accomodate even more shooters. This fine new shooting area
will be fun and challenging for both shooters and retreiving
dogs.
Pam has had improvements going on in both lodges
all summer. The Main Lodge/clubhouse received new 2nd floor
windows and the 2nd floor bedrooms were all repainted. The
basement meeting room in the Foster Lodge is getting
renovations and a remodeled bathroom. (it's never good enough
for Pam, a former Ethan Allen
Decorator/consultant)
Dog
Handlers
Our regular crew of experienced
dog handlers remains in place with Bill Anderson, Bob Henry,
Jim O'Shea and Jeff Thomas. They are working with several
exciting and promising young spaniels that are sure to add
even more excitement to your hunts this season.
Propagation
We have had
a good season (so far) with our new pheasants, chukars and
ducks.
We were able to successfully manage around the cold wet weather in June and we have a great supply of beautiful hard flying game birds ready for this season.
The
Cover
It has been a
great growing season here and all our fields are in good shape! Our
excellent cover, maintained on all 400 acres and
our excellent high flying ringnecks are waiting for you! Our
grass fields, sorgum patches and woodlots are better than
ever!
Shot Size Regulations
In an effort to reduce cripples we will
continue to require upland bird hunting to be done with shot
size no smaller than #6 in all shotguns. For upland bird
hunting we recommend 12 gauge guns with Hi Brass shells
(Example: 3 3/4 grams, 1 1/4 oz., #5 shot). For duck hunts we
will require shot size no smaller than #2 steel.
Note: Please do not try to depend on GPS or
Mapquest to find us. We do have a new 911 address which is 941
Morrow Road, but it is still best to follow the directions on
this website or on our brochure to get here with time left to
hunt.
Good Hunting,
Tom and Pam
(814) 684 5015
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