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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#2571737
09/06/18 09:16 AM
09/06/18 09:16 AM
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Blackwater_Reb
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RHC, I have similar feelings. But alas, I am giving it another try this year, as my boys are itching to go and I don't have any other viable FREE options at the moment. There is a new one in Cullman at the Auburn Experimental Station, east of town off 157. Not sure how close to Lake Catoma the hunting will be, but I feel like they are bound to have some sort of decent attractant out there. Got the email yesterday, they are serving lunch, which is a plus considering a few DCNR hunts I have been on. And it looked like there were plenty of slots last time I checked. If you have a change of heart and decide to go, give me a shout.
Interestingly, they also have another hunt available on Dec 15th. If this one pans out, might skip the deer woods and give it another go.
Stuart Goldsby is the officer in charge if you care to shoot him a note: stuart.goldsby@dcnr.alabama.gov
If there's any doubt, then there is no doubt... The gut don't never lie.
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: Blackwater_Reb]
#2571742
09/06/18 09:24 AM
09/06/18 09:24 AM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,670 NW Alabama
R_H_Clark
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RHC, I have similar feelings. But alas, I am giving it another try this year, as my boys are itching to go and I don't have any other viable FREE options at the moment. There is a new one in Cullman at the Auburn Experimental Station, east of town off 157. Not sure how close to Lake Catoma the hunting will be, but I feel like they are bound to have some sort of decent attractant out there. Got the email yesterday, they are serving lunch, which is a plus considering a few DCNR hunts I have been on. And it looked like there were plenty of slots last time I checked. If you have a change of heart and decide to go, give me a shout.
Interestingly, they also have another hunt available on Dec 15th. If this one pans out, might skip the deer woods and give it another go.
Stuart Goldsby is the officer in charge if you care to shoot him a note: stuart.goldsby@dcnr.alabama.gov I appreciate that. I don't hold any animosity against them at all. I've had a few good shoots over the last 20 years with my 2 girls. The last half dozen have been a bust though. I just left the one where stands were too close ,before an accident happened. The actually had stands so close that 3 guns could possibly kill the same bird at the exact same time. Last private hunt I went on with my boy was great. We drove in and had more than 100 yards to ourselves in all directions. We shot some birds and was able to sit under a big shade tree talking, close to the truck and our snacks,and drinks,and air conditioning if the birds slowed down. I think we paid $25.
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#2571871
09/06/18 11:57 AM
09/06/18 11:57 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,593 Lake View, AL
Joe4majors
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,593
Lake View, AL
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I think we've been on 5 youth hunts, so I certainly don't have a ton of experience, but here's my 2 cents.
1) Hunt down between Auburn and Montgomery. Late in the year and crappy weather so hardly any birds. Hunted over "pulled" corn fields. They provided lunch for everyone. Plenty of field for the number of hunters. (2015)
2) Hale county hunt (state cattle ranch). Absolute barrel burner on opening day. No lunch, which was fine. Large crowd, but felt completely safe given the size of the field. (2016)
3) Up near Hazel Green second weekend of the season. Hardly any birds, but fields were properly prepped. They provided food and door prizes so that every child got a prize (box of shells, etc.) (2016)
4) Jackson County opening weekend. Hardly any birds as a cold front had pushed them a couple days prior. Corn field top sewn with wheat. Only a handful of people there, certainly not over crowded. We were told we could shoot until last legal light. (2017)
5) Hale count hunt (state cattle ranch), second weekend of the season. Not the best experience. I did get the feeling that the fields had been prepped for the first weekend, but not the second and they were just going through the motions. Wheat had started to germinate from previous broadcasting. Birds had started to fly good about the time they shut everything down (around 5:30pm). I contacted the state and had some email's back and forth with them. (2017)
Overall, most of my experiences have been good with the state youth hunts. I did notice they vary a good bit between sites, which is to be expected to some degree. I've yet to come across a hunt where I didn't feel safe and only one where I felt they didn't prep the fields well. Weather certainly affected some of the hunts, which has nothing to do with it being a state/private hunt.
Blackwater_Reb...we're going to be at the hunt in Cullman this weekend. That's where I grew up so I'm looking forward to it.
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#2572449
09/06/18 08:37 PM
09/06/18 08:37 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,158 Birmingham
7x57_Mauser
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8 point
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I went to one youth hunt where the owner of the field's brother,would horn on anybody getting any action. I guess he felt like it was his land so OK,but it was low class to me.
I had my girl with me that day when he came down on top of us. She was too young to hunt but I had let her carry a single barrel 410 just to teach safety and how to hold a gun. I helped her shoot a couple times just so she would have the experience but I mostly held the gun when she did.
I only had a few shells for the 410 in my pocket and I wouldn't have given her a shell or loaded gun just to sit with. Anyway,old guy comes in on us when I shoot about 8 birds fairly quick. I spoke nice to him but saw he wasn't going away. I pretended to slip a shell in her 410 and backed the hammer. He decided he needed to be somewhere else about that time,and we had a great hunt afterwards. Veteran move. I'll be putting that'n in my playbook.
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#2572774
09/07/18 09:27 AM
09/07/18 09:27 AM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 17,928 North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I went to one youth hunt where the owner of the field's brother,would horn on anybody getting any action. I guess he felt like it was his land so OK,but it was low class to me.
I had my girl with me that day when he came down on top of us. She was too young to hunt but I had let her carry a single barrel 410 just to teach safety and how to hold a gun. I helped her shoot a couple times just so she would have the experience but I mostly held the gun when she did.
I only had a few shells for the 410 in my pocket and I wouldn't have given her a shell or loaded gun just to sit with. Anyway,old guy comes in on us when I shoot about 8 birds fairly quick. I spoke nice to him but saw he wasn't going away. I pretended to slip a shell in her 410 and backed the hammer. He decided he needed to be somewhere else about that time,and we had a great hunt afterwards. Slick.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#2572901
09/07/18 11:21 AM
09/07/18 11:21 AM
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Joined: May 2012
Posts: 8,670 NW Alabama
R_H_Clark
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Last year I passed a couple on the way to the one I went to. I guess I'll just head up that way early and see if I can find something.
If nothing else,me and the boy will sit out back and shoot at a crow or two.
Last edited by R_H_Clark; 09/07/18 11:22 AM.
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: treetop]
#2572920
09/07/18 11:46 AM
09/07/18 11:46 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,952 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Piney Chapel Fire Department puts on a good shoot normally. It’s on a field it has been on in the past which produced. It’s on the corner of Nick Davis and Sanderson road. It is 10 dollars a day for Saturday and Sunday. There will be more people than you would ever want to be around with a shotgun. A lot of people get their at daylight to put their chairs and stuff out. Some people had tailgating canopies set up in the field last time I went. But Is an option for y’all that don’t have a spot up north. Athens/ Huntsville/Decatur area That sounds like a cluster
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Who is having a shoot in NW Alabama?
[Re: Beadlescomb]
#2572938
09/07/18 12:04 PM
09/07/18 12:04 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,593 Lake View, AL
Joe4majors
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,593
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Piney Chapel Fire Department puts on a good shoot normally. It’s on a field it has been on in the past which produced. It’s on the corner of Nick Davis and Sanderson road. It is 10 dollars a day for Saturday and Sunday. There will be more people than you would ever want to be around with a shotgun. A lot of people get their at daylight to put their chairs and stuff out. Some people had tailgating canopies set up in the field last time I went. But Is an option for y’all that don’t have a spot up north. Athens/ Huntsville/Decatur area That sounds like a cluster Sounds like the $20 Gurly shoot outside of Huntsville.
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