Originally Posted By: Bigsob
Originally Posted By: R_H_Clark
Originally Posted By: Bigsob
Firstly, every youth dove hunt at the ranch for the past several years has ended about 5:30, maybe a little research next time.

Secondly, his daughter was not out there unwarranted, she registered, just like everyone else, had her son there with her, and even waited for all of ya'll to go first to the field. Someone did show up without a child, but it wasn't her!

It absolutely me that someone would gripe about a free hunt(and no, you can not fuss about ammo, gas, gun repair...you'd had to do that anywhere), that is supposed to be for the kids, guess some guys miss the point.

Bill puts a hell of a lot work into that place and your children are one of the main reasons. Maybe, just maybe, you should try thanking him and the wildlife freshwater fishery guys for doing it instead of complaining. The alternative to them not being there means no more dove hunts. If you didn't like the hunt, don't go back.........I'm pretty sure they wont miss you.


I wasn't at this hunt but I would think that all this could have been avoided if the state had posted the time they intended to end the hunt so everyone signing up would have known before hand,especially if that time is anything other than the end of legal hunting time.

The only way for anyone to know when it ended was if they had been there before,or personally knew someone who had. What kind of research could a person do to find out about a hunt that they had never been to or knew of anyone who had been to?


Off the top of my head? Call the number displayed when you register, the one that says for more information contact!


I'm pretty sure that will only get you to the district office who may possibly be able to get you that info.

The main thing though is that most people would just assume that the hunt would end at official end of daylight hunting time. They wouldn't even know to ask if someone would cut them short by 2 hours. My point is that if such had been the policy for several years all the hurt feelings could have been avoided by someone having the foresight to post the cut off time.

It also might have been avoided by a different reply by the official in charge. If his reply was indeed that it depended on if his team was loosing,I would say that is not a good starting point for a courteous response.