Before I start I want to make it clear that I am not trying to sell a dove club membership. I just want to get some feedback and hear how others do it.
My dad and I have planted a dove field every year about the past 5 years. In those 5 years we have almost doubled the size of the field. We have about 20 people total that shoot the field and for the last two years we have served a meal starting at 12pm and we start shooting at one.
anybody that plants a dove field knows that it is not cheap and it has always been paid for out of my dad and mines pocket.
Here is the idea I am trying to sell to my dad.
we get 20 people (ourselves included in that number) and each person pays $50 cash at the beginning of the year. $1000 total. $50 covers one adult and one child under the age of 16 ( child over 16 you buy two spots) That $50 guarantees you 3 shoots ( 2 early season shoots and one late season) with a meal served at the first shoot.
I have figured it out and $1000 will cover seed ( round-up ready sunflowers) spray, fertilizer, and fuel in the tractor and the meal (plus anything else we may decide to plant).
Doing it this way will also make it easier for us to say no to anyone who may invite themselves or if someone wants to bring a guest that we do not particularly want on the field.
Obviously we will do everything we can to make the field as enticing to a dove as possible but at the end of the day we cannot guarantee that you will kill doves.
Does this sound like a pretty fair system? input/suggestions are appreciated
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