Chuck Connell, owner and congenial host at "Tails A Waggin' Bird Hunting Club" in Marion, MI (about 20 miles SE of Cadillac) has set up a Tower Pheasant Shoot, starting at 1100 hrs. (11 o'clcok AM) at the Club. Fee is $145.00 per gun, which includes ten birds and a lunch like you won't believe.
I've shot Tower birds there twice, IMO it is a great set-up. Chuck has 13 stands set around the tower in some great cover- he has over 300 acres in his lease there, stands are well placed, safety rules explained- he has good strong flyers- we usually have the Tower shoot first, with a signalled rotation clockwise from stand to stand- and area dog handlers assist with the retrieving. Then a break for lunch, and then a pick-up hunt with the dogs.
Blaze orange hats, caps, coats are optional for the Tower phase, but are mandatory for the pick-up hunt, and we usually split up into small groups with the dogs and their handlers.
Chuck is a great host-bring plenty of shells (and if you are a waterfowler like me, duck stamps and some steel loads, there are several large ponds on the property and the season will be wide open then.
His website is
www.preservehunt.com and his e-mail address is
childrenscharters@hotmail.com
Tower release pheasant shoot Sat 17th Oct.
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