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Finding Places to Hunt and Shoot
I decided to do a page on finding places to hunt and shoot
after getting the question asked on ebay a few times. It's not
nearly as easy to find good places as it is worth airsoft or
paintball. For starters those who have them don't want to share
them - the opposite of combat gaming - And, unless you're lucky
enough to live near to a large, wild, free public access area
(not many of those about in the UK) you can't just go out and
pop away.
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We have recently opened a
4-cabin retreat, and hope
to catrer to hunters during
any and all of the seasons;
we are located in Ozark
County, Missouri, and are
surrounded on three sides
by the Mark Twain National
Forest. We literally
have a hunters' paradise
here, and hope to be able
to attract serious and
responsible hunters to our
property.
Although we are open year
'round, we will use
black-outs during all
hunting seasons so only
hunters will fill the
cabins. You can look
at our property and cabins
by going to www.eagarvalley.com.
Ignore the no-hunting
info, we have a
new partner,
and have changed
our policy to cater
to hunters, it
will soon be reflected
on our website,
advertising, and
brochures.
We have many deer
and turkey on our 600
acre retreat, as well
as wild
pigs. Please
call early for
reservations, they will
fill up fast.
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I'd like feedback for this page and am happy to do links
out to other sites that can provide venue and location
information.
Or if you've got some content to add send it to me and I'll
either add it to this page or create a new page depending on
what it is and how long.
Just email me with your details or info.
For now here are a few ideas to get you started:
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Shops
If you've got a hunting or gun shop nearby ask there. It's very
likely they'll know of places or at least start to in the right
direction. Another possibility is a fishing shop that also
sells air rifles. Although not specialist sellers they may know
people or hunt themselves.
Be a free pest controller
Many people get permission from farmers to shoot on their
land for rabbits and other pests.
Many farmers are happy for this as they get free pest
control and you get free hunting. So worth asking about.
Possible places to ask would be at the farms themselves or
if that's a bit of scary thought try markets where they may
sell free range products or even look them up in Yellow pages
or online directories and give them a call.
The fact is that farms are big and rabbits are many so there
are often plenty to go round. This was my first hunt experience
- midnight lamping in a 4x4 for rabbits in Scotland.
Superb!
Where does the meat come
from?
You may also check with any local proper
traditional type butchers as they often get hunted game and may
give you a good lead to follow up.
Online
Also worth checking forums and blogs online - Try keywords
around phrases like "shooting --your area name--"
Clubs and Associations
Your local
gun club - Even if they only do targets on an indoor range
there's a good chance they'll be able to point you the right
way.
Syndicates -
If you can find one...Prices from cheap to mega bucks. In many
cases it's simply group clubbing their money together to
be able to afford to rent a shoot area from a landowner. If you
can find a good one this can give you some great places to
shoot.
And check out the BASC website -
British Association for Conservation and Shooting have an
excellent directory page for shooting clubs and places to hunt
and shoot as well as a ton of other info on hunting and
shooting in the UK AND outside the UK.
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