WHY HUNT A QUAIL PRESERVE

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EDITOR'S NOTE: If you want someone to become excited about fishing and have lasting memories about the sport, then take him to a place where you know he'll catch plenty of fish. You can follow the same plan for successful hunting. If you really want someone to get excited about hunting, take him on a hunt where he can shoot at numbers of birds, regardless of wind, weather and other hunting conditions. That's why I recommend you go to shooting preserves. If you live in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas or some parts of New Mexico where plenty of wild quail thrive, shooting preserves will not seem as attractive as to hunters in states east of the Mississippi River, which have extremely low quail populations. But in states east of the Mississippi River, you can have a fun time finding and taking numbers of birds at a shooting preserve. Most shooting preserves also will allow you to shoot more than the limit for an extra charge. Let's look at several reasons to hunt shooting preserves.

If you take a business client on a hunt, you want him to have the hunt of a lifetime. You can produce that hunt of a lifetime at a shooting preserve like the Camerons' Shooting Preserve in Panola, Alabama, west of I-59 South near the Mississippi border. "When our clients walk up behind the dogs and flush a covey of birds, they'll often see 30 to 60 quail come off the ground at one time," Rush Cameron, one of the co-managers, says. "In a full day of hunting, they may flush from 10 to20 coveys. Customers often will shoot 50 to 100 quail each in one day, and they'll go home having experienced the hunt of a lifetime. All our clients want to come back to hunt with us again."

Too, on a shooting preserve, you and your client have the option of either riding horses or riding in a mule-drawn or tractor-drawn wagon together. No matter the hunter's physical condition, he or she will see and take numbers of birds. Here's a list of some quail preserves in Alabama and how to contact them.

ALABAMA

Bent Creek Lodge
PO Box 4267, Jachin, AL 36910
(205) 398-3437 Contact: Leo Allen
35 mi. E of Meridan
Est 1983 Acres 30,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Quail, Turkey Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 4-12 guns

Blueridge Camp of Champions
PO Box 35, Lapine, AL 36046
(334) 537-4656 Fax (334) 537-4656 Contact: John Robinson
35 mi. S of Montgomery
Est 1982 Acres 5,000 On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Quail, Pheasant

Briarpatch Hunting
Rt. 2, Box 180, Browns, AL 36759
(334) 683-8039 Contact: Jenni Moore
Est 1991 Acres 850 Type Public On Site Clubhouse Shoots Field Birds Quail Packages 1/2 Day, 2-15 guns NAGA

Bubber Cameron's Shooting Preserve & Sons, Inc.
Rt. 1, Box 144, Aliceville, AL 35442
(205) 455-2420 (205) 455-2420 Contact: Bubber, Rush & John Cameron
60 mi. SW of Tuscaloosa
Est 1974 Acres 2,300 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Dove, Quail, Snipe Dogs Avail Packages 1 Day, 2-15 guns

Cedar Ridge Hunting Lodge
PO Box 277, Co. Rd. 258, Five Points, AL 32344
(334) 864-0404 Contact: Fraser Rudd
Acres 5,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Quail, Chukar, Turkey Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day

Dixieland Plantation
PO Box 168, Hatchechubbee, AL 36858
(334) 667-7876 8 am to 9 pm Contact: Donald Dixon
25 mi. SW of Columbus, GA
Acres 5,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Dove, Quail, Turkey Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, up to 8 guns

Doublehead Resort & Lodge
145 Cty. Rd. 314, Town Creek, AL 35672
(800) 685-9267 8am-10pm Fax (800) 685-9267 Contact: Beverly Robbins
20 mi. W of Florence
Est 1996 Acres 950 Type Public On Site Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field, Tower Birds Quail Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day

Greenfield Hunting Preserve
Hwy. 4 West, PO Box 174, Hwy. Pittsview, AL 36871
(334) 855-9118 Contact: Rick Cunningham
25 mi. S of Columbus, GA
Est 1987 Acres 5,500 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Quail Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 2-12 guns

Master Rack Lodge
Rt. 1, Box 250D, Union Springs, AL 36089
(334) 474-3600 8-5 (334) 474-3600 Contact: Jay or Lynn Pitkins
50 mi. SE of Montgomery
Est 1986 Acres 10,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Turkey Dogs Avail Packages 3 Days, 5-20 guns

Parches Cove Hunting Preserve
4415 Parches Cove Rd., Union Grove, AL 35175
(256) 498-2447 Contact: Houston Lindsay
20 mi. SE of Huntsville
Est 1988 Acres 3,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field, Blinds Birds Quail, Pheasant Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1 Day, 4-12 guns

Portland Landing Hunting Reserve
3201 International Dr., , Selma, AL 36703
(334) 875-2414 8am-4:30pm CT Contact: Phil Blake
40 mi. W of Montgomery
Est 1987 Acres 14,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Turkey Packages 3 Days, 1-8 guns

Pushmataha Plantation
PO Box 595, Butler, AL 36904
(800) 906-9663 8:30am-8pm Fax (800)
26 mi. SW of Meridian, MS
Acres 10,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals Shoots Field Birds Turkey Packages 2 Days, 1-16 guns

Rhodes Quail Farm
39320 Hwy 59, Bay Minette, AL 36507
(251) 937-7580 Contact: Virgil V. Rhodes, Jr.
30 mi. NE of Mobile
Est 1984 Acres 140 Type Public Shoots Field Birds Quail Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 1-6 guns NAGA

Rockfence Station
4388 Chmbrs. Cty Rd. 160, Lafayette, AL 36862
(334) 864-0217 Su-S, 8am-5pm; FAX: (334) 864-0235 Contact: Kane Hudmon
95 mi. SW of Atlanta
Est 1986 Acres 7,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Quail, Pheasant, Chukar, Turkey Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 1-16 guns NAGA
E-mail: rmclendon@rockfence.com
Website: www.rockfence.com
Skeet/Trap/5-Stand; 1/2 Day-Full Day-Overnight; Volume Corporate Packages

Selwood Hunting Preserve
706 Selwood Rd., Alpine, AL 35014
(800) 522-0403 8-5 (800) 522-0403 Contact: O.V. Hill
40 mi. E of Birmingham
Est 1984 Acres 1,000 Type Public, Member On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Quail Dogs Avail Packages 1/2 Day, 2-10 guns NAGA

Thrash Quail Farm
Rt. 1, Box 239A, Banks, AL 36005
(334) 735-3991 Contact: Steve Thrash
22 mi. E of Troy
Est 1993 Acres 2,000 Type Public, Member On Site Clubhouse, Lodging Shoots Field Birds Quail, Pheasant Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 2-4 guns NAGA

Vick Quail Farm
5190 County Rd. 39, Onconta, AL 35121
(205) 589-6416 Contact: Marvin Vick
Type Public Shoots Field Birds Quail NAGA

Westervelt Hunting Lodge
PO Box 2362, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
(205) 373-8212 Visit Our Web Site http://www.westervelt.com (205) 373-8212 Contact: Charles Bedwell
50 mi. SW of Tuscaloosa
Acres 14,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Dove, Quail, Turkey Dogs Avail Packages 1/2 Day, 2-12 guns
Visit Our Web Site: www.westervelt.com
Combine Westervelt's relaxed comfort and sumptuous meals with prime habitat, professional guides, fine dogs and an abundance of quail...this is quail hunting as it was meant to be. Season runs October thru March. Two to twelve hunters can subdivide the spacious preserve, hunting from mule drawn wagons, off horseback, or on foot. In between hunts sporting clays, and skeet are available. Call today!

J.E. Wheeler Quail Farm
70 Quail Farm Rd., , Minter, AL 36761
(334) 227-4435 Contact: Gene Wheeler
Type Public Shoots Field Birds Quail NAGA

White Oak Plantation
5215 B County Road 10, Tuskegee, AL 36083
(334) 727-9258 (334) 727-9258 Contact: Robert Pitman
20 mi. SW of Auburn
Est 1983 Acres 16,000 Type Public On Site Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Clays Shoots Field Birds Quail, Turkey Dogs Avail/HDW Packages 1/2 Day, 2-8 guns
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