California Hunting in the News
In a continued effort to
reduce firearm accidents, the State of California
requires all first time resident hunters, regardless of age, to
complete hunter education training or pass a comprehensive
equivalency test before purchasing a hunting license.
The California Department of Fish and Game
conducts training throughout the state. Each year approximately
30,000 students complete the state’s ten-hour minimum hunter
education course. Statistics show hunter education training is a
success.
Hunting accidents of all types have declined
substantially since the start of the program. The California Hunter
Safety Program began on January 1, 1954 with the passage of the
Davis-Abshire Hunter Safety Training Law. The initial law required
all junior hunters to take a Hunter Safety Class prior to obtaining
their first hunting license. Birds Landing
www.birdslanding.net/
info@birdslanding.net
is a full service, world class game bird hunting preserve and sporting
clays course. Located in the picturesque town of Birds Landing,
California, it operates on approximately 1200 acres of prime pheasant
habitat adjacent to the Suisun Marsh, one of California's premier
waterfowl and pheasant hunting areas. Centrally situated, it boasts
easy freeway access to four major airports; one hour from Sacramento
and Oakland, 75 minutes from San Francisco and one hour and 45 minutes
from San Jose. The close proximity to the Napa Valley, California's
famed "wine country", the San Francisco Bay Area, including Silicon
Valley, and the historic "gold country", help make Birds Landing a
destination facility for bird hunters and sporting clays shooters from
all over the world.
Although, pheasant is the primary game bird hunted at Birds Landing,
chukar hunting is also available. The cover is diverse and ranges from
challenging to rather easy. Trained gun dogs are a must, and for those
not willing to bring a dog on a long trip, excellent rental dogs are
available. Guided hunts are also an option with advanced notice.
Harvested birds can be processed and packaged or smoked. Shipping is
available on request.
Birds Landing, the home of the original $porting $kins Tournament,
features a fully automated 15-station sporting clays course, designed
by Rick Cirillo, nationally acclaimed course designer and target
setter. The course is easily the most popular among clays shooters in
northern California. Set against a backdrop of rolling hills and the
Sacramento River, the course is dynamically set to challenge AA
shooters and encourage the beginner. The bellwether measure of Birds
Landing Sporting Clays is the tournament schedule. Birds Landing is
well known for its challenging and well-run tournaments. Please check
for schedule and registration information. A fully automated,
professional 5-Stand course is also part of the sporting clays
experience.
The Birds Landing clubhouse features a restaurant, that serves
breakfast and lunch on a daily basis. It also has a very well stocked
shooters ProShop. Guns, ammunition, apparel and a complete line of
shooting supplies are available at competitive prices. Please check
for complete merchandise list and prices.
To purchase game birds for the 2004 - 2005 season, buy shooting
supplies, book a game bird or sporting clays customized package, sign
up for a sporting clays tournament or just ask a question; contact:
Birds Landing Hunting Preserve and Sporting Clays
2099 Collinsville Rd
Birds Landing, California 94512
Pheasant Season
Sept. 21, 2006 to March 18, 2007
Chukar Season
Sept. 21, 2006 to April 29, 2007
Hunting Hours
Wednesday through Sunday
8:00am to 4:00pm
Clubhouse Hours
Wednesday through Sunday
7:00am to 4:00pm
Kitchen Hours: 7:00am to 2:00pm
Closed
Mondays and Tuesdays
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve & New Years
Day
Located on 1200 acres of segregated fields in Solano County between
Rio Vista and Fairfield, this prime area offers some of the finest
pheasant hunting in the state. Our widely varied cover, from natural
to perennial grasses; from cultivated fields to growth choked ditches,
provides a pleasant yet challenging environment to hunt for pheasant
and chukar.
For more than two centuries, shotgunners have sought to duplicate
their field shooting on a controlled range to provide practice for
hunting. Trap and skeet are shot from fixed stations and the target
trajectory is the same on every regulation range. This encourages a
style habitually followed at each station and does little to prepare
the shooter for almost infinite variety of target presentations that
will be experienced in the field. While Sporting Clays doesn’t exactly
imitate field conditions, it does come a lot closer.
Sporting Clays has been referred to as ‘golf with a shotgun’ and the
typical course is designed to replicate the different shooting
experiences encountered in the field. This allows the shooter to
improve wing shooting techniques and become much quicker with a
shotgun. Here at Bird’s Landing (as at other Sporting Clays
facilities) shooting stations are designed with each one presenting a
different set of challenges to the shooter. One station, off a bluff,
simulates a quail shoot with targets moving so fast that some are even
difficult to see. Our ‘Fur and Feathers’ station involves one target
flying overhead and the other speeding across the ground on it’s side;
mimicking the actions of a bird and a rabbit. Other stations recreate
many of the other shooting conditions found in the field. The Bird’s
Landing Sporting Clays course is a dynamic facility with target
presentations varying from day to day. The speed, angle and the size
of the clays can be, and are frequently changed. Traps are moved and
even cover and terrain is modified to present ‘new shooting challenges
every day’.
Over time, Sporting Clays has evolved from it’s beginnings as a form
of hunting practice into the popular recreational and competitive
activity that it is today. Bird’s Landing is a member of the National
Sporting Clays Association and hosts many tournaments and ‘fun shoots’
throughout the year.
Individual or Family will be issued a punch card.
Receive one punch for each 100 targets paid per day.
Gift certificates and discounts do not qualify for punch.
Rates Punches Target Price
Season: March 1 to February 28 1st 10 $34 per 100
Memberships prorated after May 31 2nd 10 $33 per 100
Individual $69 3rd 10 $32 per 100
Family $138 4th 10 $31 per 100
Family membership includes
spouse and children 17 & under 5th 10 $30 per 100
6th 10 $29 per 100
7th 10 $28 per 100
8th 10 $27 per 100
Remainder of the year: $26 per 100 targets
www.cottrelhuntingranch.com/
grandgl@hughes.net
The Cottrell Ranch, located in Northwestern California, covers 14,000
acres of privately owned timber and grazing land. The ranch has been
family owned and operated since the 1870's. Today, fourth generation
family members operate and reside on the ranch.
In addition to being a working cattle ranch, we offer unique hunting
opportunities. We are committed to sound game management practices
while striving to provide a high quality hunting experience for our
clients.
Hunting Packages: Offered for both Black tail Deer Hunting and Black
Bear hunting in California.
Accommodations: You will be housed in the main ranch house. Meals are
served in the dining room. Modern accommodations include a heated
swimming pool, hot tub and television. Bedding and linens are
furnished. Alternate housing includes a quaint old homestead house.
Extras: There is an excellent opportunity for wildlife and scenic
photography. Top quality taxidermy and game processing are available
locally. Upon request, we provide delivery of trophies and meat to
these businesses.
Columbia Blacktail Deer Hunting: Hunts are conducted from four wheel
drive vehicles and on foot. We furnish one guide for every two hunters
and have a maximum of four hunters at one time.
A trophy fee is added for any buck that scores 120 or better SCI.
California has a short archery season (late August / early September).
Our guide is an expert archer with a good record of success.
Blacktail Deer Hunting Fee
2 Day Management Hunts:
A Mature Buck with a Fork on one Side - 2x? $2000.00
3 Day General Hunt:
Buck to score under 120 SCI $3500.00
5 day Trophy Hunt:
Buck to Score 120 or better SCI or any 4x4 $4000.00 + $1000.00 Trophy
Fee
Non - Hunter $125.00 / day
Bear Hunting Fee
May be taken during any of the above Guided Deer Hunts & if you have a
current Bear Tag $1500.00
Frank Schrimsher
Windermere, Florida
Management Hunts: We conduct a limited number of management hunts.
Although herd improvement is our primary purpose, these hunts provide
an opportunity for new or young hunters to experience deer hunting
within wild and natural habitat.
Black Bear Hunting: Customized bear hunts are available upon request.
A 50% deposit is required to reserve a hunt. Balance due upon arrival.
Our clients are required to sign a hunting agreement and liability
release form.
State of California Department of Fish & Game regulations govern all
hunts.
A valid California license and tag are required.
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