This ^^^At $15/day/hunter, the price can't be beat. $60 for a day for the 4 of us to hunt is a bargain. I think each hunter gets 4 birds. A similar hunt at Lost Creek or one of those places we also like to go would cost nearly $200.
I used to go with my dad and our shotguns and make fun of guys that brought dogs to hunt farm raised birds. I usually had my birds before them too.I used to go with my Brittanies so that I could make fun of the people with lesser dogs.
If you can get birds faster than the guys with dogs you either aren't hunting the DNR preserves or you have a superhuman nose.I used to go with my dad and our shotguns and make fun of guys that brought dogs to hunt farm raised birds. I usually had my birds before them too.
Put and Take pheasants at Atterbury. (2 bird limit per) I know some people just do this to work their dogs, and sometimes these birds are a little hesitant to fly. I am not a bird hunter nor do I pretend to be one on the internet. alot of guys with dogs got their birds before we did, but we had our birds on ice and were heading for a deer stand while many of the "real wing shooters" were still trying to get a bead on their first ring neck.If you can get birds faster than the guys with dogs you either aren't hunting the DNR preserves or you have a superhuman nose.
I can tell you, I've hunted the "private reserve" hunts with friends where you have a 5 acre field and you just have to walk around to flush them up no dogs necessary. I've also hunted the DNR preserves where you're seriously screwed if you didn't bring a dog. You might get lucky on a bird or two, but I don't think you're going to limit out. Honestly, I think DNR does a pretty good job of making their birds hunts as close to the real thing as they can possibly get with the constraints they are given.