Paying For Training Grounds

[Shannon]

I'm looking into buying a piece of property for an investment,training my dogs, and a duck club. The question I have to everyone-would you be willing to pay for a place to train dogs where you have access to a river, ponds, and fields for field work. Homers will be available for free to use and feral pigeons/chukar  will be available for there cost to purchase. Remote launchers will be available to use for free also. Its 40 acres of ponds bordered by a river and 40 acres of grass fields. Access would be from Feb. 1st to October 1st and it will be closed during duck season for a duck club. It would be an hour North of Seattle. This would not be available for the guy that wants to train one day out of a year. It would only be available to the serious dog people that are looking for a repeat place to train with great grounds to use. It would be offered to 15 or less people on a membership basis. What do you guys think the demand, if any, would be for something like this? How much a year would be a reasonable cost to ask for the serious dog owner?

[Stilly bay]

I would think you would get more mileage if you had members only days and then other days of the week were open to non members to pay as they go.

if you kept enough birds on hand you would have no shortage of people who would want to buy them and shoot them on your property.

on the other hand having a private club of only a few individuals paying a premium would probably be the only way you could afford the insurance. Sky rocketing insurance is one of the main reasons why you see so few West side preserves in operation today.

[NW-GSP]

I would be interested and I have a buddy that is getting a pointer within the next year also. Can you give more details on the location? Like what city it would be near?

[rushmoody1]

I would be interested in paying to join the duck club, especially if it was a small group of 15 to 20 hunters.

[Shannon]

It would not be open to the public as a preserve. It would be a membership only deal. That saves a ton in insurance fees. It would be 15 members for the dog training grounds and only 4 for the duck club. The duck club is already filled.
NW GSP-Its near the Edison area.

[NW-GSP]

That's allot Better then having to drive to eastern wa. Guess it depends on membership fees If I can afford it.

[AspenBud]

I would rather see more groups of people getting together, pooling resources, and training than private clubs.

Bird hunting is a step child west of the mountains.