a training grounds $$$$ question

vScottv said:

How did you ever get out of that place?

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That's funny right there.

We're lucky here in that a local club allows unlimited, year round access to 300 plus acres with some decent water included in your annual membership of $35 per family.

It's about a 45 min drive for me. About 40 for the Burlington Ranch I mentioned earlier. Can't complain.

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nothing.....just leave it the way you found it

Bill

What do field trial clubs pay land owners when they use their property for trials in such places as Georgia or Texas?

Do they pay a set amount per dog or a flat fee for the weekend? Or do the entire proceeds from the trial go to the land owners?

Wade said:

What do field trial clubs pay land owners when they use their property for trials in such places as Georgia or Texas?

Do they pay a set amount per dog or a flat fee for the weekend? Or do the entire proceeds from the trial go to the land owners?

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If that were the case how could clubs afford to hold trials?

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Easy, everything is paid for, birds, judges, shells, etc. and what is left over goes to pay the land owners for the use of the property.

Near Sioux Falls SD we have the Sioux Valley Retriever Club and that has many technical ponds - not a whole lot of land to work with but you cant find water like that any where else around here and it is 100 a year and it is unlimited access

Wade said:

Easy, everything is paid for, birds, judges, shells, etc. and what is left over goes to pay the land owners for the use of the property.

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Huh....so who pays for broken wingers, missing radios, other broken and misplaced misc. equipment?

Maybe it's just me but the clubs I'm a member of can't afford to hold tests for long if they just break even every time.

To answer your first question, around here it's anywhere from $1000 - $1500 per event or $10 per entry depending on where the
test is held.

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