We drove from Nashville to Prairie Wildlife Lodge for their annual 2024 dove hunt. The price was $250 per person, which included a breakfast and lunch.
We were actually a bit disappointed in the food, which consisted of a plain sausage biscuit and fruit for breakfast and hotdogs and burgers for lunch. I guess we were expecting a bit more of an elaborate breakfast and lunch based on the reputation of this lodge.
The guides we had in the field we were assigned to were great. They were very knowledgeable and nice to chat with. There were plenty of birds flying early. However, the field was crowded, and there were some inexperienced hunters shooting low birds, making it a bit of a safety concern (especially with how crowded the field was). One person shooting near us clearly shot over their limit.
Rumer had it (we heard during lunch) that game wardens came to another field that AM and shut the hunt down due to baiting. However, I am not able to confirm, as that was not the field we were hunting in and we never saw wardens in our field.
Overall, it was great seeing as many birds as we did, but did not feel like it was worth the drive time and cost of the hunt due to the crowded fields and quality/selection of food provided for breakfast/lunch. read more