Wingshooting is a lifestyle. It is an anachronism in this day and age.
If someone doesn't like dogs, and is in their 70's, Well, I never have seen a leopard change their spots. So, I respect a person's decision to not get involved with them.
I can't shoot pen raised quail for less than $6.00/bird. So, for $100.00 EVERY COUPLE WEEKS, I can whack away at a good pile of them. I can't speak for the day rate along the GA/FL line.
I can speak to the enormous amount of fun that can be had for a hundred bucks. Teaching a kid, working with someone else's dog, laughing about hits and misses,
and then of course
Pan fried quail, biscuits, and gravy.
I don't ever want to equate any of that with dollars and cents. But I respect that people do.
Like I said initially, as soon as a person does, they are all done with it.
When dinner and two drinks at Applebee's costs about $45.00, I don't think going to a preserve every so often is really all that expensive.
I suppose it's all relative though.
I offered a simple means by which to cloud over a modest wingshooting budget. A prepaid debit card can be filled with little indulgences. And as the card is being filled in the off season, every deposit signifies future possibilities of fun.
But overall, I can stand by my observation and belief, that when the cost of shooting worries a man, He quits doing it.
