There are a handful, if that many, of SW GA quail plantations that offer wild quail hunting to the paying public. Usually reserved for the owner's family and friends, a few days a year are opened on a limited basis. A friend took his son and another father-son to such a plantation and a day and half hunting was $25,000 for the 4. This included lodging and meals. A driven shoot in the UK seems like a bargain, but then an early released quail hunt would swing the bargain comparison back to the states. My buddy took a similar hunt this season in SW Ga. This year they found 49 wild coveys in a day and a half. While other regions of the US have healthy populations of wild quail, SW Ga has over 300,000 contiguous acres of privately owned quail plantations with extensive (replace the "t" with the "p" in extensive) management for birds, including predator control. Figure over a million a year per large plantation which includes costs for staff, property taxes, etc. Gil
