re: Need Advice on Planning a Dove Shoot

What he said.

Liability insurance is too cheap not to have. Call the Alabama Forest Landowners and get a policy.

I've done this on a rather large scale too. $100 -$150/gun pretty easy. Let kids under 16 off on the fee if you want, but get them on the insurance. Its good to have a list with the name and phone number of every person or responsible person (with kids) there. Go ahead and get them to write their license number down while they fill it out.

If the hunt starts at noon its gonna be hot as a sonofagun, a sausage wrap around or pulled pork sandwich and a bag of Lays is plenty. Save the BBQ/Fish Fry/Jambalaya for after the hunt.

Same with any booze. Absolutely none before the hunt.

Have a safety meeting before the shoot, let everyone know what the expectations and rules are, people will respect you and them and feel safer.

Assign them spots, clump friends together if you like, but assign them spots. At least a hundred yards apart, and preferably around the field and not in the middle. If its a big field then 200 yards out from the first row drop another row.

If you don't assign spots, you'll either have people gripe at you, or be disappointed in the plan of the hunt and not say anything, the opposite of what your goal is.

You can float around after the assignments are made, passing out water/ear plugs and checking on your guys.

Finally, there are a number of people in LA that host these things, talk to some of them.