Gamebird Club

Gamebird Club Rules

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Habitat Conservation

Hunting Season

Membership Benefits

Successful Hunts

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Seasonal Game Bird Club and Guided Hunts on Private Land, Year-Round Vacations, Nature & Photography Hikes

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GAME BIRD CLUB

With 230 acres overlooking Humboldt Bay, the wildlife refuge and the Pacific Ocean, Northcoast Outfitters offers first-rate views and a modest clubhouse for a variety of activities. Members also may  book the club for family barbecues, nature hikes and other compatible activities. In the off-season the club is open at any time for members to run their dogs.

In addition to hunting, trap shooting is available at any time. You don’t have to feel the pressure of a highly competitive club to hone your shooting skills.

We also offer hunting dog training year round. We have a client who takes advantage of our mild, coastal weather to train dogs in the summer when it’s really hot farther inland.

“The Humboldt Hill preserve has spectacular views, very good cover. Wally is really friendly and helpful. He helped train our Labrador retriever. He developed a “head start” program for our puppy, helped her to start retrieving, introduced her to birds and got her really ready to hunt before her first birthday. His reliable service always makes the hunt turn out great.”

~ Ted & Linda Kuiper

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Hunt Season:
September 1 through May 31

We discovered that by closing April 1st we had been missing the best time of year to hunt. We have extended hunting to a full nine months. The April/May weather is beautiful, and the days are longer. We just need to change birds to enjoy a successful 9-month hunting season.

The best time of year for both chukars and pheasants is September/October, when it is dry. From November to April 1st it’s best to concentrate on pheasants because it’s too wet for chukars.

After April 1st, finish the season hunting chukars, who prefer it dry. The supply of pheasants is depleted after April 1st, but we can always find chukars for you, and even when the cover is beaten down we can hide chukars to make for a very good hunt.

20-bird Pheasant Card................$500.00*
20-bird Chukar Card...................$300.00*
20-bird Combo Card...................$400.00*
20-bird Rooster Card..................$580.00*

Single Membership.......................$50.00*

*Includes a free hat and an extra bird
(for cards ordered before Sept. 1)

European Hunt..................$100.00 per person
Perfect for those interested more in shooting
than in hunting. In groups of 7 or more.
Includes 30 pheasants (or 20 pheasants
+ 12 Chukars), trap shooting and lunch.

Hat................................................$15.00
T-shirt............................................$15.00
Shock Collar Rental...........$15.00 per hunt
Dog Rental........................$15.00 per hunt

Our suppliers’ prices have risen each year, but our prices are more than competitive with anywhere you want to go.

Pheasant hunts make great gifts!

"We love Wally’s place. It’s a great thing for residents and visitors alike. We had the birthday party for our 7-year-old twins there, and they said it was the best birthday party they ever had. We’ve also had Christmas parties there for the last three years, and we take our dogs up there to run. The camaraderie is fun, and the scenery is off-the-map beautiful—truly spectacular. It’s great for anyone who loves the outdoors. I encourage anyone to take one of his guided tours, or hunt for pheasants or chukars (they’re faster). Wally is always hospitable, helpful and eager to please." ~ Chuck Petrusha

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Tips for
Successful Hunts

We’ve learned how to run the club effectively by working with the birds and watching the hunters.

For the last 5 years we’ve been releasing 1,000 birds a year, and whether we’re releasing 4 birds or 80 in a day we take great pride in releasing each bird separately for a quality hunt. It’s very important that hunters get their birds, and our hunters have a very good rate of success, but it is hunting.

You can improve your success rate by being in the field and ready to hunt by the time your hunt is scheduled to start. It’s important to arrive early enough to sign in, go over your hunt particulars, and allow your dog to run around and do his thing. That’s because if you book a 10 am hunt, we release your birds at 9:30.

A lot of people will book a 10 am hunt and show up at 10 am. Then we go through the process. By the time we get into the field it’s 10:30, and the birds have had an hour head start, and these birds are game!

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Tournaments

We'd like to do a tournament or a dog trial in April or May. Contact us with your suggestions!

Also
Coyote Calling
Deer Hunts

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Northcoast Outfitters Clubhouse

Hunt Hikes

All guided hunts can vary from what you would like to hunt, combining several hunting opportunities into one trip. Overall success varies year to year according to factors such as hunter ability, weather, drive and game movement.

Aleutian Geese

In the early 1980s there were 800 Aleutian geese left; they were nearly extinct. Now they are such a success story that the flock is currently estimated at 100,000. Hunting is necessary to maintain balance and tokeep them in flying trim. Geese who settle too long in grasslands get too fat to be able to survive in their leaner nesting grounds. (Fat snow geese have decimated their nesting grounds.)

Through the fall 60,000 or more Aleutian geese migrate south along the Pacific flyway through Humboldt County. Around January 15 they start setting up their winter and spring feeding seasons in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties grass fields until April 15 when the wind shift and, like clockwork, they begin the trek north to the Aleutian Islands nesting grounds. They are a wonder to watch, and the north coast is one of the only areas to see them in the Continental U.S., and there is a special season to hunt them.

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Pheasant hunts make excellent gifts!

Northcoast Outfitters
PO Box 28
Loleta, CA 95551-0028
(707) 733-5613
(707) 498-6348 cell

• Trap Range
• RV Parking
• No extra birds for cards purchased after Sept. 1, 2009.
• Hunting Dates by Appointment Only
• 24 Hours Advance Notice

Gamebird Club Rules

Chuck Petrusha

Northcoast Outfitters:
(707) 733-5613 messages
(707) 498-6348 cell

Northcoast Outfitters is licensed and bonded #003906

Gamebird Club Rules, 2009-10

Habitat Conservation

At Northcoast Outfitters we prize conservation and consider ourselves stewards of the land. When we were in Arcata we fenced off several sloughs and a pond so that cattle couldn’t get into them. In Bear River we raked a lot of brush, replanting with clovers for the cattle, deer and quail, as well as replanted redwood trees. When we moved to Loleta we cleared a pond that had been silted in. Last year we had at least 150 mallards coming into the pond.

Education & Outreach

Just as important is passing along the appreciation and value of the land and the cycles of nature. This year we’re donating three youth hunts during Christmas vacation for a prize drawing by California Waterfowl. Each two-day hunt will include pheasant and chukar hunting on the first day, and a mallard hunt on the second day. It will be a day that the kids will never forget, including a dinner and overnight stay.

Northcoast Outfitters has donated hunts to Ducks Unlimited (Eureka and Eel River Valley Chapters), California Waterfowl and the National Wild Turkey Federation.

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