The Upland Almanac – July 2019

BRYAN BILINSKI owns FIELDSPORT,

purveyors of fine guns and renowned

wing shooting instruction, based

in Traverse City, Michigan. One of

the country’s leading shotgun fitters

and shooting instructors, Bryan is

credited with introducing sporting

clays to the United States.

• Farmland spans across 5 counties
  
  
  • Experienced guides and dogs
  
  
  
  

wild bird hunts

pheasant - sharptail - prairie chicken - huns

Brown’s lodge & Hunting Ranch

Gettysburg, SD • 605-765-9150 • http://www.brownshuntingranch.com

rides with whom? Trips that are only an hour from home don’t
require the same logistics as a trip to the prairies does. Multiple
safe drivers are needed to help break up the trip and circumvent
the fatigue of a long drive. Also consider spending one night
halfway there and back at a preplanned hotel en route. Driving
straight through may be a bad decision and could turn you into
zombies when you arrive.

Expenses: Money concerns end many marriages in divorce

• and the same can be said about hunting trips! Determine if
  the owner of the vehicle is to be reimbursed for expenses such
  as mileage, normal maintenance, road repairs, towing and even
  professional cleaning of the vehicle after the trip. How is the
  money going to be collected for the fuel costs? Who will be in
  charge of keeping a log of the expenses?

Lodging: Who is in charge of making the lodging
reservations? Are there enough rooms reserved for all the
hunters involved? Are the accommodations acceptable to
everyone? Costs, deposits and who is bunking with whom all
need to be predetermined. Anyone snore? Are dogs allowed in
the rooms? If not, where are the pups going to sleep?

Meals: How does the

hunting party want to take

its meals? Cook individually

or as a group? Live out of

coolers on sandwiches? Enjoy

three squares a day at local

restaurants? If everyone’s meals

plans are different, the house

divided may fall.

Alcohol: Excessive

consumption of alcohol during

an excursion has probably

In the Swing

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Have a question about wing shooting

or shotguns for Bryan answer? Please send it to

[email protected].