Quote Originally Posted by Chris L. View Post
For those that have been to the dodge city meet, how is getting permission to hunt? Are the land owners welcoming to falconers? I do not have a problem with knocking on doors to get some land to hunt.

Does NAFA secure any land for the meet?

NAFA has rotated its Meets through a series of small towns over the years. Dodge City has always been a hospitable place and the game has been pretty good. KS landowners are generally affable and open to hunters who are polite and considerate. At every NAFA Meet I've attended (pushing 40 now), they've had people working with the locals to secure land for a variety of quarry. Maps are put up and there is usually a list of landowner names, permission and hunting policies on those properties, etc. Sometimes there is a hunt master who helps organize this and/or a designated local for the same. It's generally considered poor form to hunt anywhere at all near the Meet hotel weathering yard. Don't forget KS has pretty good pheasant hunting; but these days expect some landowners of course will lease for them and/or otherwise restrict hunting them; same sometimes occurs for deer, but I'm not aware of any conflicts with deer season.

Where are you all finding rabbits there? Is it best to go industrial or to a farm? Inside the city or how far out the city?

Both, and since I drive all that way to NOT hunt in town like back home, I prefer"country hawking". Rabbits are in windbreaks, farm machinery, irrigation pipe piles, etc. Jacks are always spotty, but usually plentiful when you do find them.

How about the ducks? what types or water do you find them on. Do they have stock tanks in dodge city?

Small ponds and stock tanks, as you'd expect, offer the best slips and there's always some already identified. You might want to use something like Google Earth and a good GPS unit that can handle longitude/latitude inputs to find more. Don't forget to look for irrigation/drainage ditches.

I'm trying to get a game plan of where to hunt there.

You can usually find some folks at the weathering yard or the night before who know the area and will be happy to take you out. I've heard NAFA's NAFEX contingent (and others) are real friendly. And there are ALWAYS locals who come out to the weathering yard to take pictures who, if you talk w/them, sometimes will invite you out to their place or a friend's.

Weather is normally good, but it can me windy (best on those days to hunt early and late), and hope there isn't one of those infamous KS blizzards when it's time to go home. LOL!
Well, Chris, I hope I've helped you.