Birds Landing Hunting Preserve

William Beyer

Great place to go and do some clay practice, with 13 stations all having 2 launchers the angles and looks you get can really help sharpen hunting gun work skills. The grounds are gorgeous rural California, there's a couple super small towns close by but birds landing has food and a small store for shooting supplies. They offer modified strollers with gun mounts or carts if you don't want to carry your stuff. Do not miss this experience, especially if you're a regular clay shooter!

Nathan Malakoff

What a great way to spend a couple of hours! The course is so nice to walk. There is shade from trees, a breeze, and clays to shoot out of the sky! It doesn't get much better than that! Everyone in the pro shop is super helpful, and they made buying a new shotgun a pleasure for me. I will be back many more times!

Ken Graham

I cannot recommend Birds Landing Hunting Preserve enough. The most professional and friendly staff. Whitney, you rock! If you want to learn to shoot skeet, safely handle a shotgun and exercise your 2'nd Ammendment Rights in a safe and fun environment, this is the place! It reminds me of how California used to be. It's with it to come out and join and improve your marksmanship.

Patrick Jones

I hunted Birds Landing with a friend a couple years ago, in 2016, and we bagged 7 birds that day. We went later in the day and hunted several fields with no one else in sight. I was not able to hunt the 2017-18 season, but had such a good time that I was definitely going to join and hunt the 2018-19 season. This year is the first year with my dog hunting and she has progressed wonderfully. Rick, Dan, Tony and all the staff have made it a very pleasant experience. Some days I arrive for the opening hunt and other days if I want to sleep in I will go out later in the day. Early on there were several days that we did not get any birds, but that was because my dog was still figuring out exactly what we were looking for and what was her role. Now she knows exactly what pheasants are and that she gets to grab them and bring them back. For the month of January 2019, we have been out hunting 6 times and there was only one late-start day that we flushed no birds. I read one review where the poster complained about the staff because they started late. I think he mistook their humor for an insult and the poster then went on to complain that he and his dog were covered in ticks. Be advised when you go into the outdoors there are insects, such as mosquitoes and ticks. I keep my dog on a flea and tick treatment regimen and have discovered ZERO ticks on her. I check myself after each hunt as well and have discovered no ticks this year. I don't know what this fellow was expecting, its the outdoors after all. There has only been one day, I have observed people behaving stupidly and that was through their vocalizations not safety. Also, for those who have not hunted extensively, you will sometimes get "rained" on. That is where bird shot lands around you or on you, but it was fired from a sufficient distance that it has no effect upon you. That is not a safety hazard, also it is not buckshot as I have seen several people term it, bird shot is significantly smaller in size and does not retain energy as does buck shot. Know that nothing is perfect and there will always be the possibility of people being unpleasant or just plain stupid. Safety is everyone's responsibility, and unsafe behavior should be reported. I have no doubt that Rick and Dan would address safety issues.