FCS Season Dove Lease Near Bartlett

Myrick Browning, Bartlett Dove Lease Coordinator, met with Brett Harbers on 6/29/23 on his land near Bartlett.  Several things have changed this season.  The ‘old’ field looks very good as it is covered in tall sunflowers.  He saw a lot of birds there at 9:30 AM, which was a pleasant surprise.  Brett will cut strips through all the sunflower fields so we can hunt in them and also to be able to recover birds.  There will be 150 acres of sunflowers to hunt.

He returned to the lease on 7/10/23 and some sunflowers were six feet tall.

Access will be by his equipment shed and he will leave the gate unlocked.  There is no access off Lindeman Road as that land has been sold.  The land that was sold had little sunflowers last year.

This year he is asking that each group hunts in their assigned lease area during the first ten days. Afterward, you may hunt where the Sun City Rod and Gun Club guys hunt (the barn, house, big trees, and gully) while being respectful of others.

Most of the land west of Harbers Rd. where the old house and barn are located has no sunflowers and is grass.

The cost for the annual lease is $275.  No pistols or rifles allowed.  No hunting guests allowed.

The lease is for FCS supporting (active in their dues) members only.  Here is how to join FCS.  Here is how to renew your FCS membership.  See our Supporting (Current with Their Dues) Members web page to determine if you’re an FCS supporting member.

RSVP to Myrick.  The last day to sign up is 8/26/23 at 8:00 AM, at the tour of the ranch.  Meet at his equipment shed.  You’ll need to complete Mr. Harbers’ ‘Release of Liability’ and submit a check made to Brett Harbers for $275 per hunter to Brett at the tour.

See the below pictures.  Here’s a birds-eye picture of the lease – https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B050’54.7%22N+97%C2%B025’58.7%22W/@30.8475476,-97.4378252,929m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d30.848524!4d-97.432965?hl=en.  You’ll see the barn (to the right of the center), the fields, the tanks, the creek, and the wooded areas.  If you’re a Facebook Friend of Ken Miller, he has a lot of pictures of the lease on his Facebook page.

Here is the lease:

Contact Myrick to RSVP or if you have any questions at RMBROWNING66@gmail.com or 903-491-3475.