How-to • Adventurer

Request to book a hunt or experience

Pick a package, dates, guests, and add-ons on the listing's booking widget, then submit your request — nothing is charged until the host accepts.

The booking widget is on the right side of the listing detail page (desktop) or a fixed bar at the bottom (mobile). It pre-fills the soonest available date, so change the dates if you have others in mind.

Pick your dates and guests

  1. Click the Date field to open the Select dates calendar. Struck-through dates are unavailable. Pick your dates and click Save.
  2. Set your party size in the Guests field — it can't exceed the listing's maximum.
  3. If the listing offers more than one package, the button reads Choose a hunt instead — click it to compare packages and pick one before continuing.

Under the button, the widget reads You won't be charged yet — the exact charge schedule (deposit and balance dates, or full amount on approval) is spelled out at checkout in the Choose when to pay step.

Confirm and pay

  1. Click Reserve. You land on the Confirm and pay page on our app — your trip summary (dates, guests, add-ons, total) is in the right-hand card, with Change links if anything's off.
  2. Not signed in? The first section is Contact information — enter your First name, Last name, Email, and Phone number (all four are required). The host uses these to reach you about your request, and if you're new, your account is created with that email when you book. Already registered? Click Already have an account? Sign in — you'll return to this exact checkout with your dates, party, and add-ons intact. (Signed-in users skip this step entirely.)
  3. Open Choose when to pay to see your schedule: a deposit when the host approves with the balance auto-charging 30 days before the trip, or the full amount on approval when the trip is within 30 days.
  4. Open Guests → Change to fill in everyone coming with you — each additional guest needs a first name and a role (Hunter or Companion (not hunting)). Your own details live in the Contact information step, not here.
  5. Open Payment method and add a card — it's saved when you leave the step (the section shows Card saved). Nothing is charged now — the card is only charged if the host accepts.
  6. Open Terms & agreements and check both boxes: the Master Services Agreement and cancellation policy, and the acknowledgment that you'll sign a liability waiver before the experience.
  7. Click Confirm and pay. The button reads Sending… while your request goes out.

Booking a package that offers lodging as an add-on? The Add-ons & lodging dialog lets you pick one stay (paid separately) — or choose Staying elsewhere ("Book the hunt only — arrange your own lodging."), which is always an option.

After you send the request

  1. You'll see Request sent, then a Say hello to your host step where you can send a first message — a line about your party and what you're hoping to hunt helps hosts say yes.
  2. Your request sits in My bookings → Requests with a Pending badge. Nothing is charged while it's pending.
  3. If the host accepts, your card is charged on the schedule shown in the charge plan, and the booking flips to Confirmed.
  4. If the host declines, nothing was charged — try different dates or another listing.

Never pay a landowner or outfitter outside of Birddog — off-platform payments aren't covered by our guarantee.

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