Friday, January 31, 2014

The Best Pheasant Hunting Lodges

By Serena Price


Pheasant hunting lodges are usually well appointed hotel like residences. Here you are treated as a guest and given the opportunity to hunt birds on private property that has been groomed to attract large numbers of prey in the fall. Most of the fields have been used to grow corn or wheat during the summer creating ample feed to attract game birds.

Your choice may be made by word of mouth or by what you learn online. Speaking to the owner of the ranch you are interested in can answer many of your questions and ultimately help you make that decision. There are a lot of things to take into consideration before booking your hunt.

You may first want to consider the lodgings offered. Most have large sprawling buildings made to accommodate several guests at a time. They will include all of your meals while you are there as well as beverages. There are usually common rooms where you can sit and socialize in the evenings or before the hunt.

The ranches are mostly designed to be working ranches in the spring and summer with crops and cattle. The harvested fields are where you will find the largest population of rooster pheasants. The grains left behind when harvesting takes place supplies them with food and this keeps them on the ranch. To supplement the feeding many ranch owners put out food plots to attract more birds.

While staying at the ranches you can look forward to excellent food, lodging, and service. The rooms are well appointed for comfort and the dining will never allow you to leave the table hungry. After the hunt most ranches will process your pheasants and have them ready to go home with you when your stay is over.

In mornings after breakfast you will be given the opportunity to practice your aim by shooting clay discs that are thrown in the air. This will help you to be ready when you are in a field and the birds are flushed from cover. These hunts will be on privately owned land but you will still need a license from the state. They are easily obtained online from the state fish and game agency.

There is one location that is on a Native American reservation and it offers a casino in addition to very good accommodations for the hunters. This lodge has over two hundred thousand acres that are available for the hunt. Obviously you will not be exploring all of them but you can be certain to bag your limit while there.

What ever your choice of pheasant hunting lodges turns out to be you can be fairly certain that you will be treated with the utmost respect and care by family members who want you to return next year. The rooms, service and food is only part of the experience of you might expect. The owners and their families are willing to bend over backwards to accommodate you.




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