Opening day has finally come and the hunter is itching to get out into the field. Equipment has been hauled down out of the attic, guns are oiled, bullets purchased, and you’re off to the same old public hunting area that you and a hundred other hunters head to every year. If only there was another option.
For the adventurous pheasant hunter there are other options as long as he puts some time into looking. Among the many results, the hunter will find a pheasant hunting respite that caters to his every need; a sort of hunter’s spa for man and his dog, with quality home cooked food and hundreds of acres of prime pheasant habitat. This is the pheasant hunting lodge.
The business of the pheasant hunting lodge has emerged to cater to the hunter for a sort of hunting holiday. The greatest thing about these lodges is the acres upon acres of prime pheasant habitat. With tree strips, shelter belts, CRP fields, weed patches, creek bottoms, and corn fields, it is a pheasant paradise. Also common to these habitats the hunter will find sharp-tail grouse, Hungarian partridge, huns, and prairie chickens. The birds here, because they are allowed to flourish all year long, grow large and healthy and make excellent prizes for the hunter come opening season. Dogs are often very welcome at these lodges, so man can hunt with his favorite four-legged companion. If on the off chance they are not permitted, many of the lodges will then provide their own well-trained hunting dogs for use.
One thing to consider when you’re on the search for a pheasant hunting lodge is that many services offer a variety of species available to hunt. This is what many hunters are looking for, as reservations book fast, but there are also lodges that cater only to the pheasant hunter. Be sure that whichever you choose, it is exactly what you want.
Many pheasant hunting lodges also provide a guide for you trip along with any number of other amenities. A guide can often be an invaluable resource as he is intimately familiar with the terrain and will be there solely to increase the success of your hunt. Otherwise, for the hunter looking to enjoy the peace and solitude of just himself and his dog, there are self-guided packages available. Whichever the hunter chooses, he is sure to have a once in a lifetime experience at the pheasant hunting lodge.





