Everything Included Pheasant Hunting South Dakota

[David]

So, if you're going to be Pierre, South Dakota anytime soon, and want to go pheasant hunting, then I would recommend the ScatterGun Lodge. For those who can drop the money (because it does cost quite a bit), it's an all included hunting experience (with guns, ammo, dogs, transportation, guides, five star housing, food, nightly entertainment, etc.) and your skill level doesn't matter. So, naturally, the more experienced pheasant hunters aren't looking for the five star treatment, they just want to shoot the birds, but if you've a got friend looking to get a great hunting experience, then this lodge is a great place for them (even Hank Williams Jr. liked it).

Here's their contact info:
Chuck & Sheila Ross - Owners

For Reservations Call (605) 875-3500

21185 ScatterGun Ridge Rd, Pierre, SD 57501 email: hu...@scattergunlodge.com

http://www.scattergunlodge.com/

[Murff]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:09:38 -0700, David wrote:

> So, if you're going to be Pierre, South Dakota anytime soon, and want to
> go pheasant hunting, then I would recommend the ScatterGun Lodge.

This intrigues me. I'm not, sadly, going to be in a position to enjoy the
Lodge's hospitality - at least not this season. But I'm in the UK, and
aside from deer stalking - or "hunting" (for woodland management, mainly,
and that woodland-managed venison cooks well) and small game and ducks or
geese for the pot, I'm a member of a pheasant shooting syndicate.

We have some land, do our own gamekeeping, put down maybe 900 birds a
year of which we'll shoot something over 2/3 in 12-13 formal driven
Saturdays, and various informal rough shoots. The maintenance of the
shoot during the off-season and the "craic" amongst the Guns and beaters
is as much a part as the pheasant on the table.

How is pheasant shooting organised in the US ? Or other places
contributors can tell us about ?

Murff...

[Kevin Snodgrass]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:08:33 +0000, Murff wrote:
> How is pheasant shooting organised in the US ? Or other places
> contributors can tell us about ?

All pheasant hunting I have done was officially "unorganized". :-)

Grab the shotguns, box of shells and the dog, load up the 4x4 and off we
go. Or, when I was still in high school, instead of driving straight
home, I would detour around a bit looking for opportunity, sans dog of
course. Back then schools in rural Nebraska didn't care if we brought
our shotguns/rifles to school (leave them in the car of course), but
frowned upon bringing a dog to school grounds...