This exclusive tour of the most storied hunting destinations offers a look at the finest upland and waterfowl hunting and celebrates the great American sporting tradition. Escape on the hunting trip of your dreams with Great Hunting Lodges of North America. This lavishly illustrated book is a must-have for any outdoorsman who dreams of hunting wild grouse and woodcock in the remote Maine wilderness, participating in an authentic plantation-style quail hunt in southern Georgia, or tracking down wild pheasant in the rolling Montana landscape, as well as those who want to bring the lodge lifestyle home. Profiles of each destination, including detailed information on the local game species and wildlife, as well as the lodge and the surrounding countryside, complement the beautiful, hunters-in-action photography by some of America's best outdoor photographers.

Paul Fersen has been with the Orvis Company for sixteen years. He has been published in Gray’s Sporting Journal, Yankee Magazine, and Stratton Magazine. He is also the author of Rizzoli’s Great Fishing Lodges of North America. The Orvis Company began in 1856 as a fishing and hunting company and is now the nation’s oldest mail-order business.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Jim Lepage 11

WESTERN SHOOTING LODGES
Castle Valley Outdoors (Emery, Utah) 14
Eagle Nest Lodge (Hardin, Montana) 24
Flying B Ranch (Kamiah, Idaho) 38
Forrester’s Bighorn River Resort (Fort Smith, Montana) 50
Greystone Castle (Mingus,Texas) 64
Grosse Savanne Waterfowl and Wildlife Lodge
(Lake Charles, Louisiana) 74
Highland Hills Ranch (Condon, Oregon) 84
The High Lonesome Ranch (DeBeque, Colorado) 98
Paul Nelson Farm (Gettysburg, South Dakota) 108
Rancho Caracol (Abasolo, Mexico) 118

EASTERN SHOOTING LODGES
Deer Creek Lodge (Sebree, Kentucky) 128
Harpole’s Heartland Lodge (Nebo, Illinois) 138
Harris Springs Sportsman’s Preserve
(Waterloo, South Carolina) 148
The Lodge at Primland (Meadows of Dan,Virginia) 158
Pine Hill Plantation (Donalsonville, Georgia) 170
Rio Piedra Plantation (Camilla, Georgia) 184
Tumbling Creek Lodge (McEwen,Tennessee) 194
Wynfield Plantation (Albany, Georgia) 204

THE GAME BIRDS
Chukar 22
Dove 48
Ducks and Geese 72
Grouse 96
Hungarian Partridge 116
Pheasant 146
Quail 168
Woodcock and Snipe 192

THE SPORTING DOGS
Boykin Spaniel 36
Brittany 62
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 82
English Pointer 106
English Setter 136
German Shorthair 156
Labrador 182
Springer Spaniel 202

Orvis-Endorsed Dog Training Programs 214
Orvis-Endorsed Dog Breeding Programs 216
Lodge Directory 220
Acknowledgments 222
Photography Credits 223