Hunting The Pheasant Triangle In South Dakota @ Antler Ridge Lodge By Gary Howey
No doubt, you’ve heard of the Bermuda Triangle, strange things happen there and it’s one of those places you really don’t want to be.
Well there’s one “Triangle” that all outdoorsmen and women would love to be and that’s the Pheasant Triangle in South Dakota.
Located in South Central South Dakota, this area has the habitat and crops that make it a Mecca for not only pheasants, but also for deer, grouse and turkey.
Hamill, South Dakota is located right in the middle of the triangle where Steve and Donna Kubik own and operate Antler Ridge Lodge.
Several years ago, I had the pleasure of hunting pheasants with the Kubik’s during the South Dakota Governor’s hunt and was really impressed by not only the pheasant hunting, but also the facilities and the area itself.
Last Spring, Team Outdoorsmen Adventures member Tom Mitchell and I had the privilege of hunting and filming a spring turkey hunt at Antler Ridge.
When we drove into the place, there were antelope along the road, pheasants everywhere as well as deer and turkeys, I just knew that this was a place that I wanted to be.
There were Lots of birds as both Tom and I filled our tags our birds during some of the strangest spring weather I’ve ever come across.
Sixty degree one day, five inches of snow the next morning and back to fifty degrees that afternoon.
The accommodations were fantastic as was Donna’s down home cooking, with all of us getting more than enough to eat.
Since we had such a great hunt there last spring, we decided to do a pheasant hunt this fall with a few of our sponsors.
Once again, we weren’t disappointed as the pheasant population of the Triangle was amazing.
No matter what type of habitat we hunted, there were huge numbers of birds as this area has the habitat that not only allow the birds to survive, but also to prosper and prosper they have!
We came in one afternoon and after a tremendous lunch, went out for a couple of hours, got our limit of birds and then back to the lodge for cocktails and another hug dinner.
The following day was the same, a tremendous breakfast, we walked or should I say waddled out to our vehicles and headed for the field.
Once again we had hundreds of wild birds flushing out of every field, slough, shelterbelt and draw we walked.
Because of the excellent shooting by our guys, were limited out before noon, had another unbelievable lunch and were on the road headed for home with an our eleven man two day limit of pheasants.
It’s an amazing place, excellent hunting, tremendous facilities and Donna’s unbelievable cooking.
If you’re looking for a truly great outdoor experience, I’d recommend Antler Ridge Lodge, check out their web site at www.antlerridgelodge.com