Mystic Prairie Partner Lodge Gets Initiated

As we mentioned earlier, Mystic Prairie now has a partner property available even if our main lodge is booked.

Our first group tried it out this past weekend. The group got its limit each day!

Photos are uploaded to an online photo album.

2010 Hunting Season Off To Great Start

Mystic Prairie has had a great start to the 2010 pheasant hunting season.

Here is a group of happy hunters at the end of a limit out day. The group contained one set hunters from 3 generations of the same family!

Photos from an afternoon of their hunt can be found in the 2010 Mystic Prairie Hunting Experience Photo Album.

Winter Hunting at Mystic Prairie A Delight

The winter of 2010 was a wild experience for guests from California’s Grimmway farms. They were surprised to find the stories of South Dakota weather are as true as the stories of the huge number of native pheasants.

Despite snow cover of over 3 feet across the vast amount of land at Mystic Prairie these hunting where still able to harvest their limit of pheasants with the aid of snow shoes. While not a typical situation you encounter during a classic pheasant hunt. The staff at Mystic Prairie did not let a little thing like night time temperature at 10 below zero and snow drifts over 10 feet tall stop this warm weather team from having a great time. With the help of snow machines and a ton of good old fashion cooking and flocks of pheasants at every turn these guest had the hunt of a life time.

Note: The guys from Greenway are returning again this hunting season to Mystic but have traded in their March hunting date for one in October. If you would like to experience hunting huge pheasant population with the added challenge of doing it from snow shoes give us call. Discounted snow hunting rates are available.

You can see a few more photos from their hunt in the Mystic Prairie 2010 Winter Hunt Photo Album.

Preserve Permit Hunt 2009

Here’s a photo of the first hunting party at Mystic Prairie this fall. We decided to take advantage of Mystic Prairie’s preserve permit which allows pre-regular season hunting on selected acres. The weather was very warm and windy but as you can see, we did pretty good this day.

You can see photos from our hunt that include the new hunting lodge which was finished just in time for our arrival. It’s very comfortable with double rooms and large dining and entertainment areas. The food as usual was unbelievably good!

So if you haven’t booked your hunt then get on the phone and git ‘er done!

More Great Pheasant Hunting Fun

Another group that has hunted at Mystic Prairie this year had a great time. They sent in some photos which have been put into a new photo album which you can find with this link. Here’s their message.

Our groups’ 5th season at Mystic Prairie was another great success. The weather was a little warmer than usual and no one was able to burn off all of Barb’s great cooking. Limits were the norm and everyone enjoyed the beautiful days on the South Dakota prairie. The bird hunting was great this year, but the high point of the trip is always the time spent with the Slunecka Family and friends.

Dennis Kelly
State Affairs Team Lead
Syngenta Crop Protection

A Great Day In The Field

Although tired, we were all smiles after a day of hunting at Mystic Prairie.

We started our day with a great breakfast as usual and then did some practice shooting. It was a good thing too!

After that we walked through sunflowers, sorghum, grass and corn. Birds were everywhere. Our group came from some diverse locations including Missouri, Florida, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. Daytimes are filled with hunting and evenings include great meals and lots of fellowship.

Hunting Into The Wind

The first full week of the 2008 Pheasantennial hunting season is now over and it was a good one at Mystic Prairie.

This past Sunday presented a special challenge with sustained winds of 45 mph and gusts up to 60 mph! It was even difficult to stand much less walk. However, my group was up to the challenge. We weren’t sure what the conditions would mean for the bird activity but when we walked our first sorghum field we found plenty of them.

There’s now a photo album from this season you can look at to see what a few days at Mystic Prairie is like: Mystic Prairie Pheasant Hunting 2008 Photo Album

Morning Flight

Hello from opening week at Mystic Prairie. I’m your Mystic Prairie blogger for a couple of days as my group is here on location and itching to get out in the field during this Pheasantennial.

I got up early this morning and wandered out back of the lodge and flushed quite a few birds. It’s very foggy and the light isn’t strong yet but I did get 3 with this shot from a distance.

So, over the next couple days I’ll try to post a few times and after I get to some high speed access I’ll be uploading a new photo album from the best place to hunt pheasants.

First Rooster of 2008 Season

Well the 2008 season has officially started and the first cock pheasant at Mystic Prairie has been bagged.

This is John and Chloe proudly showing off their accomplishment from this past weekend’s SD Youth Season.

Of course this should get you adults anxious to get out in the field yourself and show what you can do.

If you haven’t already booked your hunt then make sure to give us a call. Roosters are waiting on you!

Looking Ahead to the 2008 Season

This is what you want to see when you’re taking a lunch break at Mystic Prairie.

I’m still featuring some pictures from one of last year’s hunts but the idea is to whet your appetite for this season which is coming up in just a couple weeks.

In the meantime, I’ve added some links over in the sidebar to things like recipes, guns and a website called, “Pheasant Country,” which has lots of interesting information for you first timers or even if you’re a veteran pheasant hunter.