Great Hunting Lodges of North America

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