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March Madness is here!
March Madness is here! Not just in the basketball sense, but in the world of farming and upland lodge operations too. Before the madness begins Angie and I made a point to soak up some beautiful weather with a sun-filled week in the Florida Keys; more specifically...
Within a blink of an eye
DECEMBER 2022 Within a blink of an eye, 3+ months of hard paced, action-packed upland bird hunting is coming to a close. Affectionately referred to as “the 100-day hump”, we sincerely appreciate the opportunity to host guests (whom most if not all become new...
Harvest Wrapped Up
It’s official. 2022 winter and spring wheat harvest are officially wrapped up. Yields were in the low 80’s for spring wheat and upper 90’s for winter wheat. Not too shabby. Corn, sunflowers, soybeans, and grain sorghum (to be harvested later this fall in only an...
24 KARAT is born!
24 KARAT is born! After more than a few years of searching for the right property to expand our lodging, not only did we find it but we have the finished product ready to roll! Tucked away in the aspen, birch and pine timber of the Black Hills of western South...
Another great day in a great part of South Dakota.
The first week of April typically coincides with the ice being completely gone from the Missouri river only 25 minutes to the south of us in an area known as West Bend. It’s a beautiful location that my father spent a large part of his childhood. Today we have...
South Dakota – a variety of seasons
Truer words have never been spoken when describing what a difference a day (or two) makes in South Dakota’s ‘tween season: mid-February. On Saturday afternoon the 19th, south winds brought in 60-degree temperatures as a February thaw made its way across South...
Last sunset of 2021
Taking in the last sunset of 2021 I thought of the ol’ cliché, “out with the old, in with the new”. While 2021 seemed to carryover much of 2020’s “old”, it was a great season nonetheless in part to our hardworking, detail oriented staff. A resounding shout out goes...
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