Greetings! I hope you had a
very Merry Christmas, and enjoyed celebrating the New Year of 2012!
2011 was a very good year for
Ringnecks Hunting & Lodging. Once again, we improved upon the lodge
and its surroundings with repairs and paint, including 3 new murals.
Also, we acquired more hunting acres. We hunted 752 guns this past year
and bagged 2,215 ringnecks. The weather was beautiful all the way through
the last day of the season—January 1st. During 2012, we plan
to do more remodeling and adding on, which will include more bedrooms.
I’d like to share a few of my
favorite memories (although there are too many to list) of the 2011 hunting
season:
There was the time John was
shooting at a bird passing by and as he followed the bird with his gun barrel,
he didn’t turn his feet, so he ended up cork screwing himself down into the
ground.
Also, there was the group that was
expecting nasty weather on Saturday (below freezing with snowfall and 30+ mph
winds), so we took extra minutes strategizing how we could best surround a
honey hole and get our birds early. That Saturday morning, however, was
rather pleasant with a fresh couple of inches on the ground and calm before the
winds started howling. We loaded into our vehicles, and when we got to
the field, the vehicles all flew around to their positions and then hunters,
dogs and guns began bailing out. After 5 minutes of non-stop blasting we
began picking up the birds, and with the aid of the fresh snow, we found every
bird they had shot, and we had our bag full before the wind started
howling.
Another hunt I remember well was a
hunt that started very slowly. It was the second field of the day, and
enroute, one of the vehicles had gotten a flat tire, so while we waited not far
from a patch of cattails, we ate our lunches and watched a couple of hunters
and dogs hunt across the road (didn’t look good). We sat and waited for
more than 30 minutes, and while we waited, we didn’t see so much as one, single
bird. During the strategy talk that morning, I had told the group that
there was probably going to be a lot of birds in this spot, called “the
church”, and that it was important that we get into our positions quickly and
quietly. So, we had a line of hunters on both sides of the cattails
marching towards each other. Not a bird to be seen, even when there were
a slew of hunters only feet from the edge of the cover. I think it was
Eric (same guy with the flat tire) shaking his head as if saying, “we’re
wasting our time; there’s nothing here.) Then a dog hit the brush and the
cattails lit up with birds. There must’ve been 300+ birds fly up out of
that little patch. It was pheasant mayhem!
Also, I remember young boy’s first
hunt, and on day two he bagged his limit, but on his final day, his luck had
turned, and he couldn’t bring a bird down. Every bird he missed caused
his head and attitude to sink a bit lower. The group shot their last
bird, but the young guy had no luck, and as he walked back towards the vehicle
with his dad, he cried with disappointment. I didn’t want to see the boy
go away like that, so when we all got back to our vehicles, I told them I’d
like them to go on one more walk to give the boy another shot. They walked
around a small hill, and at the very end, two roosters flew up, but only one
got away, as his aim was right on. His smile was back.
Please check out our website at www.ringneckshuntinglodge.com.
Through the website you can join us on Facebook, Twitter, My Blog, YouTube,
Flicker and LinkedIn.
We hope to hear from you soon, and
also hope 2012 will be filled with many more good memories for you and
yours. I really had a great time hunting with you all this past year, and
I hope to see you again in the fall of 2012. If you haven’t already
confirmed your reservations for the 2012 hunting season, call me or email me
quickly before it’s too late. We’ve been growing considerably every year,
and we’re expecting the 2012 season to fill up early.
Sincerely,
Stephan Stanley
Ringnecks, LLC
P.O. Box 268Presho, SD 57568
(605) ROOSTER
(766-7837)
www.ringneckshuntinglodge.com
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