Wing-Shooter's  Newsletter
September 2008  Issue No.1
In This Issue
REGISTERED SPORTING CLAYS SHOOT
NEW HUNTING PROPERTY
EXERCIZING YOUR DOG
EUROPEAN STYLE PHEASANT HUNT
Dear Wingshooter,

I hope everyone had a great summer! It's that time of year! Our season officially opened September 1st. We had a great time last year and I'm looking forward to a  better one this year! I have been seeing and hearing a lot of birds this summer!  
 
I always look forward to the return of our previous guests and making friends with our new hunters.
 
If you have not seen our new web site click here and let me know what you think.  There have been some great photos added to the site!
 
I look forward to seeing you this fall!  
 
Sincerely,
 
Terry Abney
Harpole's Heartland Lodge
Events
Registered Clays
Shoot

 
We have had two NSCA registered shoots so far this year and things are going well. Our next registered shoot is September 14th.Sporting Clays
Our sporting clays course has  fifteen unique
stations  that you can walk through. You can also bring a golf cart or an ATV . The course is located on 15 acres that is adjacent to the lodge and simulates different hunting situations. Come and sharpen your shooting skills or just shoot with some friends and have fun! A round of clays is a great way to warm up for your upland hunt. For more information on shooting clays Click Here
Latest News
New Upland Property
                                            

   We have acquired some new upland hunting property! This hunting paradise is approximately 7 miles  east of the lodge. The terrain
 
Borrowman Farm
 
is rolling grassland with milo food plots divided up by thin timber strips. Accessing the property is very easy. With 240 acres of open native grasses this is going to be fun to hunt this year. I have spent some time going over this property and have come across a lot of quail. It seems every place you go on the farm you see quail or hear them. This new property has  me excited for this upcoming hunting season! Make plans to come hunt this area and chase some birds around with me . For more information on our upland hunts Click Here
DOG NEWS
                                           
Now that hunting season is here it is very important that your dog is exercised regularly.  If you are  like me you are getting your Shorthair
 
dogs in condition for the busy season. Make sure you have plenty of water with you when you are out in the field for your dog and yourself. I also put out a tub of water so my dogs can get in it and cool off. There are products out like the chilly buddy that is a cooling jacket for dogs that is used to  lower coat temperatures and protection from the sun. The main  thing is to be safe and don't over do it.  
                                    
                                             

                                              
                                               
                                                
                                                 
                            
UPLAND HUNTS
EUROPEAN STYLE PHEASANT HUNT
 
Since Harpole's Heartland Lodge opened for upland hunting in 1995, the number of upland hunts has increased greatly.  In the 1999 upland season, we introduced European Style Driven Pheasant Shoots.  These special days of uniquely presented birds offer shooters an experience found only in Europe until they were introduced in the United States.
 
James P. Sterba, Staff Reporter of the Wall Street Journal experienced one of our shoots and wrote: "11 shooters were positioned beside hay bales 30 yards apart on the lower slopes of an oak-dotted hillside and the whistle blows.  Within seconds a pheasant breaks high over the trees on the left.  Three guns open up, missing and the bird glides unharmed into the brush behind.  Soon guns are booming all along the line as more ringed-necks sail overhead.  Some are hit and thump to earth.  Most aren't and don't."
 
You'll find the experience exhilarating - the roosters' raucous cackles mixed with gun blasts and shouting gunners.  This is a wonderful spectacle and a challenging shoot, even for the best gunners.
 
Upland Hunters 
Contact
 
TERRY ABNEY 
 Wingshooting  Manager

800-717-HUNT (4868)
[email protected]
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HARPOLE'S HEARTLAND LODGE
10236 393rd Street
Nebo, Illinois
62355                                   www.heartlandlodge.com