Getting Ready!!!

9/29/09

Waterfowl starts in just a few short weeks.  We are very busy here at the ranch getting ready.

The winter wheat I planted about three weeks ago looks great and should be in good shape for the birds when the cold weather hits.  In another week or so we will be planting our late wheat behind the potatos and sweet corn.

I have joined the field staff at Dakota Decoy Company.  These decoys are high quality and built tough.  The mallard decoy is highly detailed and very realistic.  The goose decoys will be used when it is wet and raining.  But don’t worry, I will still use my stuffers when it is dry, which is most of the time.  Check out Dakota Decoy on my links page.  These decoys are high quality, durable, and affordable.

Kids! We love kids here at Fishhook Ranch.  So we are going to run a special price for the 2009-2010 hunting season.  Kids under 16 years of age, accompanied by a paying adult, can hunt for the reduced price of $175.00.  Limit two kids per paying adult.

Call or email to book your hunt.

Dave

Hunting season fast approches.

We have had a  busy summer, that has gone by quickly.   Wheat harvest is over and we are getting ready to plant our early winter wheat.  This should make for some good goose  pasture this winter.

We are very excited about a new duck hunting location.   It is a new corn pond development, in an area, proven to be great for water fowl hunting.

We  still have a couple of openings for dove hunting.  There is an increase of dove  compared to years past.  We expect to see more as the season gets nearer.

The Department of Fish and Wild life has set the water fowl season for 2009-2010.  The season begins, October 17th, 2009 and ends, January 31st, 2010.  We still have some great dates available, call or email and get yourself booked for this season.

The Archery shoot we hosted here on the ranch, in cooperation with Blue Mountain Archers,  went well.  There were over 250 shooters over the two day event.   Fishhook Ranch sponsored a novelty shoot, featuring a  special goose target.  The target was  suspended on springs, creating a realistic landing goose. The winning shooter received a gift certificate for a guided goose hunt.  This proved to be entertaining, especially for spectators. Here is Mike Longhorn winner of the Fishhook Ranch novelty shoot.

Fishhook Ranch Shoot

4/10/09

I welcome you to join us on May 16th and17th for an Archery shoot hosted by Blue Mountain Archers.  This will be fun and  exciting for the whole family. There will be plenty of challenging shots on a course of forty or more targets.  Plus a couple of fun novelty targets to try.  Fishhook Ranch Outfitters and will be donating the grand prize for one novelty target.  A two man day goose hunt!  I also heard a rumor there might be a dunk tank for your entertainment.

On the hunting side of things, spring work is well under way here on the ranch. We have had lots of spring rain and that is great for the crop, which in turn is great for the wild life. I have seen several pairs of local honkers around the ranch. So, we should see a nice number of local honkers next hunting season. I have a few projects planned for this spring and summer to improve the shooting preserve, which should make your hunting more enjoyable.

Hunting season will be here before you know it.  So, don’t wait around till the last minute to book your hunt. Give us a call or email and we will get you in the book on your preferred day.

Waterfowl Ends

2/3/09

Waterfowl has ended . The season was great over all .

I would like to say thank you to all who came hunting with Fishhook Ranch.

Please join us for our Upland hunting going on till the end of march.

I will be at the Portland Sportsman Show going on Feb 4-8 , I will look forward to seeing you there.  Please ask about the show special or call or email.

Thanks

Dave

Lots of snow on the Ranch

12/22/08
Lots of snow here on the ranch. I have not seen this much snow since I was a kid, the hunting has been great. The other day we had forty geese on the ground before 9am.
If you are thinking of booking a hunt now would be a good time. There are only a few weeks left of the season, and the hunting is very good right now.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

December Goose Hunt

12/03/08

Had a great hunt today. Thank you Don and crew for a very enjoyable morning.

Saw quite a few ducks flying the river so they must be showing up.  Lots of

geese around so give me a call to book your hunt.

Thanks

Dave

HEVI-SHOT PROSTAFF

11/6/08

I wanted to let everybody know that I was recently accepted to Hevi-Shot’s prostaff.  Hevi-shot is the product I use. And have used for some time. With Hevi-shot I get ten to fifteen more yards of lethal range. I also can reduce my shot size by two sizes so i get a more dense shot pattern. Hevi-shot puts more birds on the ground and less birds sailing away crippled.

Please check www.hevishot.com for product info. There is a link on the link page of my web site. If you have questions please feel free to contact me and I will try and help the best I can.

There are still some good dates available for waterfowl hunting. Give me a call to get your hunt booked.

Good hunting

Dave

More work on the duck ponds

Duck pond is in and full of water. Spent the whole weekend and got it done. Next we need to set the blind and plant some cover around the pond. While working on the pond Eric Strand noticed a coyote close buy and was able to shoot it. Good job Eric! That coyote won’t be eating any more water fowl or upland birds.

Working on duck ponds

10/08/08

Duck pond work is going well.

We spent last weekend laying pipe and started digging the hole.

Lots of work left to do, but hope to be done end of next week.

Also, mowed out the existing ponds.  We will be filling them with water very soon.

Things are shaping up for another great season.

FishhookRanch Doves

9/4/2008 We started dove season with a bang. All parties limited out on Monday. On Tuesday we were just four dove short of everybody having a full limit. And on Wednesday full limits again. What a great start to the 2008 hunting season.

I will keep you posted. Dave Neff