South Dakota is home to more than 7 million pheasants, owing to its excellent habitat and conservation efforts. This makes it the best state in the US for pheasant hunting, which is evident from the fact that millions of bird hunting enthusiasts from around the globe...

You all have heard the story ”keep your powder dry” another story ---- if you happen to trip over a bunch of grass ---- corn stalks ---- it’s not enough to just “shake out the gun barrel” ---- check it very carefully ---- as one of our hunters found out a couple years...

The Fall of 2019 as the hunt was winding down, the “hunters” came upon a small weed patch and there was a “Rooster” seen ---- as the “hunters” were pilling out of the bus with TJ in the lead ---- the patch exploded with 7 Roosters with not one to hit the ground---this...

Most of you know that not only does the Korkow Ranch have some pretty good Pheasant Hunting, but it also raises some pretty good Rodeo stock.  The Anchor K branded horses and bulls have been at every National Finals Rodeo since its inception in 1959.  If you happen to...

“Tis the season” for hardy soups!  At Hors D’ Oeuvres time, --- Dana Hessel has really made good “soups” for our hunters this Fall ---- they really “scooped” it up!  We know almost everyone enjoys the hunt ---- but they also sure “hit” the food table afterwards! “Tis...

Those of us that are still around the Korkow Ranch hope you and your Family had plenty to eat and were able to share some good Family stories ---- I know we did!!  We still have some hunts in Dec., but we are in the process ---- making changes for 2021; updating our...

We kicked off our Fall Pheasant Hunting Season on October 17th ---- we have had some below zero weather while in the field ---- rain/snow/fog plus some pretty cold starts!!!  Hunting has been good in spite of the challenges of weather and the Dogs are loving it ----...

Here at the Korkow Ranch, we start on Oct. 17 with our Friends and extended Families.  We hope everyone enjoys “opening weekend” ---- it’s all about the chase, watching the dogs work ---- the fun/laughter ---- telling the stories at the end of the day ---- even a...

As we mentioned in our August blog ---- trying to setup a “meating” with the head “Rooster” ---- it didn’t go well ---- they “conflabbed” ---- said they were going to all do their own thing and “out fox” ---- the hunters!!! ---- at any rate ---- we tried!!! It’s just...