One of the great areas at the Korkow Ranch is the “Firepit”  After the hunt ---- hot or cold weather ---- rain/snow/nice ---- the Hunters gather outside around the “Pit” ---- one can listen/partake in the stories about the great shots ---- or misses ---- how the dogs...

Its “Time” --- oil the shotgun, buy shells, get out the ear plugs and the shooting glasses ---- listen to your dog ---- Its “Time” to chase the “Wyly Rooster”.  The Korkow Families have people that will be at the Ranch this coming weekend from MN, IA, NE, SD, ID, MI,...

Mid August----this past week, we have started to see the young birds----finally getting big enough that they make “waves” in the grass as well as are flying!!! We had some golf ball to almost baseball size hail a little over a week ago----made us “wonder” if their...

Get your “shooting eye” ready! It’s been quite awhile since those of us at the “Korkow Ranch” have said anything-----that’s not to say “nothings happening”----good and timely rains have helped our crops, the hay, and the grass for the livestock----no hail so far has...

The Pheasant Hunting “ crews” at the “Ranch” and across “Iowa” have been busy with “fun and games”----besides trying to fix water gaps----fences that have been under snow—so the horses “head to town”----not even to a rodeo!!!  Maybe the horses were getting exersize...

Our blog last month featured a picture of the pheasants on top of the bale pile---Leigh Leesman captured a video of the deer and the Pheasants at the bale pile just after our 12 inches of new snow on 3/13 and 3/14—this morning I counted 20 deer at the bale pile---must...

My neighbor, Leigh Leesman, shows 31.5 below this morning (2/19/19). She took this picture of Pheasants from the hay yard looking towards my place. It’s about having habitat for the birds on a year-round basis! The Korkow families started our habitat projects in the...

It seems like we go through the years and don’t give enough credit to those that put time/effort to give “life” to our hunting areas ---- just like these benches that Matt Thompson built to put around our reference poles or the benches he built for around the fire...