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190 • S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S Sporting Dog & Upland Bird Hunting Spotlight Lost in the moment, etched in the mind forever, an experience never to be forgotten. Hilltop Meadows Hunt Club Step back in time at Hilltop Meadows Hunt Club. Only a 2½-hour drive from Chicago, you can experience Midwest hunting the way it used to be. Rolling hills of native prairie grasses, hedgerows, food plots, and wooded draws make for unforgettable pheasant, quail, and partridge hunts. Spending a day in the field behind greats dogs in cover teeming with birds, you can't help but recall the good old days. Hilltop Meadows has everything you need to satisfy your hunting desires, including comfortable lodging, sporting clays, and hunting for doves, turkey, waterfowl, and trophy deer. Call (815) 535-1056 or visit online at www.hilltopmeadowshuntclub.com. Untold numbers of ringneck pheasants await hunters at Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge. Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge is located just outside Pierre, South Dakota. It was the first lodge to be awarded a Beretta Trident for excellence in upland bird hunting, and has since received its second Beretta Trident. Clients enjoy all-inclusive packages for pheasant hunting and fishing for walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike. The extended hunting season runs September through March. The lodge has 33 private guest rooms, all designed for single occupancy. Gourmet food and fine wines are always waiting after a successful day afield. Hunt pheasants, fish, golf, and host corporate retreats or executive meetings. Sporting packages include single- occupancy accommodations, seven birds per day, and attentive service that keeps our customers returning year after year. Cheyenne Ridge also offers unparalleled waterfowl hunting at its Nebraska lodge. Visit online at www.cheyenneridge.com or call (877) 850-5144. Top Lodges, Guides & Outfitters! Guide LR Herod's English pointer flushes a bird up top amidst heavy cover and tall pines. Flying B Ranch In many states you can walk flats or wheat fields in search of pheasants. Only at the Flying B Ranch will you pursue hard-flying pheasants, chukars, Huns, and quail across lush creek bottoms to canyon walls in one hunt. Flying B's professional guides and well- trained dogs take a traditional pheasant hunt to an unmatched level amidst the most stunning landscape you are likely to ever hunt. When it comes to terrain, their 5,000 acres has it all, including tall grass flats and steep hillsides that offer a challenging and rewarding hunt for all ages and experience levels. To top it off, Flying B is a dog-friendly lodge, so everyone is invited. Call (800) 472-1945 or visit online at www.flyingbranch.com. This trio of staunch pointers has pinned down yet another covey of quail at Greystone Castle. Greystone Castle Located just outside Dallas/Fort Worth, Greystone Castle is synonymous with outstanding bird hunting. The experienced guides, hard-working pointers, perfectly