South Dakota Pheasant Hunts

Pheasant hunting memories are waiting to be made in South Dakota on over 800 acres of prime grassland, shelter belts, sweet clover and wetlands. Stone Hill is the perfect place for your pheasant hunting adventure. View our gallery of beautiful pictures, and then compare our rates and you will be certain a Stone Hill South Dakota pheasant hunt is right for you.

It is hard to believe that we will be beginning our 31 year this fall. Our goal over the years was and continues to be, offering a natural bird hunting experience at a reasonable fee. Managing and maintaining our habitat continues to be a priority.

Gate City Lodge features 10 rooms with private baths with a TV lounge area on each end. A 28 X 40 meeting /dinning area with a kitchen is available in the lower level. The lodge is open all year long.

Rates include hunting fees, game cleaning fees, lodging, buffet breakfast and taxes. Licenses are not included due to the four levels of licenses available. You may purchase the license you want when you arrive or you can purchase it on line at www.sdgfp.info.com.

Hunting season starts on September 1 and runs until March 31. We encourage you to book early to secure the dates that work out for your group.

We want to thank you for your past patronage and look forward to being of service to you again. We continue to be one of the best values in the state of South Dakota.

We now have 6 britany dogs. Heath has River and Issi, Chad has Daisy and Molly and I have Bates and Frankie. After 14 great hunting seasons Zake left us in January with a boat load of memories.

South Dakota Pheasant Hunts officially began offering pheasant hunting 1985, but its roots go back to the mid fifties when Bill and Goldie Stone purchased the farm. Bill was conservation minded and immediately began a tree planting program and habitat development for all wildlife.

The Wildlife Federation of South Dakota awarded him the “Wildlife Conservationist Of The Year” award in 1980. Upon receiving the award Bill stated that it was nice to receive an award for something you did because you enjoyed it.

Hunters began knocking on the door in 1959 and haven’t stopped since. Will began operating a preserve on the farm in the fall of 1985. Bill was little cool to the idea at first, but approved of the idea after he saw how it was going to be run.

Bill always enjoyed the friendships he made with hunters over the years and it showed when he “officially” began guiding hunts for Will.

Bill lost his battle with cancer in May of 1990 at the young age of 59. Will stated, “I lost a father, friend and hunting buddy all at one time. He pushed me out in a duck boat made of car hoods when I was four years old. In January of 1990 we were going to hunt pheasants on a slough he just added to the farm. He didn’t feel up to walking but he sat in the car and watched as Cindy (my Brittany) and I flushed and shot a few ringnecks from what would be Bill’s final conservation effort.