EUROPEAN-STYLE DRIVEN SHOOTING WITH WESTERN SENSIBILITIES
Our 2,200-acre Idaho upland bird hunting ranch is designed to provide driven pheasant shoots that combine European traditions with Western sensibilities. The Idaho hunting season varies, but pheasant and chukar seasons open on August 15 and extend to early the following year.
ENJOY BRITISH PHEASANT HUNTING IN AMERICA
The experience of an overhead driven pheasant shoot has traditionally been limited to British or European hunting lodges. That is no longer the case. Lazy Triple Creek Ranch’s walkup and driven pheasant and chukar hunting were designed and developed by Edward Watson, our first director of shooting. Edward had been the executive director of the West London Shooting School, a leading shooting estate manager, and regular writer for the Shooting Gazette in the UK.
Edward came to the American West to develop a driven shooting estate in the U.S. that rivaled anything in Europe. Taking advantage of our breathtaking terrain holding native birds and grasses, he succeeded. Birds fly from one field to the next over a line of guns in the canyons below. Come visit the original home of European-Style Driven Shooting with Western Sensibilities in America.
WALK-UP UPLAND BIRD HUNTING FOR ALL LEVELS
Parts of the ranch are planted with pheasant- and chukar-holding cover crops of corn, sorghum, and sunflowers for walk-up upland bird hunting behind well-trained dogs. We provide hunting guides and dogs. Your own well-trained hunting dog is welcome.
A unique offering at Lazy Triple Creek Ranch is our ability to accommodate bird hunters who cannot handle all the walking involved in walk-up hunting behind dogs. Inspired by forward guide seats used in Africa, two of our Polaris Rangers are equipped with forward shooting seats so all can enjoy the thrills of upland bird shooting without all the walking.
Note about upland bird hunting after November 1: Shooting is subject to weather conditions any time of the year but particularly after November 1. You might find yourself unable to reach the lodge or snow bound in the lodge.
Normally, even with more snow than would be usual for the time of year on the ground, we can take guests to our five-stand clays shooting course via our five-person snowcat, taking four at a time as many times as required.
In normal years, we can hold European-Style Driven Shoots with Western Sensibilities – two drives at each of three locations – until the end of November. We will add walkup hunts if conditions permit and the walkup fields are still holding birds.
