It’s been a challenging week to say the least. Every day is changing with the coronavirus. It’s easy to get wrapped up in the media and all the negativity. I understand its seriousness and it’s hard to see any positive out of this crisis. This has been extremely tough on our business and we are doing what we can to accommodate the customers still willing to come out. A lot of our corporate customers don’t have the option as they are on a company wide travel ban. We are offering to meet guests outside, pay over the phone, and respecting requests. Thankfully upland hunting qualifies for social distancing. Please let us know if we can book anything for you, we can hunt upland birds until April 15^th.

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I wanted to discuss more about the Texas Crane & Goose hunt that we went on this past January. Click on the video link to watch the highlight film. Our video guy (Cody from Southern Beardsman) did a great job with the footage he was provided. I was only able to provide him footage from my Go Pro, Garmin Virbs, and my iPhone. We as a Pheasant Bonanza Team, are going to provide our guests with more off-site hunts and one we are featuring this fall/winter is a Texas Crane hunt with Cash Parrish. If you have not had a chance to hunt Sandhill Crane, you are in for a treat.

These hunts start in November and go into January and we’d love to host a few if we have the interest. The PB guides who went with this year were Trent Leichleiter, Troy Wakefield, Brian Frost, Paul Carrier, Brad Schavee, John Hundahl and our good customer Dennis Fenderson. I invited a few more guides and customers but work family commitments kept them home. If you have any questions or want references, any of the guys that went on the trip will be happy to tell you about their experience with the hunt and with Cash. The hunting trips are typically 4-5 days consisting of crane hunting 2 days, and lesser goose & snow goose hunting 1 day. We drove down day 1, hunted days 2, 3, and 4 and drove back after the hunt on day 4. If you flew to Texas, naturally you’d have less travel.

The hunts are not fancy but Cash knows how to put on a show. We ended up staying in Plainview, Texas but the hunts are also in Amarillo and Midland. Cash likes to make a plan but depending on where the cranes are depends on where you will end up staying and hunting. If your fortunate to hunt around Midland, you might get an opportunity to hunt blue quail on 1 afternoon. This is something I am really looking forward to in the future. Many people have asked where you stay, eat, and what do you hunt out of? You would stay at a local hotel, eat at local eateries, and hunt out of A-frame blinds. Folding chairs are used for cranes and lay down field blinds and white suits are used for the goose hunts. Is it fancy? No, but it’s worth every penny. These hunts are very reasonably priced as we just did the 3 day hunt for $1,600/person including travel expenses. We’d prefer to book groups consisting of 4-8 hunters. If you have any interest in booking one of these hunts please let me (Trent) know as soon as possible.

Here are some of the updates at PB:

1.) Our specials are in your favor and we have to do what we can to finish our season. We are offering 30% off guided half day hunts & overnight hunt packages. We are offering a Euro special for the April 4 and 11 Euro if you buy 4 at the $199 price you get 2 FREE and they are already discounted to $199/person including a carry-out boxed lunch. Last but not least, we are offering a member release promotion and if you buy 10 or more birds we will release an extra 50% FREE so if you order 10 you get 15, if you order 20 you get 30. This promotion is for Chukar and Pheasants. Membership discounts will still apply! Help us finish out our season and practice social distancing.

2.) The “Upland Challenge” is a perfect way to end the upland season and if you pencil it out, it’s cheaper than any hunt we offer. You don’t have to have 5 shooters- you can hunt with one or two if you desire. So far the teams that have tried it have had great experiences. I still can’t give you the results but there isn’t anyone “perfect” yet!

3.) The coronavirus is causing a lot of cancellations so we have plenty of openings. We are taking precautions for the spread of this virus. If you are getting stir crazy and tired of being cooped up, book an outing with us. If you don’t feel comfortable coming into our office, we can do everything outside and you can have very little or 0 exposure to people. We can customize and we will help you have a successful outdoor outing and get a good dose of fresh air and exercise. Call Sheri at 402.374.1765 or email office@pheasantbonanza.com.

4.) Our European hunts are March 28, April 4, and April 11. (We will not be meeting inside for this and lunches will be carry-out.) All paperwork can be done outside and you can still enjoy the events. These Euros are going to be large releases as we many birds to use up.

5.) The finals for the GDS (Gun Dog Series) is April 4th and if you did not enter twice throughout regular season you can buy into the tournament. This is the finals and there will be CASH prize. Looking forward to seeing who ends the season as our GDS champions! Chukar will be used for this finals tournament.

6.) For dining parties of 10 or less, we are offering Carry-Out! Call 402.374.1765 for menu and pricing!

Words of Wisdom:

“Optimism is the ability to focus on where we’re going, not where we’re coming from.” -Simon Sinek

Quick Reflection: What is your “WHY”? What is it that inspires you, gets you up every morning, and gives you the reason to do what you do? Your “WHY” may change throughout your life but just take a moment and reflect on your “WHY”. If you don’t know or don’t have one, I strongly encourage you to define it and write it down.

Trent Leichleiter

402.374.1765
trent@pheasantbonanza.com