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Sept. 26, 2016
Contact: Donna Jones, 616-794- 2658
Fourth annual ladies’ guided pheasant hunt set for Oct. 23 in Belding
 The Department of Natural Resources, along with Pine Hill Kennels and Sportsman's Club and the Grand Valley chapter of Pheasants Forever, will offer a guided ladies' pheasant hunt Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3329 Johnson Road in Belding, Michigan.
Beginners are welcome. Space is limited to 12 ladies, 18 years of age or older, and preregistration is required. Please call Scott Brosier at 616-874-8459 to reserve a spot.
The cost for the day is $45 per person. Firearms are available for beginners, if needed. All participants will go home with memories and a special gift.
Registration and coffee begins at 9 a.m. The day's events will include warming up by shooting clay pigeons on the skeet range, hunting with a guide for three pheasants, learning to clean the birds, and enjoying a gourmet lunch.
“The hunt was such a success last year and all the ladies had a great time. Some had never shot a gun before, and were shooting birds out of the sky by late morning,” said Donna Jones, wildlife technician at Flat River State Game Area. “We look forward to making this experience available again to ladies who want to try out pheasant hunting.”
Established in 1975, Pine Hill Sportsman's Club offers its members some of the finest upland bird hunting anywhere, on four farms totaling over 600 acres. Pine Hill's intensive land management program not only benefits the population of free-ranging upland birds, but also enhances habitat for deer, turkey and waterfowl.
Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have 140,000 members and more than 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent, making it the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure.
/Editors’ note: A flyer about the pheasant hunt and an accompanying photo are available below for download. Suggested photo caption:
Ladies interested in trying out pheasant hunting are invited to join a guided hunt in Belding Sunday, Oct. 23./
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
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