The Full Gallery

Sunrises, stories, and the lodge life.

Hunter tucked into a snow goose spread at sunset
The lodge at sunrise with pointers on the gravel
Two hunters walking a tree tunnel at dusk
Lone hunter walking a cornfield at last light
Hunter walking through snow goose decoys at sunrise
Two hunters high-fiving in the prairie at sunset
A rack of ring-necked pheasants against a prairie sunset
Hunter calling ducks from a cattail blind
A pair of mallards cupped against a blue sky
The lodge bar and dining room under antler chandeliers
Hunter kneeling with a Brittany over a wild rooster
Bufflehead drake taking flight over the marsh
A Brittany running through the grass on point
Four hunters walking down a gravel road at dawn
Waterfowler wading through a spread of duck decoys
Two hunters posing behind the Oak Tree sign with the morning's birds
Young hunter holding a rooster in the prairie grass
A pointer delivering a rooster to hand near an old barn
The farmhouse glowing at last light beside a cottonwood
A row of roosters lined across the tailgate at night
Hunter carrying a snow goose across the field
Wood duck drake on glassy water
A plated dinner of steak, shrimp, brussels, and potatoes
A tray of sliced prime rib fresh from the kitchen
The lodge dining room full of guests over dinner
Chafing dish of bacon-wrapped game bites
Guests around the long dinner table in the lodge
The lodge's long dining hall with mounted trophies
The lodge mud room lined with wooden lockers
Custom gun room with racks and diagonal pine walls
A hunter's locker packed with vest, guns, and gear
Wide sunset view over the snow goose decoy spread
A wild rooster held up in the golden prairie grass
Waterfowler in cattails at first light
Three women hunters behind the Oak Tree sign with their limit
A carved wooden map of South Dakota on the lodge wall
Guide standing in a spread of snow goose decoys
The full party gathered in front of the lodge with the day's birds
A hunter with baby carrier and yellow lab on a prairie road
Trucks passing under the Oak Tree entrance arch
A morning's mixed bag on the tailgate with the retriever
Wide view of the lodge bar under antler chandeliers and mounted birds
Blue-winged teal in flight over the prairie grass
Brittany waiting at the tailgate beside a hunter in blaze orange
Snow goose hunter with coffee among the decoy spread
Ringnecks skimming low across open water
Poker chips on the Oak Tree bar top after dinner
Diver ducks crossing a cottonwood ridge line
Hunter in old-school camo standing in a spring snow goose spread
Stacks of poker chips on the lodge bar
Guests eating along the lodge bar under antler chandeliers