UGUIDE Review of J Bar Lazy 7 Pheasant Camp

By: Chris Hitzeman - UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Published: May 18th, 2007

LOCATION: South Dakota, Hyde County between Highmore, Pierre and Chamberlain

HOST: Your hosts own and actively farm and manage this 5000 acre privately owned ranch. The owner is an avid farmer, and livestock man. The family enjoys relating to pheasant hunters, the sport of pheasant hunting and farming for pheasants as well as running a full-time livestock and row crop operation.

LODGING: You will have private exclusive use of the J Bar lodging which consists of a 3-bedroom, 1-full bath and full kitchen renovated farmhouse that sleeps up to 8. The lodging is in a retired farmstead which is located on the farming operation about 10 miles from where the main farm where the hosts live. The lodging setup is located on your private exclusive hunting acreage. You group will find comfortable spacious arrangements from which to enjoy the best friends and family experience.  And your dogs can stay in the house with you.

HUNTING: This pheasant camp boasts an expansive amount of private un-leased acreage from which to hunt. The crown jewel of this farm is the extremely large shelterbelt around the main farmstead. The J Bar is 1 of only 2 pheasant camps where you can find/hunt both sharptail grouse and ringneck pheasant. You'll be hunting the following types of cover: Milo, grass, short grains and shelterbelts.

THE FARM: The J Bar Lazy 7 Pheasant Camp is based in a private family owned working ranch for livestock and row crops. For pheasant hunting purposes, a portion of the farm is devoted to pheasant hunting and the farming for pheasants required to produce truly native wild ringneck pheasant populations.

UNIQUE ADVANTAGES: The unique advantages of this pheasant camp are: Spacious rooming lodging, mixed bag opportunities (sharptail/pheasant) and above average acreage access.

MORE INFO: J-Bar-Lazy-7