The 2009 Hunting Season!
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Wayne Reaud and friends made their 5th appearance to Pheasant Crest.
Wayne brought World Series ring holder Kevin Millar to hunt with us.
Kevin also made an appearance in 2000 as a guest of Walter Umphrey's.
MMR Construction on their 8th season hunt was joined by Jim Watson
with Teton Industries. Teton Industries liked the hunt so much that
they reserved their own date for the whole lodge in 2010.
Sara Lee on their 6th season with friends Mike Hissong and Rodger
Head. Mike living in Nashville decided to spice up the hunt and
brought recording star Jason Deere and new stars in the country
music scene "Due West". The evenings were very lively to say the
least.
Former executive to Emerson Process Management
Larry Solley does a morning duck hunt with us before he takes to the
field. Larry brings son Wayne and a host of friends to this
3rd annual hunting trip. Larry will make his 4th trip this fall and
says our duck/pheasant combo is second to none.
Tim Leary Memorial Hunt has always been a full house since we
started it back in 2004. The 2010 Memorial hunt is full once again.
John McIntire and Bud Taylor made this their 9th year hunting with
us and 2010 will be no exception. We can not wait to have them back.
The executives they brought made up for about 500 million bushels of
corn purchased every year.
John Phillips made up half of this hunt with family and friends and
the other half was the Kiniry group from VA. They brought one of the
nations top businessmen and philanthropist Bill Goodwin (VA) with
them and it was an honor to have met him.
Jim Congelio with Surety Associates and Florida's Natural Orange
juice company made their 3rd appearance last fall and have rebooked
for 2010.
Golf Pros Curtis Strange, Bobby Wadkins, Bruce Lietzke and Bill
Rogers were not detoured from the -11 degree hunting day in 2008.
This year their 1st day temperature was 35 degrees (December 13th)
and they thought they were in the Bahamas! They have rebooked for
2010 and will be our last hunt of the year.
Walter Umphrey and friends have booked again for 2010 and will be
our longest clients at Pheasant
Crest Lodge-14 years.
Mason Hawkins is living up to his commitment of booking the lodge
for tens years with his 4th annual early season hunt. Check out
Mason's compliment on our Testimonial's page on this web site.
David Hamby and Gordon Dixon have been long time friends and
customers. This hunt is now rebooked for 2010 and that makes 13
years. Also former assistant secretary of interior to Nixon
Ford Administration Nathaniel
Reed and family joined this group.
David Zimmerman, John Rose with friends and family combined to make
this their 3rd annual late season hunt. David and John Rose are
presidents at Kellogg, Brown and Root.
Kellogg, Brown & Root enjoy their 3rd annual late season hunt.
Our "Couples" hunt joined by
Chris Robertson and friends from AR have made this hunt an annual
tradition. Now with 2010 booked will make it 10 years and running.
A very experienced group of hunters from Minnesota used Pheasant
Crest as their "Corporate Retreat" this year and had a great time.
Emerson Process Management has been one of
Pheasant Crest's longest customers. They have rebooked for 2010 and
that will make it 10 years in a row.
What once was a
Sysco Foods of Maryland hunt now individuals Freddie Lankford
(President of Sysco) and restaurant owners continued with their 7th
annual hunt.
Cary Patterson flew in at 2:00 am on December 5th
because he and his friends were not going to miss the big Texas
football game that night. Cary says he loves shooting pheasants at
Pheasant Crest almost as much as he loves Texas football. Cary has
already booked his 6th hunt with us this fall.
