Guided Hunts
Guided Hunts Provided by Prairie's Edge
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Praries Edge (P.E.) was conceived with the philosophy of giving our clients the opportunity to experience a professionally guided waterfowl hunt within a short drive of Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa is in the Mississippi flyway. Tens of thousands of Canada geese travel through and stay in Iowa with very little hunting pressure. In the past decade our local population has exploded. P.E. pledges to guide you on the best hunt that we can deliver. We will provide a safe and ethical waterfowl hunt. Our guides are tried and tested. They are known for their congeniality, skill and professionalism. They are true conservationists and knowledgeable of the game they pursue and the land they hunt. When hunting with them these qualities are obvious.
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In order to offer our clients the best possible hunting experience, P.E. has leased fields within an 80 mile radius of Des Moines. The fields have been selected to ensure good hunting is available during the early, mid and late part of the season. Close attention is paid to every detail. Our guides, who are expert duck and goose callers, incorporate the latest techniques such as flagging, kites and decoy spreads, using state of the art decoys.
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Central Iowa Duck and Canada Goose Hunts
Iowa offers the opportunity to hunt Canada geese for 84 days. After you reserve your hunt with P.E., your hunting party will be contacted by phone the evening before your hunt. At this time, the details of your hunt will be outlined. Hunts begin at legal shooting time each morning and end at the discretion of your guide. Fields will be rested half of each day. By stressing game management, habitat management and blind and field rotation, we are able to keep our customers "on the birds". Our main goal is to see to it your hunt is an enjoyable and successful one. Our past record is evidence of this. Most hunts are conducted out of above ground blinds. All guide fees are due 60 days prior to your hunt, and are non-refundable. The guide fee for the regular Iowa season is $125.00 per gun.
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Iowa Early Season Goose Hunts
Our early season hunts, run by our expert guides, get you started for the rest of the season. Limits are high and hunts are conducted over alphalfa, pasture, or water.
Minnesota Early Season Metro Hunts
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The Minnesota season we offer is the early September Canada goose season. The limit per day per hunter is 5 Canada geese. All Minnesota hunts are on P.E. private leases. You don't have to go to Canada for a quality early season goose hunt. The guide fee is $125.00 per gun for a half day hunt. Opening day is $150.00 per gun.
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Rochester, MN Premier Canada Hunts
Heated pits and above ground hunts are available. Fantastic Canada hunting, hunts available for October, November and December.
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Fergus Falls, MN Canada Hunts
Late season Canada goose hunts in the Fergus Falls area. Your guide Kyle is one of the midwest's premier guides for Canadas, as well as Missouri and So. Dakota Snow Geese and Blue Geese.
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Missouri Pit - Flooded Field Duck and Goose Hunts
Some of the best hunting of the season! Guide fee for pits is a nominal charge of $150.00 per day, per hunter. Waterfowl species that use the Squaw Creek Refuge in NW MO are specks, snow geese and blue geese, canadas and a variety of ducks. Six man pits with 2 burner stoves and heaters, hunts available for November and December.
Late Season Missouri Goose Hunts
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Giant Canadas, Snows and Blues. The hunts take place on our private leases around the KC metro area. We are taking reservations for the following dates: December 28, 2007, through January 12, 2008. The guide fee is $125.00 per hunter for a half day hunt.
Spring Conservation Snow Goose & Blue Goose Season
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P.E. also offers fully guided Spring Snow Goose & Blue Goose hunts. The proposed 2008 season for Missouri Spring Snow Geese is February 1st through March 30th. The guide fee is $155.00 per gun. Hunts will be from legal shooting hour in the morning until 6:00 pm. We run full body Bigfoots, Silhouette, Sillosocks and Northwind Socks for this special season.
We start our Missouri Spring Snow Goose season in the Joplin area which is in the SW corner of Missouri. We guide in the Squaw Creek area where our heated pits are offered for the second half of our Missouri Spring Snows.
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- Pit Hunts
- Field Hunts - hunt in Hay Bale or laydown blinds
- Hunts take place near Squaw Creek Wildlife Refuge
- All hunts are from legal shooting until 6:00 pm
- Field or pit hunts are $155.00 per hunter per hunt
Iowa Spring Turkey Hunts
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- Fully guided spring turkey hunts
- Be guide on private property
- Your guide is knowledgeable and an excellent caller
- Hunts will be conducted from half-hour before sunrise until 1:00 pm
- Guide fee for adults 16 years and up is $165.00 per hunt
- Kids 15 years or younger are $85.00 per hunt
Iowa & Missouri Whitetail Deer Hunts
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Also available are guided Central Iowa and North Central Missouri deer hunts. We offer both archery hunts and traditional firearm hunts. Archery outings are 3 day packages for $625.00 per archer. Gun hunts for trophy bucks are $495.00 for a two day package.
