To be successful the flights need to be scouted for proper placement of pass shooters at first light and at afternoon feeding. The birds typically move in flights from roost to feed at the same time and generally over the same flight path daily. A second feeding period takes place near sundown. Normally, chickens fly out to feed for one to several hours at sunrise, returning to their grassy cover. Preferred feeding sites are soybeans and milo, but the birds also eat alfalfa and winter wheat. Prairie chickens often travel several miles from grassy roosting sites to feed. The Greater Kansas Prairie Chicken is a unique grouse species that have successfully been reestablished the last 30 years in their ancestral habitat of the native grasslands of North Central Kansas.В Greater prairie chickens are commonlyВ found in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas and the Smokey Hills of central Kansas. If you book a pheasant hunt See our special rates for a Prairie Chicken shoot add-on. For safety reason we have a two hunter/guide max and 8 bird limit/person. We will discourage quail hunts in years that populations do not warrant. We are hoping to see a continuing positive trend and we will have a better idea of quail densities after the 2021 hatching season. We are not offering quail hunts during the 2020-2021 season. A very limited number of native quail hunts are available year to year dependent upon current populations. Bobwhite quail hunts during the traditional fall season running from mid-November through January 31st. Kansas as a whole has been the top quail hunting destination during those years and in some parts of the state has seen the best populations in 30 years. Ringneck Ranch has seen great quail numbers for the last 3 seasons. Several of the locally available species other than our ringneck pheasant are detailed in the selections below. A small community located close to us was identified by Sports Afield as being the #2 ideal location to live in the U.S.A.

We are blessed in that our location in north central Kansas is recognized as a wonderful, diverse wildlife area that harbors a variety of species.

Chicken hunter game