Upland Inn Hunts - Testimonials

Ty W

California

We would like to thank you for allowing us to have the opportunity to pheasant hunt at your amazing lodge.  We had a blast and enjoyed our time there.  The lodge, the food, the staff, the guides, the dogs, and the whole experience was great.  It was great to meet you, and it was awesome that you took the time to visit with us every evening.  We all agreed that we will definitely come back in the future and probably bring more hunters.

Gordon G

Utah

I am a repeat client with our group. Always a great experience hunting with Upland Inn Hunts. The wonderful staff is always professional and friendly. The focus on client satisfaction is prevalent in all aspects of your operation.  Thanks for great experiences and memories! I will be seeing you for years to come.

Amy K

Colorado

Visiting Upland Inn was honestly the best money we have spent in years!!  The service was outstanding from the office to the kitchen staff. The little lady serving food fussed over us like she was our mama!  The food was first rate. No corners were cut and it showed! And our guide!!  That young man is amazing and made this the trip of a lifetime!! He is amazing, caring and definitely knows what he’s doing!  I can’t brag on him enough. Two years of anticipation was beyond fulfilled. We will be back!!!

Sheldon K

Minnesota

Jason & crew is 2nd to none. This is my 4th time here; they always do a fantastic job. Lots of birds, good dogs, and so friendly. I always look forward to coming back. I also hunt pheasants here, lots of birds, good guides, so much fun. I am considered disabled; they go above & beyond to accommodate me. They’re so awesome, if you go hungry from the wonderful food they provide, it is your own fault.

Nick H

Iowa

I cannot express, in words, how great our dove hunting experience was. I will say all the lodging was top notch, the staff is amazing, the meals and accommodations were great, the guides and dogs were second to none. The bird numbers were plentiful. Our shooting could be better. I have never experienced the quality and hospitality that was provided by Upland Inn Hunts from any other outfitter. I would highly recommend reaching out to them for your next hunt. I will be returning this winter for a pheasant hunt and returning next fall for another dove hunt.

Rob P

Kansas

One of the best Pheasant hunting experiences I've ever had. I've hunted South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri over the past 50+ years and this place beats them all. Great accommodations, good food, helpful staff and our guide was absolutely amazing! You won't be disappointed if you book a trip here.

Camden C

Missouri

This was one of the most amazing hunting experiences I’ve ever had. The guides took great care of us, and made sure our time here was top notch. Food and lodging was well done and the hunting was even better, with guides putting us on birds every day. I highly recommend hinting with Upland Inn.

Russ C

Minnesota

Excellent and proven operation for small or large groups like ours. Guides, staff, meals and lodges are first class. We had great guides for our group of 20 pheasant hunters these past three days and they will not be disappointed!  Get to Upland Inn in Greensburg, KS…trust me you won’t be disappointed.

Dallas J

Texas

Great hunt! Our guide went above and beyond for a phenomenal hunt, an experience I’ll never forget! Also, a shout-out to the staff at the lodge for the awesome hospitality, and the chefs for the amazing food!

Jim C

South Carolina

Great pheasant hunts. Hunted for 2 days and both guides put us on birds. Limited out both days! The food was good and plentiful!  The accommodations were comfortable and very clean. All staff were personable and accommodating. Thank you for a very memorable trip. We’ll be back!!

Greg S

Georgia

We had an OUTSTANDING trip at Upland Inn Hunts. More food than you can stand. Great hospitality and great fellowship. Our guide has been an amazing guide and friend. Highly recommended place to come. The owner Jason Johnson literally comes in to visit every evening to the lodge and sits with you to make sure you need nothing. Will be coming back. A++ service and experience.  This was our 3rd year and there will be many more to come.

John B

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Jason thanks for a great hunt we got are limit every day and the food at the lodge every night was excellent. We will be comming back every one love it and GAUGE are guide was great!!!

Larry D

Great hospitality, very good food and plenty of it, very comfortable accommodations, great guide, and lots of wild flying birds. This was our fifth hunt at Upland Inn and we will be back again next season.

Clifton D

I must let people know that this hunting experience with Jason and his staff is one of the most exciting trips I have ever encountered. Between Jason, the cooks, the housekeepers and especially the guides could not have been anymore perfect. Everyone involved with Upland Inn Hunts could not have performed their assignments any better. The food was great, clean rooms and outstanding guides and dogs. I feel blessed to have attended this hunt. The amazing thing is how the staff and guides went above and beyond to make this bucket list hunt special. And I truly mean just what I said, they went above and beyond what my brother and I expected. I even have to mention the people of Greensburg KS that were some of the nicest people I have ever met. I think making hunters happy from all points of the USA would be a daunting job, but anyone criticizing what we saw would be hard to please any where. Everything is supplied to your satisfaction. The hunting trips from the lodge were exciting and saw many pheasants. I recommend this place above and beyond any pheasant hunting trip anywhere.

Stan O. / Mike R. Group

This was mine and my wife's third hunt with upland inn hunts, we met family and friends there and hunted together Matt and karrie were i guides. And i have to say this is the second year Matt was our guide and he is amazing. He put us on birds non stop and we limited both days. He knows his land layouts well and how to approach and hunt them, his dogs work extremely hard. I dont know of a bird nt recovered. And the staff at the lodge is great Mrs Nancy and her team are wonderful! The meals are amazing, i got to visit twice with Mr Jason. Him asking how things were? What he could improve? Just a wonderful man! I all if your a bird hunter, i would strongly recommend upland inn hunts. I will be back again and again to hunt with them!! Stan tt

Patrick K

Many - Sugar Grove Illinois

Luckily I have been hunting with Mike and previously Randy going on 20 years. Mike has always treated us like our group was part of his family. Hunting has always been a memory each year.

Ismael P

This was my first experience pheasant hunting and Upland Inn Hunts made it a great one! We went with a group of 6 hunters who had never hunted pheasant before and hunted 2 days getting our limits both days. Being from South Texas, this was a hunt that could never happen in my home state. We started planning this hunt in February 2020. Jason answered all my calls and questions and made me feel very comfortable with my choice in choosing Upland Inn Hunts. Thank you Jason, Randy (our guide), and the entire staff for making us feel at home and making sure we had a successful hunt.

Steve K

Upland Inn Hunts is outstanding. This is my second year there. I have been all over the USA and All of Canada, and Alaska...I rate the stay and all staff A+++ or 10 star. They will do what every needs are with out no questions. The food is out of this world. Huntings is out of this world. If your needs are birds to Deer they can make your dreams come true. The cleanest camps I ever seen. Get out there and enjoy...

Scott S

Let me see where do I start... My cousins and I are very close and we have been wanting to do something to all get together and have an event that got us all together and to create a tradition of sorts as we moved forward. My first email to Jason was answered immediately and I felt we were on the right track for something special, my first call with Jason confirmed what I already felt. We had a great person and first class operation that was driven to make sure we had a great time, so the decision at that point was really easy...We where Inn... What was amazing was how easy this was to put together, how well organized they were from the minute we arrived to the point we left. From Ashley at Registration, The Team that put all the meals together everything was handled perfectly and made our stay that much more enjoyable. The hunting was Outstanding, Yes, We limited out both days, even through our shooting skills were rusty as heck the first day, our guide (Arden) never gave up on us and neither did the dogs. Day two was the same, limited out, a little better accuracy, and our Guide (Arden) never gave up on us. What I found to be a real testimonial to the commitment they have to their customers is when the owner shows up in the field to pick our brains on how he can make our experience better. This meant allot to my family that Jason takes all his customers comments to heart to make the experience better. The sign of a great business is to always strive to do better, to improve in the areas that you can, and magnify the things you already do well. Upland Inn Hunts does everything great, but they aren't settling for just great, they want to do better than great. One of my cousins said it best, He said we came as clients, but when we left, we left as friends. I think we found our new family tradition....

Charlie

The hunts I experienced at Upland Inn with our guide Ardin was an excellent time that I will always remember. While I have hunted wild Grouse, and Quail in my own state and I have also hunted Pheasant and Chukars on preserve hunts, none of them compared to my experience at Upland inn. We got our limit of birds every day despite the warm conditions 60+ degrees the first day, transitioning eventually to a mid-west winter storm that had everything including us covered in a layer of ice on the last day. The accommodations were excellent and the food was above my expectations. Our guide Ardin was outstanding. His professionalism and attention to detail and safety was greatly appreciated. It quickly became obvious that Ardin was very experienced and an excellent dog handler. He shared a love for watching the dogs do what they love, and he demonstrated patience and understanding as the dogs that we brought didn't always perform at a grade A level, but Ardin was always understanding knowing that they were still learning and that experience in the field was the best teacher for them. I am looking forward to when I can return and experience more of the hospitality and great hunting again. Thanks Ardin and all the staff at Upland Inn.

Michael R

Rudyard, Michigan

I'll be heading back to Upland Inn this fall for another great hunt. The wild bird numbers on Jason's properties are amazing. In past years I hunted in South Dakota. It was OK but nothing like this. Jason's fields are managed for birds, and just birds. If you decide to hunt at Upland Inn, you will love it. A Target Rich Environment for sure! Enjoy! Mike

Troy H

We had an excellent experience with all aspects of our time at Upland Inn. The food and accommodations were first rate, no going hungry here. The birds were about as wild as you can get, nothing better than getting your heart going from a flushing bird. The staff and our guide Curt Wilder bent over backwards to make our stay fantastic. We will be making many return trips believe. Thanks again, Troy.

P. S

I just returned to Missouri from a Spring Turkey Hunt at Upland Inn. I am the type of hunter that would rather be pointed in the direction of where I can hunt and then be allowed to get out there on my own. Upland Inn provided just that. Randy went out of his way to show me the lay out of everything, and explained as much information as possible about each location. He answered all of my questions and made sure I had decoys andor everything I needed for a successful hunt. My wife and I camped our way from Southeast Missouri to Greensburg in our 32 foot 5th wheel so we stayed in it instead of at the Lodge. Again, Randy made sure that I had everything I needed to hook up our camper to water and electricity and provided us with a wonderful camping experience. Randy gave me his phone number and instructed me to call anytime, day or night, if I needed anything at all. I was also checked on daily by Jason through text messages of which I appreciated an easy way of staying connected that didn’t interfere with my hunt. I not only saw and heard Turkeys every day, but I also enjoyed seeing Pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, Deer, hearing Quail (which have greatly reduced in Missouri) and even relaxed while watching a speeding Roadrunner. The greatest thrill however was watching five Gobblers running in on me from a distance (Which is something almost impossible to see where I live in Southeast Missouri). Bottom line, not only did staff go out of their way to make sure I had a wonderful campinghunting experience in a way that I enjoy doing it, but they also provided for me some of the greatest Turkey hunting ground that can be offered in Kansas. I highly recommend Upland Inn for your next Turkey Hunting adventure.

Mike M

San Diego, Ca

Myself and 11 other guys’ ages 46 to 86 all from San Diego, Ca took our annual Pheasant hunting trip. This was our 30th year hunting together. We have always hunted wild birds. The past 15 years we have hunted in Pierre area of South Dakota. The past couple of years hatch was not good enough to support our group, therefore, we decided to look for another location to hunt wild birds. Since we drive from San Diego it is a long way to hunt a preserve which we can do locally. Therefore, this year we took a leap of faith and decided to move from South Dakota to Upland Inn Hunts (UIH) in Greensburg, Ks. Upland Inn Hunts is a professional outfitter and it shows. As I mentioned we have been hunting wild birds and we wanted to continue this tradition. Upland Inn Hunts has a process to raise birds and make them wild. Jason from UIH uses what he calls (surrogater’s) where he takes baby chicks and raises them in the field until they have flight feathers and then releases them into the wild to fend for themselves truly become wild. I call it born in captivity and raised in the wild. This method creates a bird that flies like a wild bird, hard to kill and is difficult for the dogs to scent and locate. Which gives you the best of wild birds and opportunity similar to a preserve. UIH has 3 lodges and a climate controlled dog kennel. Although I did not tour the other lodges I would assume the accommodations are similar in each. We were in lodge 2 the largest of the 3. Our group occupied the main floor and a group had the basement which had a pool table, shuffleboard, card table, guest quarters, bathrooms and bar. The main floor had 4 bedrooms 3 baths, dining room, living room and kitchen. Each bedroom contains bunk beds a full on the bottom and twin on the top. We set ourselves up with an adult beverage bar in the kitchen and hung out and watched TV and relaxed the evenings away. We were very pleased with the staff. Everyone from the housekeeper to the cooks at the lodge were friendly and helpful. If you wanted something and they did not have it. Someone went to the store and purchased it for you. Our hunting guide Marvin a retired Army pastor was great. We lost one of our guys just a few weeks prior to our trip and so we had a tribute after our 3rd hunt. Pastor Marvin was asked to say a prayer once we were done to close up our tribute. He nailed it! He had grown men in tears and it was a perfect ending to our tribute. Thank you again Marvin. All in all we had a very good experience and plan to return to Upland Inn Hunts and I would highly recommend this outfitter.

Robin G

Fairhope, AL

We are novice hunters, so when it was suggested that we be paired with two other hunters, we agreed readily. What we did not know was that those hunters had their own dogs, which they insisted on using, and that their dogs were undisciplined amateurs. They ruined the experience by running ahead and flushing birds 70-100 yards in front of us. They also ran away, repeatedly, which cut into our hunting time considerably. The Upland Inn dogs were terrific and we think we could have had a great time.

Tim B

Midland Texas

I have hunted Upland Gamebirds for more than 50 years. People have told me about Upland Inn and we have seen them on TV but nothing can explain Upland Inn Pheasant Hunting better than the experience of being there! The staff is friendly, the food was simply "Great", our guide Dylan will go down in history as one of my favorite hunting guides ever, the habitat is world class, and the Pheasant Hunting is simply "Spectacular". We are so glad we took our GSP's (Bob & Bo) because they absolutely had a blast. Bo was his usual self while yearling Bob came into his own in that world class habitat. Bob changed from a yearling started puppy to another up and coming Superstar. Benny (12 yr old English setter) was a pleasure to hunt with, thank you for letting Benny and Bo hunt together. They were an unstoppable pair! Jason, thank you for our experience at Upland Inn this past week. We look forward to hunting with you guys again.

Eric S

Seattle, Washington

Jason, I wanted to send you a note in regards to our recent Nov hunt. Our hunt was beyond our groups expectations! Not only was the hunting the best we have ever experienced over years of hunting, your team along with your accommodations were superb. Our guide Trinity and the dogs work well with us and he always had a plan on how to approach the fields we were in, and as a result not only did we limit every day but we also did it, before 11:30 and once before 11:00 !. The fields and the settings of the Kansas corn and Milo fields, old barns gave us the sense of being back in the 70’s when we were kids hunting pheasants. There wasn’t a day that we didn’t see less than 50-60 birds and many flushes with multiply birds in them. We saw deer and quail everyday we were there which just added to the experience. Thanks again for the great hunt and we will be back, to experience it all over again! Sincerely, Eric Scott, Seattle Washington.

Greg F

Colorado Springs, Colorado

I have been hunting wild ringnecks in Kansas since 1996. I mainly hunted over near Dodge City. I have shot hundreds of Kansas cockbirds in my lifetime and quail. However, things have changed alot since 1996. More hunting pressure, landowners die and sell their land, some lease it out, some gets developed. So all the "private ground" I used to have access to I don't anymore. The thing is I was the so-called "guide" for our group of 8 - 12 guys give or take. I had friends from Colorado and family from Texas who would all join up once a year in November to hunt Kansas cockbirds, hang out together, eat and drink and just have a good time. However the tipping point was a couple of years ago we hunted in and around the same grounds I had been hunting since 1996. It was tough sledding for sure. We literally almost got skunked because we hunted strictly WIA only because all the private grounds were off-limits for whatever reasons. Well, that was enough for alot of guys to say they wouldn't come back if it meant having to go through all that again. I don't blame them, hell if it was just me and my dogs and one guy then sure, that's par for the course, however when you have a group or groups of guys, getting into birds and shooting is a big part of it. So I looked around and saw Jason's outfit on Facebook and the internet. I talked to him and bit, did some research and then we pulled the trigger and hunted late November 2017. Well folks, it was well worth the $$$ and the time. We are back again this November/December 2018 and will be the next year and the next. We are making it a tradition so to speak with our group. So if you are on the fence, not sure if you want to pay the $$$ to hunt wild roosters in Kansas or thing maybe they are a kick and shoot place with pen raised birds, think again, these birds are as wild as they come. I should know....Jason and his gang just know how to cultivate and managed their land and birds....

Cecil D W

Howell, UT

Found Upland Inn Hunts while watching Outdoor Channel TV. I wrote Jason a short note and had a immediate response from him. He explained his hunting operation to me so I decided to try him. I have been hunting pheasants for 55 years, I have hunted in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, and a few other places along the way. Upland Inn is without doubt the best place not only to hunt good wild birds, but you are greeted and made to feel like part of the family. Good lodging, great food, and great hunting. I have already planned my hunt for the next Pheasant Season, and I know I won't be disappointed. I have been looking for a place like this to hunt for a long time, now I have found it, I will keep returning.

JIM T

POTTSBORO TEXAS

GREAT HUNT, GUIDES, FOOD & LOTS OF FUN. GUIDES ARE PROFESSIONALS WITH VERY EXPERIENCED DOGS.