Wings of Watertown a pheasant hunting preserve in Minnesota, opened in 2008. We are a family owned and operated preserve, and bird hunters as well as dog lovers will like the fact that we are only thirty miles west of the Twin Cities. We are also different from other preserves in the sense that we are a ‘roosters only” and “non-toxic” shot preserve. And, we have also set aside over 50 acres of non
-huntable CRP on the farm in order to hold native birds and other wildlife on the property as well. Our goals are simple:
Help other outdoorsmen enjoy hunting with family and friends at an affordable price that does not require the commitment of an entire day or weekend to South Dakota. Provide an atmosphere for sportsmen that will allow privacy and safety during the hunt by separating the hunting areas with the woods on the property as well as by separating the timeframes for the hunts into morning or afternoon hunts. Offer multiple membership packages that range from the average hunter that wants to work his dog once or twice a year before the season opens to the larger corporation that wants to provide an employee benefit or host client hunts to promote business by renting the entire preserve for a day. Cash or Check only, not credit cards accepted. Base Price
$21/Rooster
For any purchase of less than 15 birds. Pre-paid Memberships to choose from:
15 Bird Package
$285 ($19/Rooster)
25 Bird Package
$462.50 ($18.50)/Rooster)
50 Bird Package
$900 ($18/Rooster)
100 Bird Package
$1,750 ($17.50/Rooster)
250 Bird Package
$4,125 ($16.50/Rooster)
Membership Registration:http://www.wingsofwatertown.com/images/Membership_form.pdf
Memberships are not required at Wings of Watertown but multiple bird packages are offered and vary from 15 bird packages to 250 bird packages. Wings of Watertown History:
My name is Bill McDonald, and my wife, Lis, and I have three children. I grew up on the family farm, but Lis and I lived and worked in southeastern Minnesota for 17 years until we felt it was time to move our family home to the farm. Wings of Watertown is family owned and operated and uses the 240 acre family farm that was purchased in the 1930’s by my grandparents Kenneth and Margaret McDonald. In 2006, my dad, Flip, decided he wanted to put the entire farm into CRP for wildlife preservation, and, we saw an opportunity to keep the family farm in conservation practices for years to come by starting a small scale pheasant hunting preserve on weekends. The farm is unique with its rich family history and the lay of the land is second to none with a wide variety of cover on the perimeter of the property including CRP, swamp grass, cattails, food plots, and wetland cover. All of that cover surrounds the woods on the property which makes for beautiful scenery and habitat.
