If you are a visitor to Iowa, Pheasant and quail hunting at Brush Dale Farm will save you a significant amount of money in hunting license fees. Preserve Hunting Licenses, for hunting pheasant and quail at Brush Dale Farm, as well as Iowa Hunting Licenses, can be purchased directly from Brush Dale. Preserve Licenses are just $8.00, whether purchased by Iowa or out-of-state residents.

Pheasant and quail hunting season on the Preserve runs from September 1st to March 31st each year, so bring your dog out for a pre-regular-season warm up or some post-regular-season follow-up training. Since hens may be harvested the same as roosters, and there is no per day bag limit, Brush Dale is the perfect place to bring your young hunting dog to introduce him/her to pheasant and quail hunting. Upon your request, we will be happy to take the extra time and attention needed to firmly plant your birds for your dog-in-training. We have a large field with shorter cover that works especially well for training dogs. The shorter cover allows the use a check cord, and gives you the ability to see and work with your dog as he hunts.

Avid hunters with experienced hunting dogs will not want to miss this opportunity to match wits with wild Manchurian Pheasant and Bobwhite Quail on the Preserve's northern Prairie. This section of Prairie is 200-acre sea of cover over gently rolling hills. Mowed paths will help you navigate through the challenging terrain, while the occasional corn feed plot and wind break provides diversity of cover for the birds and a change of scenery for you. You'll feel like an early Midwestern settler, hunting for wild birds that have a good chance of staying off your dinner table!

At Brush Dale Farm Kennel we breed and train Small Munsterlander Pointers for versatile upland hunting. You can hunt with our top-performing gun dogs, bring your own dog, or both. Lodging in the area generally allows pets, but should you stay somewhere that does not allow your dog, or should you prefer, we would be happy to put your dog up in our guest kennels. All kennels have igloo dog houses filled with straw and an outside run.

Half-day and full-day, guided and non-guided pheasant hunts are available in several hunting packages. Fall packages may optionally include a half-day of trout fishing in Brush Creek. Weather-permitting, you can pheasant hunt in the morning and trout fish in the afternoon! Wild turkey and white-tail deer hunting packages are also available for both bow and shotgun seasons. Join our mailing list and be one of the first to try duck hunting on our new Wetlands and Duck Pond!

Train your versatile hunting dog for field and water work at Brush Dale Farm year round. Whether you need to work with your dog on being steady to wing and shot, blood tracking through the hillside timber, making a 400-foot water retrieve, or searching for ducks among the marsh reeds - we have the equipment, knowledge, and training grounds to make your training day a success. Pen-raised birds can be legally shot in conjunction with hunting dog training activities year-round at Brush Dale Farm.