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The arrival of summer marks an important time of the year. For our archery deer hunting friends, the end of June is the deadline to reserve your hunt and apply for your tags. If you have not reserved your hunt already, please give us a call today! July begins the peak season for reserving wing-shooting trips for this fall. We are very excited about the upcoming wing-shooting season! For our retreat guests there are only a few months left to enjoy Heartland this year! The last of September is the end of our retreat season.
Make sure you check out the specials we are running at the bottom of this newsletter.
I look forward to seeing you in the next several months!
I would enjoy hearing from you! Please send me an e-mail or give me a call.
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Retreats
Professional speaker, trainer, author is new team member!
Heartland Lodge is pleased to add even more value to your conference, retreats and meetings! Bobbe White is a
nationally recognized humorist now booking groups for the 2006 Heartland Lodge Season. Let Bobbe kick off or
close out your conference, boost your breakfast, lighten up lunch, or revive your retreat. The New York Times
featured Bobbe on the benefits of humor and laughter in the workplace…something of which we can never get
enough! We invite you to call for availability, speaker packet and visit Bobbe’s website at:
www.trylaughter.com. Don’t miss her laugh-out-loud introductory fee
offered for 2006!
“Her message? Significant! Her delivery? More than entertaining!
Her energy? Oh boy!”
Brian Shipman, On-air media.
“The Heartland Lodge staff gave Bobbe two thumbs up
on fun and informative sessions!”
Gary and Wanda Harpole
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Wow! Can you believe it’s the middle of March already? So far we have had a wonderful season here at Heartland and
it’s not over yet. We still have a couple of weeks of excellent hunting ahead of us and yes we do have some openings
available. Not only are we still hard at work with the Upland hunting we are well on our way for next season.
This is an exciting time for us here at Heartland Lodge. We are looking into the possibility of expanding
Heartland's Upland Division this spring which would add some new and exciting shooting opportunities for all to
enjoy. Along with the new ground, we have started burning some of our fields to improve our native grass stands,
and manipulating cover for our soon to be nesting birds. We are also in the process of organizing the structure
and positioning of our food plots to optimize the cover and hunting opportunities for the upcoming season.
We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable spring and summer. Remember, we will be looking for you this fall in
the Upland fields at Heartland where you will have an excellent experience and “Traditions That Last A Lifetime”.
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Mike
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Hello again, this is Cory here at HARPOLE’S HEARTLAND LODGE. The smell of spring is once again in the air and it
is a very exciting time for us at the lodge. We are getting busy in the fields putting in food plots and
starting our preparation for the next deer season, which as we all know will be here before we know it. Soon the
mornings will be filled with the roaring ring of our allusive eastern gobblers. Not much beats the first cold
day in the fall when we deer hunters start to get “Buck Fever”, but this might. There is so much going on at
the Farm: turkey hunting, shed hunting and all the preparation that goes into next deer season.
This year we are raising the bar again on the quality of our deer hunts. We have added several pieces of trophy
caliber property to existing QDM properties. We are also almost tripling the amount of supplement food sources
(food plots) that, combined with the immense amount of agricultural field (corn and soybean), should be more
than enough food to ensure a healthy and productive deer herd this season. From an area in the country well
known for its genetics and a plentiful food supply throughout the year, I think this will make for an amazing
deer season this year.
With all that is going on don’t forget to get ready yourself. We still have a few great spots for the ‘06
hunting season, even a “Rut Spot” or two. So now is the perfect time to call Heartland Lodge and book you
Dream Hunt. Remember HARPOLE’S HEARTLAND LODGE, "Traditions That Last A Life Time”.
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Cory
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“Crooked Slough Duck Hunting Company” was legally created
as a limited liability Company just a few months ago. I named the duck hunting facility in honor of the “Crooked
Slough” that winds its way through our property in the Mississippi river bottoms near Pleasant Hill, IL, where I
shot my first duck when I was ten years old.
Growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis I would go to our farm with my dad every week end, especially during duck
hunting season. My love for waterfowl hunting began then (well over thirty years ago). Every year that I worked in
the corporate world as a salesperson or sales manager I thought about when I retired and the possibility of finally
being able to give as much time to duck hunting as I wanted. The time is now and I’ve been working for four years,
building levees, putting pits in, relocating pits, pumping water, and the list goes on; to create a place to hunt
ducks that will remind you of days past by creating an environment that will hold ducks for as long as they wish to
stay.
This all started in the fall of 2002. We built levees and pumped water. We had to wait to get the crops out before we
did this so by the time we were finished duck season was over half over. The levees held and the water didn’t leak
through any sand veins hidden in the soil. We left a few acres of corn standing, just to see! When the second weekend
of that December came and there had been little duck activity we decided to pull the plug so we could salvage the corn
we had left behind and hope for next year. As we drove the road to the flooded field that Crooked Slough ran through,
I happened to notice a group of about twenty Mallards working. I showed my Dad. We drove another hundred feet around
a huge pin oak where we could see the upper two thirds of water. There wasn’t one group of Mallards, there was ten to
fifteen groups; all milling around at various elevations and dropping into my duck club. We quickly exited and came
back the next morning. We shot our limit in less than a half hour and did so every time we went before the season
closed.
That was the start, and it has done nothing but get better. Every year the ducks start piling in with Wood Ducks and
local Mallards leading the way. By the end of the first week in November we have Mallards by the thousands using our
location to feed and rest through the night. This, along with managing the hunting conservatively, equals duck hunting
at its Zenith.
Ask Gary to book a morning hunt with me. Depending on where we are in the duck season we may be hunting in the early
afternoons. If that is the case, join me for a hunt and then watch the ducks pour in for the night. The emphasis is on
quality at Crooked Slough. Besides lots of ducks, we have clean comfortable, dry, heated pits, and aerators and water
pumps to keep the water open when the weather gets cold and the hunting really gets hot. You will be personally guided
by me and a good friend of mine. I invite you to share my dream come true along with a cup of coffee, mallards
dropping into the blocks, and as much fun as a guy can legally have.
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Art Rodenberg
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| Real Estate: |
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40 Acres – Forty acres are hard to find these days. These forty acres are almost all timber!
55 Acres & House – I call this the Terry Redlin setting. This includes the forty acres above, a house and
fifteen acres. (House and 15 acres can be purchased separately)
101 Acres – There is not a better 100 acres in Pike or Calhoun County! This property is mostly hardwoods and
thickets for prime whitetail habitat!
185 Acres - If you are looking to harvest a Boone & Crockett buck, this is the farm to buy. This farm has over
75 acres of food and draws deer from miles!
240 Acres – This 55 acres and house along with 185 acres above can be purchased in one tract.
For more information on all of these properties click here:
www.heartlandlodge.com/realestate/
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B&B/Retreats: – Book a room with meals in April before March 31st and receive your choice of one
hour of horseback riding, ATV riding or a round of sporting clays for free!
Buy-out both lodges and take advantage of our new 1,500sq ft. conference facility for free! Must be booked before March 31st.
Whitetail: – Four night, Three day Whitetail Hunt.
Dec 18th, 19th, & 20th $950 (Regular price $1,250)
Upland/Waterfowl Combo: -
Reserve your fall hunt by March 31 st and receive a free upgrade to one of our luxury suites. (Value $600-$800)
Sporting Clays: – Reserve a room with meals in April before March 31st and receive one round of sporting clays for free!
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