Anderson Creek Hunting Preserve

Scot S

On September of 2021 I decided I wanted to learn to hunt. I took a course, bought a shotgun, went to the clay range a few times then I booked a guided hunt at Anderson Creek. Ken, my guide, was great and very accommodating to me and the fact that I had 0 experience. I purchased their beginners package and had a blast. Came home with 8 out of 10 birds and a great experience. I fully recommend this preserve for those looking to start upland hunting.

Donald Moore

JAMES IS A QUALITY LAND AND PRESERVE OWNER. HE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEVERAL TYPES OF HUNTING EXPERIENCES. KEITH PASS IS A TOP NOTCH GUIDE AND DOG TRAINER. HIS BUSINESS, DEEP SOUTH KENNELS IS SUPERB. I BUY ALL MY DOGS THERE. HE'S ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE, WILD OR FARM RAISED BIRDS, BY APPT ONLY

Russell H.

I've had 2 bad experiences here and will not be returning. 1st was a tower hunt for pheasant. Although very interesting just not my cup of tea. Way to many people not following directions. We were told to move a full or half space from each break and some people just did not want to move. The whole thing just jammed up the rest of the shooters. So when ever you had a bird flying at you, some other shooter would take him out before you could even try. So, unless you were willing to take long shots, that are on the outer limits of your shellshot you might not even get a chance of killing a bird. 2nd was the opening day of dove season. Labor Day fell on a Monday so for $100 you get to hunt on that Monday and the following Saturday. This included a BBQ plate for lunch on Monday. U was able to mark my places where I wanted to hunt as the man showed me some what looked like nice areas. He assured me that they were going to cut a little of the crop each week to keep the birds around and coming back. Said that when that Monday was here that 90-95% would be cut. I asked if there were going to be people all in the field or just around it. He did not give a straight answer. So, when I arrived that Monday morning, there were other hunters in my spot that I had marked. I was very nice about it and since they had small children I decided to be nice and share the area that I had marked for the 4 spots I had paid for. Figured we could just all work together. When the shooting began, I was totally shocked that everyone was shooting at black birds. I only saw 6 dove's that morning. Watched other hunters shooting at black birds and tweeties all morning. On of the other men from the group that were there with their kids even yelled at a guy telling him those are not doves. Over all this was the biggest let down I've ever seen. We left at 9:30 did not come back for lunch and I doubt I'll go back for the Saturday I already paid for. They had way to many hunters in the field. No doves and a bunch of people that did not know what to shoot at. We ended up going to play golf and I called in a favor from an old friend of mine to hunt one of his fields. In 2 hours 3 of us recovered 26 birds that we shot and would have come close to limiting out if we could have found all the birds and had been better shots. So the birds were flying that day. Just not at Anderson Creek. All in all I think the guys at Anderson Creek did a poor job in prepping the fields. Had way to many hunters on top of each other and did not cut as much as they had said they were going to. So, my advice would be to stay away from the Tower hunt and opening day of dove season. I would like to think that the guided duck hunts would be a good call just by looking at the other reviews. Also you can buy birds and they will place them, flush them and u shoot them. Those would more like something I would recommend. Unfortunately I will not be returning.

Brian Manley

I have had several excellent experiences at Anderson Creek Hunting Preserve. We had a duck hunting outing and an upland hunting outing during the 2016-17 hunting season - both of which were a lot of fun and productive. More importantly, I have yellow lab that had developed gun-shyness at a little less than 1 year of age. Craig Tant, one of the Anderson Creek dog trainers, took her for 1 month, and turned her from a gun-shy dog that seemed destined to be a couch potato into a well tuned hunting dog that was excited to go chase birds and retrieve them. Without Craig's patient & caring training, my high pedigree labrador retriever would have been limited to a great family pet. However, thanks to Craig, she is not only a great family pet, but is also becoming an excellent hunting partner. Thanks to James and Craig and the rest of the staff at Anderson Creek.