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Media Recognition, Quotes and Comments

"For the past 30+ years, several of my family, friends, and business associates have made our annual trip to Dakota Expeditions for pheasant and chukar hunting. Our group averages 18 and many in our group have grown to know the Smith’s and the people of Miller as extended family. The hunting has been superb, the hospitality and friendliness of the staff is wonderful, and the continued improvements at the lodge and homestead ensure we always look forward to October and the fall trek to South Dakota."

-- Gus Vratsinas, VCC, Little Rock, AR

"This was my sixth year at Dakota Expeditions; next year will be my seventh! The hunting is always great, and the hospitality is always special! You guys, your guides and your dogs always do a great job!" -- Dave House

"We chose Dakota Expeditions from among the hundreds of outfitters because it alone offered an opportunity to hunt not only pheasant, but also partridge and even the occasional grouse. And the relatively low price the comfortable accommodations, excellent food, good guides and dogs, and overall friendly family atmosphere." -- Andy Krotinger

"Hunting pheasant on Clint's farm is like being transported in time back into the soil bank days -- Great cover and incredible numbers of birds. It's a class act all the way" -- Tony Dean

"On a 520 acre farm in the heart of South Dakota, Clint Smith has created the best wild pheasant hunting opportunity I know of. The entire Smith farm is made up of an ideal combination of food and cover. Every square inch is prime pheasant habitat. In fact, you can spot the farm from miles away, because it's so birdy-looking. Hunting on his land for birds is no different than the best wild bird hunt you'll ever go on." -- Jerome B. Robinson, Sports Afield.

The following media have given National Recognition to

Dakota Expeditions

Television Media:

	Tony Dean, "Outdoor With Tony Dean"
	North American Sportsman
	Babe Winkleman's "Outdoor Secrets". TV July 1994
	Ron Shearer's "The Great American Outdoors"
	Northland Outdoor Journal w/Gary Morris (Dec. 1992)
	"Suzuki Great Outdoors" with Bert Jones (Dec. 1998)

Other Media:

	SD Dept of Tourism
	Peterson's Hunting, Hotspots & Highlights, November 1986
	Sporting Classics, Tom Davies, "For the Love of Chickens" May/June 1988
	Washington Post, "Top Hunting Camps in the U.S.", September 21, 1986
	American Classics "SD Pheasant Hunting", Sports Afield, October 1989
	Peterson's 1993 Hunting Annual "Winging it in S.Dak", Chris Dorsey
	Jerome Robinson, Gun Dog Column, Sports Afield, March 1987
	World Wide Hunter, Sports Afield, January 1986
	Field & Stream, September 1986
	Field & Stream, "How to Have More 'Wild' Pheasants", Jerome Robinson, Oct. 1992
	Progressive Farmer, December 1996
	Game bird Harvest, July 1996
	"Dakota Double Take", North American Hunter, March 1999
	"Dateline: South Dakota", The Bird Hunting Report, November 1998

Josh Smith, Owner & Guide

	has 15 years experience in the guide/outfitter/lodge profession
	resides on the family farm/ranch which was homesteaded in 1915
	holds a 2004 B.S. Degree from SD State University in Wildlife & Fisheries Management
	is the fourth generation of accommodating sportsmen
	has accredited training in "on hands" wildlife management techniques in SD, MN & NE
	is a Landowner Host for the annual South Dakota Invitational Governors Hunt
	Certified Scuba Diver/SSI

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