West Point lodge recognized by Orvis
Every Year the Orvis company recognizes excellence in adventure travel, conservation, and sporting experiences through its Endorsed Lodges, Outfitters, and Guides Program.
Prairie Wildlife near West Point was selected the 2020 Orvis Wingshooting Lodge of the Year. The Orvis selection process involves scrutiny of all aspects of the operation from the lodging, food service, and hunting, to facilities. This prestigious award is based on several criteria, the most important of which is customer feedback from the reviews of their time spent at the lodge.
Conservation commitment, partnership with Orvis and Orvis Adventure Travels, and providing the finest sporting adventures experience possible are also considered.
“We are very excited and humbled to have been chosen as the 2020 Orvis Wingshooting Lodge of the Year,” Jimmy Bryan, the owner of Prairie Wildlife, said. “This is a tremendous honor for Prairie Wildlife and our staff, and we would like to thank everyone. We consistently strive to provide the best experience and new and challenging opportunities for our friends and customers,”
Prairie Wildlife sits on 6,000 acres of Mississippi’s Blackland Prairie. Less than 1% of this unique ecosystem remains. Jimmy’s vision focused on bringing back the invaluable wild grasses. Prairie Wildlife is more than just one of the places I know offering wild bobwhite quail hunts. It is a conservation-driven sporting estate offering an array of extraordinary experiences and outdoor activities, which is all enhanced by leading conservation practices, topped off with first class accommodations.
Almost 10 years ago, Prairie Wildlife teamed up with Orvis, and together, made Prairie Wildlife one of the official venues for the renowned Orvis Wingshooting Schools. Every year, hundreds of anxious guests arrive from around the country and engage in what is reputed to be the most professional wingshooting school in the United States and abroad. Visitors are marveling at West Point’s Southern traditions, Prairie Wildlife’s culinary experience, and the ability to live how it once was. It just made sense for these two organizations to team up. After all, they are both trying to conserve the outdoors, its traditions, and leave fragile ecosystems in a little better shape than what they are today.
Wild quail are not the only type of hunt at Prairie Wildlife, as they have designed one of the most successful, liberated, and managed quail hunting operations in the South. Their highly-effective, early release operation allows for hunters to walk through seemingly endless fields of grasses; as they choose their mode of transportation; two legs, horseback, or in a muledrawn wagon. Dove, rabbit, and deer hunts are also offered.
Prairie Wildlife is a great example of what dedication, perseverance, and commitment can do. Congratulations to Jimmy Bryan and Prairie Wildlife!