Goose, Duck, Upland Birds
Discover the NPL Difference!
Wingshooting at NPL
First class lodge, top rate staff, hundreds of thousands of private acres, and limited pressure on the resource. The North Platte Lodge will provide you with the wingshooting experience you’ve dreamed of.
With over 15,000 acres of land available and by limiting the number of hunters, we are able to keep the pressure low on our birds. You will have prime opportunities to hunt wild birds.
Hungarian Partridges are the primary birds for your enjoyment. If you have never hunted Huns before, you will find them as exciting and challenging as any upland species. They are a covey bird that will rise and fly together...fast!
The beauty of the Hun is that they live in open prairie and CRP so you can see them and follow them after the initial rise. It is not uncommon to jump a covey two or three times after the initial find.
The Sage Grouse are usually found while in the fields chasing the Huns. The Sage Grouse,while not as prevalent as the Huns, are found throughout the ranch in good numbers.
Goose Hunting at NPL
North Platte Lodge now has access to world-class Canada goose hunting throughout Goshen County Wyoming. Our pits are large and extremely comfortable and are heated with electric baseboard heat or propane. Each will handle 2-5 hunters with guide and dog.
The best part is the locations of the pits. Any of these proven pits would be a goose hunter’s dream spot. We have 17, and ALL of them are great! This also gives us the opportunity to move from pit to pit. When we toured the pits in July, our guides wanted to start hunting immediately! The prime locations and comfortable pits were hard for them to believe.
We limit hunting pressure to keep the birds feeding in the fields. All of our pits are in cropland except one which is in a primary flight zone and is amazing. All of them are either near the North Platte or water favored by the geese. One new pit will be on a property that hasn’t been hunted for four years!
Comfortable lodging for up to six hunters and meals are available on our lease. If you use our lodging, your dog is welcome to hunt and to stay the night. No dogs are allowed in the house, however, so be prepared to have your dog sleep in your car or in our kennels outside.
Snow Goose & Duck Hunts
Spring will bring in the snow geese and some great snow goose hunting in a couple of our pits. This will be an opportunist hunt as you will need to come on the spur of the moment when the geese are in. If you would like to be on our snow goose call list, please contact us with your number and email and we will keep you posted.
Again this year, we offer goose and duck hunts near Alcova. These hunts are all done from layout blinds as these geese are mobile, and we must move with them. The comfortable layouts have blankets available to keep the ground chill off your bones!
Our guides will help you call and will set the spread and prepare your party for a successful outing. If you would prefer to call yourself, just let your guide know. As a precaution against skybusting and pass shooting in the fields, pits are not available without guides. We shoot only decoyed birds and try to avoid educating too many of the birds in the big flocks by pass shooting at them. Enough birds will come in!
Seasons vary, and time restrictions are in place in Goshen and Platte counties, so please be aware of regulations and that you may only be able to hunt half days. These regulations are usually not a problem!
Season Dates and Limits have not been published yet. We will post those as soon as they become available.
Come experience the incredible comfort and pleasant atmosphere of our pits while hunting Wyoming's premier Goose valley!
Accommodations
The NPL is located in Central Wyoming, just outside of Alcova, Wyoming. Alcova is approximately 25 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming. Nearly a mile of prime fishing exclusively for our guests is right out the front door!
We accommodate only eight guests at a time in four spacious rooms, each with two queen beds and a private bathroom. You will find that our rooms are large and comfortable.
Our lodge will feel like your home away from home while fishing or wingshooting. Lounging near the fireplace or on the deck, you will find the lodge comfortable in every way.
The lodge offers a generous continental breakfast, a hearty shore lunch and a family style western dinner. If you have special dietary needs to please let us know in advance so we can accommodate them if possible.
Wingshooting at NPL
First class lodging, top rate staff, thousands of private acres, and limited pressure on the resource. The North Platte Lodge will provide you with the wingshooting experience you’ve dreamed of.
With tens of thousands of acres of land available and by limiting the number of hunters, we are able to keep the pressure low on our birds. You will have prime opportunities to hunt wild birds.
The sage grouse is a species indigenous to central Wyoming. A large bird, inhabiting sage brush plains, they are typically found in sizable coveys. For the upland hunter they offer great sport and an opportunity at a native North American game bird. The sage grouse season lasts only 10 days, therefore these popular hunts must be booked in advance. Nothing compares to watching a covey of these very large birds rise amidst a group of good pointing dogs.
We also have wild coveys of Hungarian Partridge and Blue Grouse for the upland bird hunting enthusiast. And, our preserve allows us the opportunity to hunt pheasant, along with ducks and geese, on our Cast and Blast trips.
Duck and Goose Hunting at NPL
At the North Platte Lodge the experienced staff will do everything possible to put you on the birds. All of our hunting guides are knowledgeable of their sport, waterfowl patterns, and full of desire.
Two in-house jet boats allow for access to the hard to reach places, otherwise left alone, maximizing your chances at birds. We also have private leases on local fields and to several blinds along the river.
The North Platte Lodge sits on the western edge of the Central Flyway. Early season hunts offer the water fowler shots at blue-winged and green-winged teal, gadwall, widgeon, mallards, and Canada geese. These hunts can be heavily influenced by October and November weather patterns.
The early season can be a great time to book a cast and blast trip. You can spend your mornings and evenings pursuing ducks or geese while saving the rest for the trout.
For the hardier lot, the weather patterns consistent of December and January, yield larger numbers of ducks and geese on the North Platte River. We can also have some fantastic fishing in the winter so don't rule that out.
For corporate or other large groups as well as any others we offer a 15,000 acre preserve. This allows the hunters to sample wild bird hunting, but also to experience the non-stop action of bird fields brimming with birds.