I'm heading there next December with family for 3 days of duck hunting. Do any of you have any experience with them. They seem to have great reviews.

Isn't that outside of Ferguson?

Sumner, Missouri. Probably not the best place to steal TVs and burn down convenience stores.

Kind of looks like a place you can't go wrong with.

I know this, HFs owner, Tony, had me in tears after watching his tribute video to his hunting buddy, Ruff.

Damn that really is a tear-jerker.

That video was something else...

I've heard nothing but great things about Habitat Flats

H.F. is on my bucket list. Please report back!

Follow tony vandermore on Instagram. I have no personal experience but you should be in for a good time. Also watch to kill a king great episodes and it also covers some HFs stuff.

I've hunted across from their new place down near St Paul Kansas and have heard nothing but good things about their original operation (other than the price).

The amount if greenheads you will see if the migration is normal will be mind blowing. Go view a refuge pool at Grand Pass if you get a chance one evening. Seeing tens of thousands of ducks vortexing should be on every duck hunters bucket list. Missouri is as good a duck hunting state as there is in the nation, unfortunately the word is out.

Habitat Flats, not that I've been there personally, is one of the most top notch duck hunting places in the country. That's like asking someone at your local 10 dollar golf course what they know about Pebble Beach. All that we know here on the OB is that it looks amazing on tv.

We will be awaiting your detailed report.

Alright, now I'm pretty pumped. These are some great reviews especially for the outdoor board.

Update us. The hunting was as good as the YouTube videos?

It was unreal how many ducks were there. Every hunt is a limit of drake mallards and if you want to stick around later you can pick up the rest of your bag with pintails. There operation is entirely about mallards though (and geese during the special season).

Mostly, it was just really awesome the variety of places you will hunt. They have flooded timber holes and flooded corn fields. It's amazing to watch the mallards light coming straight down on you in free fall.

The blinds are ridiculously overbuilt sunken condos. The guides are great and the lodge is nice enough. I'd say it's abouy as nice a duck service as there can be but I guess that's why the price is so high. We're headed back next year.

Also, we would grab a cooler of beer and park by the reserve next to the lodge. While we were there they said the biologist's most recent survey put 80,000 mallards in the area at that time. Angry bee hive looking thing.

Thanks for the response.

Did you feel like returning guests get better blinds, better guides, etc? Or the quality was top notch across the board?

It says that alcohol is included, what's that mean? Beer? Or open bar? And how was the food?

I didn't get the feeling that there was any favoritism. Almost everyone at the lodge while we were there were returning guests.

Per our request we hunted with Tony one day which was cool.

On the alcohol, definitely bring your own hard alcohol. They provide unlimited wine and beer and the kitchen staff can cook for you in between meals.