Vol. 1 · No. 1 · Spring 2026
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A National Directory · Established 2026

Get Upland.

Quail, pheasant, chukar — the preserves still doing it right, across every state worth a long drive.
304 preserves · 33 states · verified
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From the field, the kennel, and the kitchen.

Hand-picked preserves, recipes, conservation pieces, and dog work. Updated weekly.

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The Fleming Preserve

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2,600 acres of southern yellow pine and a 200-year-old estate. Amelia County, Virginia.
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There is a particular hour, just past first light, when the dog locks up and you take three steps forward on a frosted field of broomsedge. Time stops. Twenty yards on, a covey breaks for the pines and the morning becomes a thing you'll talk about for thirty years.

This directory exists because somebody ought to keep a working list of the houses still doing it right: the family farms in Iredell County, the Red Hills plantations between Thomasville and Tallahassee, the working ranches west of the Missouri.

Every preserve below has been verified against a working website or current public listing. Some are world-known. Some are quiet farms with a single Brittany and an honest gentleman who answers the phone. Both belong here.

Use the filters below to find a hunt by state or by bird. If your house isn't listed, or isn't listed correctly, send a note.

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"Beauty does more than reflect light, it is the action of energy on form, glowing as a total function. This is singularly true of a grouse dog in his consecration to his bird."
— George Bird Evans
The Fleming Preserve
A 2,600-acre upland preserve in Amelia County, Virginia. Mixed terrain hunting, southern hospitality, and a 200-year-old estate. Book your next favorite memory today.
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