Fees

Recreational activities provided today at SLR, primarily include hunting, fishing, camping, clay shooting, archery, canoeing, bird-watching, and hiking.

Hunting

SLR offers access to the ranch for self-guided or guided individual and group hunts.  We can recommend nearby sleeping accommodations and offer other helpful information, but it is the responsibility of guests and members to secure lodging, food, and transportation, as well as all applicable hunting licenses, guns, ammunition and game processing services, if desired.

Hunts offered by SLR include: waterfowl, turkey, dove, upland, and white-tailed deer.  Squirrel, cottontail and other small game hunts are also available.  In addition to the ranch itself, hunts may include access to other farms in the Stratton, Trenton and McCook area.

See the Membership section of our website for details regarding hunting at SLR.  The ranch also currently offers limited, one-time hunting slots for each of the above species.  Please note, however, that as the membership at SLR grows, we expect to phase out one-time hunt opportunities.

One-Time Fee Schedule 2008/2009 (all fees are subject to change prior to contract signed, are irrespective of hunting success, and do not include state and federal hunting licenses):

• Waterfowl $200 per day per gun

• Turkey $300 per day per gun

• Dove $50 per day per gun

• Upland birds $150 per day per gun

• White-Tailed deer $3000 per 5-day hunt per gun

• Small game and varmints $100 per day per gun

Please note: 

Waterfowl and Upland hunts are limited to 5 hunters per day per party and two days (for waterfowl and upland) per week on Swanson Lake Ranch.  We also offer packages which can include waterfowl and upland shooting on SLR and other farms.  Planted upland birds, if desired, are $10 per bird planted plus the breeder's cost per bird.  Please inquire. 

Turkey hunting includes the opportunity to take up to three toms per hunter, if desired.  A separate Nebraska license is required for each turkey.

Deer hunting is for a five-day, non-guided hunt for one buck.  Does can be added for $200 and, as with the waterfowl and upland shooting, hunts can include access to other farms in the Stratton, Trenton and McCook area.

Guide service for all hunts (including dogs, decoys and other equipment), if desired, runs $500 per day per guide.  Please Inquire.

Lodging and Meal planning, if desired, is $50 per person per day (excludes cost of accommodations, meals, liquor, etc).

Please see the Calendar for upcoming seasons and see the attached document for more information regarding hunting at SLR - Hunting at SLR

Fishing

For the casual angler, SLR offers a relaxing opportunity to fish one of five private ponds.  Whether fly-fishing from the shores for that elusive bass, or spin-casting from the canoe for bluegill or crappie, you are sure to enjoy the ponds.  And with the addition of the new dock at Horseshoe Pond you can escape the summer time heat, enjoy a picnic lunch, and cast at your leisure.  The ranch is also within a 5-10 minute drive to the landing at Swanson Reservoir, where the more ambitious angler can try his luck for large northern pike, walleye, wiper, crappie or black bass.

Please see Other Recreation, below, for more details regarding fees for fishing.  Please note that a valid Nebraska Fishing License is required to fish the ponds and Swanson Lake Reservoir.

Other Recreation

SLR today offers opportunities for camping, clay shooting, archery, canoeing, bird-watching, and hiking.  For prospective members, these activities, along with summertime fishing on the ponds, are complimentary.  Otherwise, access to these activities are provided with memberships or, if preferred, on a one-time basis.  Please note, however, that as the membership at SLR grows, we expect to phase out one-time recreation opportunities.  Also, guns, ammunition and bows & arrows are not provided.

One-Time Fee Schedule 2008/2009:

• Camping, canoeing, fishing, clay shooting, archery, bird-watching & hiking (summer months only - June, July & August) is $50 per night per person.  6 person and 3 night maximum.

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