The ranch we live on is on
the prairie of South Dakota and an old family ranch
of Tom’s parents Mark and Winnie Trask. His father
Mark Trask was instrumental in starting a commercial
hunting operation in 1965 in addition to raising
cattle. Thus Tom grew up in the business of ranching
and hunting.
In addition to hunting we put
up hay, raise cattle and registered quarter horses.
It’s not uncommon to see a hay field with all of
the family running machinery in or a pasture or
corral with everyone working cattle. We have been
in the horse business in one form or another most of
our lives. We currently maintain a small band of
registered mares and have several senior stallions.
Of course when you raise horses you always have a
young prospect coming up! We concentrate our efforts
in the horse business on disposition, soundness and
conformation specializing in buckskins and
palominos. Our band of mares and stallions are
contributing to the color. Our colts/prospects are
bred for pleasure, ranch and the rodeo arena.
Dakota Trophy Hunt is a
corporation of our ranch and 16 others for the
purpose of rifle Mule Deer and Whitetail hunting. We
have done the booking for Dakota Trophy Hunt since
1987. This very successful group of ranchers has
taken many Trophy Mule Deer and Whitetail. The area
encompasses nearly 170,000 acres of private land.
Dakota Trophy Adventures/Dakota
Trophy Turkeys runs a guiding service for Merriam
Turkeys in the spring. We have numerous private
ranches with an unbelievable number of turkeys. Our
hunters enjoy unequalled success of 180-200% year in
and year out! Many trophies are eligible for the
record book! We currently hold 2 of the top 5 spots
for Merriam Turkeys in the book! Our birds are pure
Merriam and not crossbred like some birds in other
areas.
We at DTA enjoy hunting
ourselves and do so whenever time and finances
allow! We have hunted British Columbia, Northwest
Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon in
Canada as well as Alaska and numerous states in the
lower 48. We’ve also made several trips to Africa
with great success. Please view our Trophy Room!
Along with hunting comes the
preservation of trophies! Tom has done some
taxidermy for our purposes. Currently Mark and Mick
have taken up the business of taxidermy having
studied under Tom Matuska of Northwest Iowa School
of Taxidermy.
We love to talk hunting and we
know some great people in the world of hunting!
Possibly we can help, advise or assist you in
booking a hunt with a quality, reliable outfitter!
We don’t recommend any one that we haven’t
personally hunted with. If you ask about someone who
we don’t feel is up to snuff, we’ll tell you that
you can do better and recommend someone we know and
have had personal experience with.
If you’re interested in
hunting, horses, cattle and/or ranching—please
contact us we’d love to visit!
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