Experience Matters — On Every Hunt, For Every Guest

Dear Friends of Hollywood Farms, Experience Matters If you are flying, you want a pilot with experience. If you are traveling, you want a guide with experience. No matter what you are doing, if you are doing it with someone else, experience matters. Michael grew up hunting the land at Hollywood Farms and knows it almost as […]

Private. Personal. Priceless. The Heart of Hollywood Farms

Dear Friends of Hollywood Farms, In 2021, as we began shaping the future of Hollywood Farms, we chose three words to guide us: Private. Personal. Priceless. I even looked them up: Private – “Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group of people only.” Personal – “Of, affecting, or belonging to a particular person rather […]

When Your Dog Growls at You… It’s Time for Wingshooting School

Dear Friends of Hollywood Farms, Missing S**ks! My dog growled at me. He literally turned and looked at me—barked, bared his teeth, and growled. It was a beautiful fall morning. A great day for a dove shoot. Cool air, a light breeze, and the birds were coming in low and slow. Whiskey, my then 8-year-old Lab, sat […]

Bringing Back the Glory Days of Bird Hunting

Dear Friends of Hollywood Farms, I learned to quail hunt with my grandfather. I think I was about seven years old the first time he took me along. He stood 6’4″, and I almost had to run to keep up. Luckily for me, his hunting buddy, Mr. Dave, was shorter, always with a cigar clenched […]

From Private to Priceless: What’s New at Hollywood Farms

Dear Friends of Hollywood Farms, Over 100 years ago, Hollywood Farms opened its gates to family—and only family. For generations, our 175-year-old antebellum home and working farm stayed private. Today, we’re honored to share it with guests who appreciate not just the land, but the history, the hospitality, and the hunt. How did we go […]