Hunt with Your Dogs or Use Ours.
Savor the excitement of seeing a well-bred hunting dog snap to a point as you flush a flashy cock pheasant any day of the week at Flatrock Hunting Preserve.

Our Fields
are seeded and maintained with the needs of upland hunter in mind. Knee-high crop stubble is interspersed with strips of sorghum to provide plenty of perfect cover for wily game birds. There are hills, gullies, fence rows and woods to provide you with thrilling and interesting hunting.

We Believe
upland shooting should be a sport and a challenge. You'll have plenty of chances to test your shooting skills and your quarry will have ample opportunity to elude you.

A Little Background
Not long after the Civil War, James F. Harcourt, pioneer inventor and entrepreneur, bought a woolen mill just behind where our barns stand today. The water wheel powered a factory where he manufactured his patented wheat drill. The mill burned in 1893, but you can still see the traces of Harcourt's old mill race. The beautiful Victorian residence he built in 1880 has been maintained in excellent repair and is occupied by the builder's great granddaughter, Patricia and her husband, Merrill Carrigan.

Flatrock Hunting Preserve, Inc. is a family business operated by Merrill Carrigan. Many areas residents know Merrill, a farmer and an avid, knowledgeable hunter, from his more than three decades as a conservation-minded biology teacher and naturalist.

Big Flatrock River played an important role in the life of pioneer Rush County, and especially Orange Township where the hunting preserve is located. Mills, covered bridges and stone quarries cropped up on its winding limestone banks. It remains an outstanding fishery for small mouth bass and pan fish and is popular with canoeists and other outdoors lovers.