About Us

Our vision is to provide an environment for everyone to learn and experience the outdoors through our activities, properties, equipment, and facilities.  DO participants will have the opportunity to re-engage in, or experience new outdoor activities.

In 2008 when Bob Fry decided it was time to retire from the Orthodontic practice, the family knew that he would need something to keep him busy less he would drive them all crazy.  Bob and his wife Mary purchased the 220 acres that the lodge sits on and set forth to build the lodge that now sits here as a retreat for the Fry family.  

As is the case with many family retreats, it often sat empty and under utilized. In 2013 Bob was approached about taking over a local youth waterfowl clinic long held by Johnny Everhart, being the outdoorsman that he is and having a passion to share that with others, this was a no brainer.  With some help of his hunting buddies, the first Youth Waterfowl Clinic was held in the fall of 2013.  After a short discussion following that first event it was quickly decided to continue it annually.  With their focus broadening, in 2017 Duckhorn Lodge hosted their first Women’s Pheasant Hunt, Youth Pheasant Hunt, and Veteran’s Pheasant Hunt, and those events still continue each year. 

Up to this point, most of the cost of these events were being shouldered by Bob and his family, andt it was apparent that there were many more opportunities to get people outdoors that the Fry family could fund solely on their own.  This jump started the process to become an official not-for-profit charity and it finally came to fruition in the spring of 2019.  As it stands now, Duckhorn Outdoors is a 501.C.3 charity with the moto to “Get people unplugged and outdoors”.  DO is governed by a board of directors, which Bob is an integral part of, and is run almost entirely from volunteers, less some grounds work.  It is the 501.C.3 designation that allowed DOA to expand its programming through numerous, generous, donors.

Since 2019, DOA’s programming has expanded to youth fishing events, veteran deer hunts, veteran duck hunts, and women’s retreats.  It is through partnerships with outside organizations, like Missouri Disabled Sportsmen, that DO is able to host additional events opening access to the lodge and associated properties for them to use at bare minimal cost.  

Duckhorn Lodge is a 4,000sf lodge that sits on 220  prime acres.  The lodge consists of 5 bedrooms with 19 beds, a full kitchen, fireplace, covered porch with unbelievable views, and built-in fire pit.  The attached shop has kennel space for up to 4 dogs, and an event space for over 60 people.

The property is managed for multiple species of wildlife viewing and hunting, including song birds, dove, quail, pheasant, eagles, rabbits, deer, and a 14 acre lake stocked with bass, perch, and catfish.  There is a 200 yard rifle range with two shooting benches, and an 5-Stand clay shooting range.

In addition to the 220 acres that the lodge sits on, Duckhorn Outdoors Adventure has access to 450 acres of managed wetlands along the South Grand River with 13 duck blinds, 3 of which are wheelchair accessible. 

With beautiful views, hunting and shooting opportunities, and fishing, there is something for everyone at Duckhorn Lodge.