Jenny Island Hunt Club · Chesapeake Bay
Your annual hunt deserves a home, not a hotel.
Three days on the Chesapeake with your people, in a lodge that’s hosted waterfowlers since 1958.
Jenny Island Hunt Club sits on 157 acres of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, with over a mile of Chesapeake Bay waterfront and a lodge that’s welcomed hunters since 1958. This is a place, not a boat ride. You bring your group, settle into a seven-bedroom lodge, and hunt private water with a guide who knows it cold. The cook handles every meal. The hunts are guided. Once you arrive, the planning is done and the week is yours.
The stay
Show up and enjoy it, the rest is handled
A trip runs 2.5 days and 3 nights. From the moment your group pulls in, every meal, every hunt, and every night under the roof is part of one price. The cook works the kitchen for breakfast and dinner. The guides run the blinds. Non-alcoholic drinks are stocked. You bring your gear, your group, and your bourbon, and you let the week unfold.
What’s included
One price, the whole trip
Every trip covers
- 2.5 days of guided duck hunting on private water
- 3 nights in the historic lodge
- All meals, prepared by the on-site cook
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- Access to the property, the blinds, and the 105-foot pier
Not included
- Airfare and airport transfer
- Maryland hunting license (from Maryland DNR, needed to hunt, not to book)
- Alcohol (BYOB, no liquor license on the property)
Two-hunter minimum. No nickel-and-diming once you’re on the property.
The lodge
Seven bedrooms, four fireplaces, one roof
The lodge has seven bedrooms, each named for a duck: The Mallard, The Pintail, The Bufflehead, The Ruddy, The Canvasback, The Redhead, and The Donald. It sleeps up to thirteen, with four fireplaces, a great room, a cupola, and a full kitchen. Starlink runs throughout. The 105-foot pier reaches out over the water, and there’s a fenced area for the dogs. Sunrise and sunset both break over the Chesapeake, and the eagles and herons work the shoreline most mornings.
The hunt
Private blinds on prime Chesapeake water
Three offshore blinds sit on prime water, with a boat-based blind for groups chasing sea ducks. The guide makes the call each morning based on the birds and the conditions. The Bay holds a real mix through the season, divers, sea ducks, and dabblers, with the canvasback as its signature bird. We hunt hard and put your group in position. We don’t promise piles, because weather and migration write their own story, and anyone who guarantees birds is selling you something.
Bring your group
Your crew, your blinds, your week
Four to six hunters is the sweet spot, your own blinds and your own week. Seven or more takes the whole lodge, so the only people in the kitchen and the blinds are the ones you brought. It fits the annual crew that’s hunted together for years, the family running three generations deep, and the company rewarding a team somewhere better than a conference room. First-timers and mixed-skill groups are welcome here too. Plenty of people learn the Bay better among friends than among strangers.
Beyond the duck blind
More than one way to spend the week
Sika deer hunts are available as an add-on for groups already booked on a duck trip, by archery, muzzleloader, or rifle. The pier is open for crabbing and snakehead fishing, with kayaking and canoeing close by. Outside hunting season, the lodge can host non-hunting groups and guided fishing and crabbing, custom-quoted through Mercy.
How it works
One point of contact, start to finish
Jenny Island Hunt Club is booked exclusively through Gage Outdoor Expeditions. You get one point of contact from your first question to your confirmed week. Mercy handles your quote, your dates, and your paperwork, so you’re not chasing three different people to put a trip together. Gage has been booking groups on hunts worldwide since 1998, and we handle your trip end to end.
Holding your week
No deposit to hold your dates
Tell Mercy your dates and your group size and she’ll hold your week for up to 15 days with no deposit, while you get your crew lined up. A deposit locks it in. The balance is due 90 days before the trip.
Frequently asked questions
The straight answers
How is $2,995 different from a $250 boat seat?
It’s a different thing entirely. A boat seat is a morning on the water. This is 2.5 days and 3 nights with your group, all your meals, a cook, guided hunts, and a historic lodge to come home to. Price it against a full trip with lodging, meals, and guiding bought separately, not against a morning rental.
I've never heard of this lodge. How do I know it's the real deal?
Fair question, and worth asking with any outfitter. Jenny Island has hosted hunters since 1958, the photos on this page are the actual lodge, and the whole trip is booked and backed by Gage Outdoor Expeditions. Mercy can walk you through every detail and answer anything that isn’t on the page.
Will we be hunting with strangers?
For groups of four or more, no. You hunt your own blinds with your own people. Groups of seven or more take the whole lodge.
What if the weather turns?
The on-site guide makes the call each morning based on what’s safe and what’s productive. If you’ve got questions about how weather affects your booking, Mercy will give you the straight answer when you talk.
Can I bring my dog?
Yes. The lodge is dog-friendly with a fenced area, whether you’re bringing a retriever for the hunt or a family dog along for the ride.
Is alcohol included?
Non-alcoholic drinks are stocked and included. There’s no liquor license on the property, so alcohol is BYOB. Bring what your group likes.
Where do we fly into?
Most groups fly into Baltimore (BWI). Airport transfer isn’t included, and Mercy can help you sort the logistics once your dates are set.
Do we need a hunting license?
You’ll need a Maryland hunting license to hunt, available from Maryland DNR. You don’t need one to book. Mercy and the guides can point you in the right direction.
Plan your hunt
Tell us your group size and the dates you’re eyeing, and Mercy Ray will get you a quote and hold your week. Call 763-595-5936 or email mercy.ray@gageoutdoor.com, and you’ll hear back fast.