The males arrange themselves with the more senior males in the center and junior males further away. Dancing by stomping their feet and singing by uttering a guttural sound from colorful inflated air sacks on their necks, the males attract females to the lek. The females breed with the senior males. Viewing this mating ritual is a memorable experience not often available because lek sites are not well known, blinds do not exist at most leks, and naturalists have been concerned that human viewing might reduce the breeding success of an already endangered species. At this site MPF has erected a blind for up to four persons that allows the booming of prairie chickens to be observed without disturbing the birds.
Viewers go to the blind around sunrise and usually stay for up to ninety minutes.
The blind is to the east of the booming ground to place the sun on the birds over the shoulders of photographers. A cooperative hostel with laundry facilities is located nearby in Golden City. It requests a donation of Ten Dollars per person per night for lodging. Motels are located in Lamar, Missouri, adjacent to Highway 71. Locally famous food is served in Golden City at Cookies.