HUNT PACKAGES FOR 2009 SEASON

Trophy Hunts.  Trophy hunters are in for a treat!   Many of our hunters say they see more bucks in a single day at the Texas Hidden Springs Ranch than they see in an entire season where they are from.  Our deer density is high and the overall health of our deer is excellent due to abundant supplemental feed.  Our buck to doe ratio is nearly 1 to 1 and you will see deer.  With ten years of intense wildlife management, we have achieved a nearly perfect balance of all age classes of bucks.  We classify mature trophy bucks as 5 years old and older.  Your guide will help you age deer and by the time you leave, if you aren't already well-versed in deer aging, you will be amazed at what you will have learned.  This package allows hunters to take bucks up to 160" gross B&C.  Bucks scoring more than 160" will be priced according to pricing structure.

Management Hunts.  On this hunt we are looking for bucks that are old enough to be entering what we call "the breeding pool."  By this age (3-1/2) a buck should display some type of trophy antler potential.  If it doesn't, then our goal is to remove it from the herd before it has a chance to breed.  It is for that reason we take these hunts early in the season which allows for true trophy bucks to breed.  Most of those bucks will have 8 points, some may have less.  With this package, your guide will determine which deer you can shoot; keeping in mind we want you to get the largest management buck available.  Some of the management bucks will surprise you.  We had a 7 point 5 year old taken that weighed 225 pounds!  While that is an unusually big bodied deer, we've had many bucks weigh well over 200 pounds each year. 

Scoring:  Your guide will tell you how old a particular buck is and if he qualifies to be taken per our management policies.  It's your call whether or not you want to harvest a buck that has been deemed a "shooter."  From there, scoring will be done on a gross B&C scoring system.

Bounty:  In an effort to reduce coyote and bobcat numbers, we offer a $200.00 bounty for each coyote or bobcat taken while you are on your hunt.  Occasionally we do see feral hogs while hunting.  We encourage our hunters to take hogs and they are free of charge (no bounty fee paid).