| Since 1995 I have been hunting hogs in Texas in March. For me this is a way to make the Colorado winter a little more bearable since I don't ski. I have until this year always hunted about a 100 miles south of San Antonio. While I have had some great hunts in S. Texas none compared to the hunt we had this year. | |
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In 2008 we hunted on a large ranch south and east of Amarillo, TX. For practical purposes the hunt was structured the same way as all the previous hunts I've been on. It was a 2 day hunt spread over 3 days. We could kill as many hogs as we wished; we just had to take all meat out with us. They provided lodging, food, limited guide service, and a place to hang the meat. Price of the hunt was the same as in S. Texas.
It was the differences that made this hunt superb. S. Texas is a jungle: you shoot from tower blinds, down sendero's that have been corned with a feeder at about 100yds. You hunt early morning and again in the evening. In S.Texas you try not to move away from the tower because of the rattlesnakes. On the ranch I hunted this year there is heavy mesquite, cactus, creek bottoms, deep canyons, lots of pastures, big rattlesnakes, and more hogs than I have ever seen before in Texas. We hunted all day if we wanted to, and we were able to use our ATV's. For those who didn't have an ATV we put them out by a feeder or a water tank, or on a windmill. There was only one tower blind on this ranch. The outfitter feels that the use of a tower blind negates your ability to work the wind, and this is important when hunting hogs. There were 8 feeders and we corned the roads also. We saw hogs from 5lbs. to 400 lbs. We saw them all day, we saw them in the roads, we saw them by the lodge, we saw them in the pastures, and we saw them in the creeks. They were everywhere. N. Texas in March is generally cooler than this same time period in S. Texas and I think the hogs are more active when it is cool or cold. March in N. Texas means you could also be hunting in snow, but probably not in rain. We saw no rattlesnakes this year, I think because it was colder at night. Still everybody had snake boots or snake chaps. Cowboys that wear Russell snake boots ought to tell you something. If there was a downside to the hunt it was that we had to gut and skin our own hogs. Yeah, I know, poor baby. 
For 2009 I have arranged to book the entire month of March for hog hunts. We will hunt on 2 ranches with about 75,000 acres available for our use. We will take a maximum of 8 hunters per hunt. Hunts will typically begin on Friday at noon and end at noon Sunday, or begin at noon Tuesday and end at noon on Thursday. The first couple of hunts in March will be for bow hunters only. Then we will move into the rifle and handgun hunting. Price for this hunt will be $700 per hunter. Sorry but there will be no price break for a non-hunting observer. You may bring and use your own ATV, UTV, or 4 wheel drive vehicle. All vehicles must remain on the two tracks. No smoking is allowed on the ranch lands or in the lodge. You may smoke inside your vehicle or in the rec. room.
Contact me for hunting dates either by phone or email. Many of these hunts are already booked, but we should still be able to accommodate your group or the single hunter. Hunt fees are $700, 1/2 down with your reservation and last half due on or before March 1st, 2009. The first half is non-refundable if you find it necessary to cancel. I love these hogs hunts, we will put you on hogs. Check out the photos of this hunt in the photo gallery. Come join us for a great hunt in Texas and get out of the snow for awhile. |
Number of Hunts still available | |
| Bow Hunting | |
| March 6--March 8, hunts available: | 8 |
| March 10--March 12, hunts available: | 8 |
| Gun Hunts | |
| March 13--March 15, hunts available: | 4 |
| March 17--March 1, hunts available: | 4 |
| March 20--March 22, hunts available: | SOLD OUT |
| March 24--March 26, hunts available: | 8 |