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Texas Hunting Trips: Exotics, Whitetail & Helicopter Hogs

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TEXAS · A SNEAK PEEK

Texas hunting with real Southern hospitality.

Our own 1,623-acre ranch near San Angelo is home base for trophy whitetail, a permanent herd of exotics, blue and bobwhite quail, night predator hunts and year-round helicopter hogs, with a chef-run kitchen and shooting ranges just steps from the lodge.

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A helicopter flying low over West Texas brush
HOME BASE Our ranch near San Angelo
RANCH 1,623 acres
YEAR-ROUND Helicopter hogs, 7 days a week
SHOOTING Sporting clays, skeet & long range

THE HUNTS

The hunts

Three hunters with a whitetail buck

Whitetail deer

Selective breeding, protein feeding and careful culling have produced whitetails beyond belief. Hunters typically see 5 to 10 bucks a sitting and get to choose their trophy, which is why so many come back year after year.

A gemsbok standing in open country

Exotics

A permanent exotic herd has lived on this ranch for decades, hunted safari-style and spot-and-stalk across real West Texas cover. You can even hunt from a quiet electric vehicle with a cab that raises for a better view.

You don’t have to choose your species over the phone. See the herd with your guide first, and you only pay a trophy fee for what you take.

Two hunters with rifles beside the hunting helicopter

Helicopter hogs

The only full-time helicopter hog operation at a permanent exotics ranch with lodging, flying 365 days a year over 2.5 million acres of West Texas. Fast, loud and unforgettable.

Predators & quail

Night predator hunts run from custom high racks with spotlights and electronic calls for bobcat, coyote, grey fox, raccoon and hogs, on more than 600,000 acres across Texas.

The ranch was also built with the quail hunter in mind, with guided hunts for blue and bobwhite quail and exotic add-ons for the same trip.

Exotic species on the ranch

  • Axis deer
  • Blackbuck
  • Gemsbok (oryx)
  • Scimitar-horned oryx
  • Addax
  • Aoudad
  • Fallow deer
  • Sika deer
  • Nilgai
  • Red stag
  • Ibex
  • Wildebeest
  • Eland
  • Corsican sheep
  • Black Hawaiian sheep
  • Texas Dall sheep
  • Painted desert sheep
  • Red sheep

Additional species available. Just ask.

A group of hunters on the ranch Hunters with their rifles by the helicopter A group in front of the helicopter The helicopter flying low over the brush

WHERE YOU’LL STAY

The lodge, the table and the ranges

The main lodge pairs ranch decor with real Texas flair, with a full sports bar for watching the game after a day in the field. Stay in the lodge, the quail lodge or a private one-bedroom cabin, and finish the night around the fire pit.

Meals come from our onsite chef, served in a 2,000-square-foot dining room and pavilion: homemade comfort food, Tex-Mex and fresh, local ingredients. Guests often say it’s fine dining, not lodge food.

Between hunts, try three 12-station sporting clays courses, a five-stand style games range, a regulation skeet field and a long-range rifle course overlooking the Hill Country. Fly into San Angelo and we’ll pick you up at the airport.

Hunters at the lodge breakfast table
A grilled steak dinner A plate of smoked meat and sides The ranch dining pavilion set for dinner Table settings in the dining room

FROM THE FIELD

Recent Texas hunts

A helicopter on the West Texas range A hunting truck and trailer Two hunters in the helicopter A pilot and hunter in the helicopter The ranch truck with a hunting rack The helicopter over the West Texas brush

Want the full details and open dates?
Give us a call and we’ll walk you through everything, from the best weeks to go to what to pack.

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