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The ranch is 1100+ acres; 800 ac under high fence in the Red River Breaks of Montague Co. Saint Jo, TX is 20 miles west of Gainesville, an hr north of DFW.

All our guests will be accompanied by an Experienced Guide. Large comfortable blinds are provided and most trophies are taken from them. Some of our spacious blinds are equipped with private camper potties for your comfort.

We have both rifle and archery blinds as well as rifle and pistol ranges. Your trophy buck will be taken care of from start to finish.

Texas Blue Quail Hunting offers wild Blue Quail Hunting in West Texas. Hunts are conducted by ATV's Kawasaki Mules or Polaris Rangers on only wild birds we drive the roads and spot covies feeding then exit the hunting vehicle and either turn out a couple of English Pointers or just hunt them by sight. Then we put down a retriever and gather up the blue quail after the covey rise.

The Blue Quail are numerous in West Texas an average day will be 25 - 35 covies and the covies are big with 20-30 birds per covey. We usually hunt three to four hours in the morning and three to four hours in the evening.  The landscape is typical West Texas Desert country with lots of thorns and brush but with a good mix of hills and draws. The ranch we are hunting is very large 120,000 acres, 180 sections or 180 square miles. With that in mind there is no way to over hunt the ranch it is simply too large to cover in one season.

We are seeing great numbers of birds right now they are all pared up and breeding. The rains have come and all the tanks and pods are full this is the best spring we have had in fifteen years so the Blue Quail crop should be very good in 2007-2008. You will see lots of game Javelina, Desert Mule Deer, Coyotes and Wild Boar on your hunt.

Hunt Location:

The ranch is located 5 miles west of Balmorea, Texas. You will fly into Midland International Airport (code MAF). We will pick you up then drive the short 1.5 hours to the ranch and begin your hunt. Please refer to our booking information page for any additional information on this hunt.

About The Dogs:

The dogs are all owned and trained by me. I have been breeding and training English Pointers for about seven years. The breeding has lead to five major field trial championships also in 2007 placing 2nd in  the Midwestern State Quail Futurity with a nice young dog.  We do use these dogs in our Blue Quail Hunting. We try to use dogs as often as possible to hunt Blue Quail depending where we are on the ranch, not all habitat lets us use the dogs. We need to be in areas that are condusive for dog running.  The breeding is strong Rock Acre Breeding with CH. Black Rain, Nat. CH.Texas Trailrider, and Nat. CH Millers White Powder mixed in for variation. We are very proud of our dogs and what we have accomplished.

For more information about the dogs visit www.mistkennels.com.

Live Oak Creek Ranch is 35 miles West of Ozona off of I-10. The property has been game managed for 20 years. The deer mix is about 80% whitetail and 20% mule deer. This lease is for 1 mature 8pt buck or bigger, 2 does, one turkey and runs from the beginning of bow season until the end of regular rifle season. Water and electric hookup available for $75 per person per season. Call Patrick @ 512-663-2216