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Overview:

The Pitchfork Ranch has the right mixture of weed growth, insects, cover, and range management necessary to consistently produce quality wild quail hunting.  Quail are found over the entire ranch.  Each group of hunters and their guide will have exclusive access to unpressured pastures that are typically 5000+ acres in size.  We rotate quail hunting locations regularly to preserve the unpressured nature of our habitat. 

The Rolling Plains is one of the few areas left in the US that still holds a stable wild bobwhite quail population.   Conservative livestock stocking rates and proper range management will assure the highest quality habitat for years to come.  We provide our quail with year round supplemental milo and wheat feeding.  The supplemental feeding program seems to make a significant difference in bird population during drought years.

These are 100% wild birds!  We do limit hunting and restrict bag limits during drought years.  We will never over hunt our quail population.

Lodging and meals are provided at the hunting lodge located on the ranch.  Our new hunting lodge is very well equipped with large community room, satellite TV, DSL wireless Internet, phone, full size refrigerator, pool table, and six bedrooms with private showers and bathrooms.  We provide all linens, pillows, and towels.

Methods Allowed:

Game available: Upland Game Birds: Quail - Bobwhite

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Overview:

Pursue the elusive trophy whitetail buck in terrain including dense scrub oak thickets, river bottoms, rugged canyons, crop fields, and food plots.  You and your guide will have exclusive access to several thousand acres of unpressured trophy buck country during the rut.  We only harvest 20 bucks off of ranch each season.   We do require that all bucks taken gross at least 130 B&C.  Our average the 2007-08 season was 155 B&C and the 2006-07 season was 146 B&C.  Our largest buck to date grossed 186 typical B&C points.  This means that we are after mature bucks at least 4.5 years old with a "true" inside spread of 20" and at least 8 high quality points. 

The Pitchfork Ranch sports a near 1-to-1 buck-to-doe ratio.  The rut normally runs from mid November through mid December.  Mature bucks can weigh well over 200 pounds.  Our bucks have the nutrition available through local forage to produce very good racks.  We use no protein feeders or high fences.  These are real hunts.

We have several food plots, game feeders, tree stands, and tripod stands placed in strategic positions but most of our hunts will involve glassing and stalking drainages, oak, mesquite, and cedar thickets.  This spot and stalk technique is very exciting as well as very productive.   Bowhunters will hunt primarily from ground blinds or tripods near oak thickets or natural funnels near food plots.  

Lodging, meals, ranch transportation, and game preparation and refrigeration are included. 

Fall archery season:  October
Fall general season:  November through early January

Methods Allowed: Rifle, Archery

Game available: Native Big Game: Whitetail Deer