Ranger Creek Ranch
Ranger Creek Ranch
Rated 1 out of 5.0 based on 3 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Ranell Walker
Location: Seymour, Texas
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Turkey Rio Grande, Dove, Pheasant, Quail, Ducks, Geese
State(s) Hunted: TX
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Submitted by: Zac Birnbaum
Review Submitted: Apr 7, 2016
Hunt Date: Mar 17, 2016
Species Hunted: Wild Boar
Days Hunted: 4
Hunt Type: Semi-Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Rifle
Price Range: 500-999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
Alot of Potential...
Ranch had very nice accommodations and great habitat. The major complaint I had was the lack of habitat management. Fields and blinds were either set up wrong for wind direction or in very poor condition. Blinds were for the most part inhabited by owls which kept attempting to return when we occupied them for hunting. Feeders were not kept running continually. The semi-guided hunt was confined to a very small piece of property, roughly 600 acres out of the advertised 34,000 acre ranch. On this 600 acres we were provided with 2 blinds for 4 hunters. It's quite a shame, this place could be excellent with just a minimal amount of effort. It would probably be a great place for a family retreat but certainly not a place to hunt.
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Submitted by: Steve Kokowicz
Review Submitted: Apr 7, 2016
Hunt Date: Mar 17, 2016
Species Hunted: Wild Boar
Days Hunted: 3
Hunt Type: Semi-Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Rifle
Price Range: 500-999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
I wouldn't go back.
We set up a hunt to take some customers/friends to Texas hunting wild hogs. We scheduled at least 3 months in advance with the outfitter. We had (5) guys. (3) of us drove out 18 hours one way from Michigan. The other two flew into Dallas on day (1). We arrived late at night and the outfitter owner did allow us to go right to the lodge/house and sleep there. That was very nice and I will acknowledge that. The next day we were supposed to meet the outfitter at the main lodge at 4 pm to do the safety orientation. We were told to feel free to show up early and sight in your guns on the range. We did so, but when we showed up, there was no one there? So we looked around and made some make shift targets for the range and practiced a bit. I was already sighted in but I took a couple shots to check and practice. Around 4:15 no one was there yet so we called the outfitter. She said someone would be there in 20 minutes. The "guide" showed up and began to tell us how he was new and had never seen the land she had planned on us hunting. Also the stands were not ready and had just been baited the day before, only two had been baited. We had (5) hunters. When we went out to the land to hunt that night, the ground was impressive. We felt the hogs were there. The best stand on the property had baby owls in it because they had left the windows open. The guide had to remove the owls and clean out all the feathers and bird droppings. It was a mess and it was not baited. We could not hunt the stand. I sat in a similar stand that he had already removed owls from that day. It was super dirty and covered in bird droppings. The other stands had multiple issues. We had two stands we could hunt the first night. We killed one hog. I didn't see anything. The next day he did clean out the other stand and make one more usable although it had a broken window. All of the stands plexi glass was so fogged or dirty it was hard to see through it. So I kept the windows opened which forced me to fight the mama owls that wanted to make a home inside again. I swatted them away all night. They are huge and not nice when your sitting in there proposed home. The other stand was the same. Owls constantly circling and trying to enter the open windows. We didn't kill anymore hogs. We did see a few more but it was during the day while driving into the property. The only ones I saw were (8) on the second evening. A bunch of babies and a couple of adults. I did have a long shot and did hit one but could not find him. That's on me. The two hunters that flew in rented the rifle lights from the outfitter. Neither one had good batteries so they weren't really usable for long. They never saw a hog. Bottom line, the land, the lodge and the area all seemed to be worthy of supplying a good hunt. The outfitter did not take the time to bait and help us to be successful. We came a long way and had 3 days to hunt. They had plenty of time to prepare for us. We paid an additional $140 per man as a tip for the guide who didn't do much. His advice was very general and he didn't spend much time with us. He had never seen the land until the day before the day we arrived. When you have people coming from 1400 miles away I would think you need to make sure they have every chance to be successful. If we stands were clean and ready, the feeders working and baited but we still didn't kill or see anything, that's fine, that's hunting. But when nothing is baited and ready, the guide is new and not knowledgeable? That's on the outfitter, that's what we paid for. I will go back and hunt hogs again I just won't go to this outfitter. To bad because I like the area and the land.
note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.
outfitter review submitted by: Tom Schiller on Feb 12 2009
Species Hunted: Hogs, Quail
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Very good
Camp Condition: Very good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Very good
Overall Impression: Good, quite impressed
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: I hunted 3 days in December 2008. I did not bag any game, but it was not for lack of seeing game. Animals were everywhere: deer, hogs, rabbits, quail, bobcats, coyotes, cranes, ducks, doves. I had a shot at a big boar but he spooked before I could shoot. I got into some wild quail, including one covey of at least 20 birds, but they all flushed out of range. The guide acknowledged that his dogs were being a bit too aggressive, having been trained on tame birds, so they spooked the quail before I could make an approach. He was embarrassed, and promised that would not happen again. Nonetheless, I was impressed with the quantity and robust flight of the quail we saw, and with the overall professionalism and hard work of the guides. In short, Ranger Creek feeds you well, puts you on game, doesn't give you any bull-and all at a very reasonable rate. Good folks and a good hunt.
Contact: Justin Johns and Ben Harris
Location: Hotchkiss, Colorado
Species Hunted: Elk, Mule Deer, Black Bear, Bobcat, Mountain Lion
State(s) Hunted: CO
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