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| For those of you, who have never hunted in TEXAS........ This is the wide open terrain of the SANDHILL RANCH |
| IN MAY of '08 WE WERE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR FIRST HUNT AT THE SANDHILL RANCH. THIS HUNT WAS SPONSORED BY THE GUYS FROM WildWest Outdoors. THE MAKERS OF: |
| CROSSFIRE BULLETS IMPACT SABOTS BIG FOOT GAME CALLS SWIFT WADERS |
| THE HUNT AT THE SANDHILL RANCH WAS FOR THE ELUSIVE RIO GRANDE TURKEY, WILD BOARS & PREDATORS THAT ROAM THE WILD OPEN PLAINS OF TEXAS. LARGE DRAWS FILLED WITH SAGE BRUSH AND MESQUITE FILL THE SANDY TERRAIN. |
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| THE SANDHILL RANCH IS LOCATED IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. JUST NORTH OF CHILDRESS, TX. HERE YOU WILL FIND THE MOST ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE WILDLIFE THERE IS. EVERYWHERE WE WENT ON THE RANCH, WAS TEAMING WITH A VAST ARRAY OF CRITTERS. ALTHOUGH NOT IN SEASON, THE MULE DEER WERE IN ALMOST EVERY DRAW AND MESA WE APPROACHED. THE TURKEY, QUAIL AND DOVE POPULATION IS INCREDIBLE. EACH AND EVERY HUNT, (MORNING AND AFTERNOON) WAS A WONDERFUL DISPLAY OF MOTHER NATURE AND LAND MANAGEMENT AT ITS FINEST. |
| FOR ALL THE HUNTERS FROM THE COLDER CLIMATES OF THE COUNTRY THAT WANT TO FILL IN THAT VOID TIME AFTER YOUR DEER SEASON IS FINISHED...... CHECK THIS RANCH OUT. MOST OF THE BOOKED HUNTS CAN INCLUDE PREDATOR HUNTS TO FILL YOUR TIME AFTER YOU WHACK OR SHOOT THE GAME YOU CAME AFTER. THE YOTES (COYOTE) AND BOBCATS ARE ABUNDANT. EVERY EVENING HUNT I HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO HARVEST A LEAST ONE YOTE, AND THE LAST EVENING I USED MY RABBIT CALL TO BRING IN FOUR , WITHIN 150 yrds. OF MY BLIND. |
| THE WEEK LONG HUNT WAS ATTENDED BY: CHAD SCHEARER AND HIS FAMILY FROM GREAT FALLS MONTANA. OUTFITTER: CENTRAL MONTANA OUTFITTERS PRO-HUNTER: SHOOT STRAIGHT TV w/CHAD SCHEARER PRO-STAFF: REALTREE EDITOR OF: BLACK POWDER GUNS & HUNTING CAMERA MAN FOR CHAD'S HUNT: MATTHEW HUMPHREY FROM HUNTERS JOURNAL LEVI BOUWMAN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, UTAH. CEO: KING'S OUTDOOR WORLD KING'S OUTOOR GEAR KING'S HUNTING ILLUSTRATED TODD MUNFORD OF MOUNT PLEASANT, UTAH SALES DIRECTOR: KING'S OUTDOOR GEAR WILDWEST OUTDOORS FROM OGDEN, UTAH THE CREW: CHRIS ORLOB ROGER KING THERESA ORLOB ART MOSHER ERIC BENOIT DARKWOODS BLIND OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. WildWest Outdoors PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH A CVA KODIAK PRO BLACK POWDER GUN, LOADED WITH CROSSFIRE BULLETS AND POWDERED BY AMERICAN PIONEER POWDER. BIG FOOT (TURKEY) GAME CALLS. King's Outdoor World PROVIDED EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED WITH THEIR KING'S DESERT SHADOW CAMO SHIRTS, PANTS, HATS, GLOVES AND BACK PACKS. Darkwoods Blind PROVIDED THE HUNTING BLINDS FOR THE HUNT. INCLUDING THE NEW DOUBLE FF MOBILE BLINDS. |
| AT THE SANDHILL RANCH, THE TURKEYS WERE SO ABUNDANT THEY WALKED RIGHT INTO THE LODGE AREA. |
| CHRIS PUT THIS RUNNING BOAR DOWN WITH ONE SHOT AT 100 yrds. WITH HIS CROSSFIRE BULLET. |
| NOT WANTING TO BE TAUNTED BY CHRIS AND HIS BOAR KILL, TRAVIS (OUR GUIDE) PUT ME ON THIS PORKER AN HOUR LATER. |
| THE AFTERNOON WE ARRIVED, TRAVIS AND SHORTY (GUIDES) HELPED SET-UP OUR BLINDS. NOT SURE WHERE WE WERE GOING? I FOLLOWED THEIR LEAD, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE SANDY, HARSH TERRAIN PROVIDED A GREAT TEST FOR THE DURABILITY OF OUR UNIQUE MOBILE HUNTING BLIND SYSTEMS. |
| I DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, BUT MY GUIDES HAD PLACED A BET WITH ONE ANOTHER ON WHETHER I WOULD MAKE IT TO THE STAND SITE WITHOUT GETTING STUCK? |
| One of them lost! |
| SANDHILL RANCH ESTELLINE, TEXAS |
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| - WHEN YOU BOOK A HUNT - CHECK OUT THE LODGE AND ALL THESE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT COME WITH YOUR HUNT. |
| THE KITCHEN IS INCREDIBLE! FULL SERVICE HOME-MADE MEALS or SELF-SERVE MEALS |
| THE DINING/KITCHEN AREA IS HUGE. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY LARGE CORPORATE GROUPS. |
| THIS IS ONE OF MANY RANCH STYLE ROOMS. MY ROOM HAS FIVE BEDS; BATHROOM W/SHOWER; LAUNDRY ETC. |
| MY SAME ROOM LEATHER COUCH; LOVE SEAT; CHAIR; LARGE HD TELEVISION |
| MY ROOM. GARNISHED WITH TROPHY MULE DEER AND LARGE RIO GRANDE TURKEY OFF THE RANCH. |
| HERE IS ANOTHER OF THE MULTIPLE GUEST ROOMS. FOUR BUNK BEDS WITH FULL BATH. |
| THIS IS THE UPSTAIRS LARGE BUNK ROOM. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE UP TO EIGHT HUNTERS WITH FULL SIZE BATH AND AMENITIES. |
FAMILY GUEST
ROOMS. THIS
ROOM IS FOR
THE COUPLES
WITH KIDS.
LARGE KING
SIZE BED WITH
TWO BUNK
BEDS AND
FULL BATH.
ROOMS. THIS
ROOM IS FOR
THE COUPLES
WITH KIDS.
LARGE KING
SIZE BED WITH
TWO BUNK
BEDS AND
FULL BATH.
THIS ROOM IS
FOR THE
COUPLES WHO
HUNT
TOGETHER.
LIKE THEY
SAY...
THE COUPLES
WHO HUNT
TOGETHER,
STAY
TOGETHER!
FOR THE
COUPLES WHO
HUNT
TOGETHER.
LIKE THEY
SAY...
THE COUPLES
WHO HUNT
TOGETHER,
STAY
TOGETHER!
| TO BOOK A GREAT HUNTING ADVENTURE THIS YEAR, CONTACT: AP MERRITT OWNER & OPERATOR 903.983.1592 903.983.9875 JAMES KIMBELL RANCH FOREMAN 806.888.1712 806.930.9010 EMAIL: Info@MerrittOutdoors.com |
| MULE DEER WHITETAIL DEER TURKEY HOGS QUAIL PHEASANT DOVE PREDATORS |
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| CHAD AND HIS BOYS NAILED 3 RIOS AT THE SANDHILL RANCH |
WYATT WITH HIS FIRST TURKEY
WALKER WITH HIS FIRST TOM
EVEN THOUGH CHAD WAS HAPPY WITH HIS RIO.
(DAD) WAS A LITTLE MORE PROUD OF BOTH HIS
SONS TAKING THEIR FIRST TURKEYS EVER!
(DAD) WAS A LITTLE MORE PROUD OF BOTH HIS
SONS TAKING THEIR FIRST TURKEYS EVER!
CHAD WITH HIS BIRD
| ONE OF THE YOTES TAKEN AT THE SANDHILL. |
ROGER WITH WildWest OUTDOORS
PUT THE LEAD IN THIS DOG!
PUT THE LEAD IN THIS DOG!