Fall Deer Hunts 2015

This was a tough year. The weather stayed hot longer than usual, which meant the larger bucks stayed in the higher regions until after the season ended. There were plenty of does and small bucks, but the trophy bucks stayed in the high country. With the warmer nights, the flies stuck around pestering the deer--which made them easy to spot with all their ear-flapping. Despite the less than ideal conditions, we still had a 100% success rate, and three of our hunters still managed to get respectable bucks.

 Ashley, from the Sacramento area, came up with her 

dad, John, who flew out from Pennsylvania to join her on her hunt.

She shot a nice 3X4.

 Mike got a 3X3. He is also from the Sacrament area. 

Paul, from San Francisco, with a nice 4X4.

Congratulations and good job to all our hunters this season. 

If you are interested in booking a Spring pig or turkey hunt, contact Dave @ 530-945-2112 or dashranch@frontier.com. It should be a good season for both seeing as how the rains have finally started. If you are interested in booking a deer hunt for next season, call to see about availability soon, as we book up every year. We anticipate a much better deer season for 2016 given the rain predictions and the carry-over deer from this year.

2014 Hunts

Well, it's been quite a while since our last post... but, better late than never, right? Here's what's been going on for the last year, starting with the most recent fall hunts and working our way back to spring.

There were very few cow elk on the ranch this year, which was disappointing since we had a ranch tag for a cow hunt. However, we were seeing some tremendous bulls... darn. This next season should be strong in both cow and bull hunts with the return of steady rains and a solid growth of grasses coming in.

Deer hunting was tougher than normal, mostly due to the drought and unusually warm weather. The acorn crop wasn't what we expected. We didn't see the number of big bucks we usually do, most likely due to the drought and scarcity of acorns. Despite the challenges, however, we are happy to say that all of our hunters were successful.

Sal, Walnut Creek, CA

Ray, San Francisco, CA

Luke, Windsor, CA

Dennis with wife Katie, Chehalis, WA

Rob, Central Point, OR

Pig hunting was also tough this year... we didn't have much spring rain so there was very little grass this summer and fall. However, we started seeing a few pigs at the first part of summer, so we took Luke out and he was successful. Sorry to the guys we had to turn down this year, but we don't want to take you out if the pigs aren't around. The pigs should rebound quickly--this year is looking hopeful given the amount of rain we've already received and the new grasses and clover already coming on.

Luke, Red Bluff, CA

Spring turkey hunts were good--a lot of birds this year. Here's a couple of the hunters would came to the ranch this year. Blain joined us all the way from Pennsylvania to bag a Rio Grande Turkey. There's a lot of carry-over turkeys this year; they had a good hatch. It should be another great spring hunting season.

Luke, Windsor, CA

Blaine, York, PA

If you would like to book a hunt for Rocky Mountain Elk, Blacktail Deer, Pig, or Rio Grande Turkey, call Dave at: 530.941.2112