Would you take a free hunt at King Ranch?
 

I was just interested because my little bro claims he wouldn't go there if he could for free, I myself would love to, thought it might be interesting to see what others think.

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I may not be too keen on hunting the hot, brushy country in Texas for whitetails, but I am not stupid!

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No problem..set it up..I'll be there!

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Of course anyone in there right mind would not pass that up.

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I READ IN NORTH AMERICA WHITETAIL THAT THE COST OF HUNTING KINGS RANCH IS $2500 FOR 3 DAYS .... THEN ANYTHING UP TO A 150 CLASS BUCK IS $33.50 PER INCH ..... 151 TO 175 IS $43.50 PER IN ..176 TO 199 IS $55.00 PER IN AND ANYTHING OVER 200 IS 20K .. SOOOOOO YEP I WOULD TAKE A FREE HUNT THERE BUT THATS ABOUT AS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AS JACKIE BUSHMAN INVITING ME TO HUNT CANADA WITH HIM .... AND YES I WOULD DO THAT TO FOR FREE LOL

ROLL TIDE
DD

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Just to see monsters like that I would go. Yea book my flight.

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Anyone who wants to go "hunt" at a place with fences and feeders, isn't a real bowhunter to me. Shame on you.

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im not one to turn much down for free..

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Doctor D, your numbers ARE WAY OFF BRO!!!!! I have been hunting there once with my daughter on a youth hunt, and I plan on returning next year with my wife...

Heres the price breakdown

White - tailed deer Hunt #1 up to a 150 Boone & Crockett Gross Score (3 day hunt,) $5,500.00 flat fee,

151 - 170 B & C, $5,500 plus $200.00 per point above the 150 B & C gross score

171 - 180 B & C, $5,500 plus $250.00 per point above the 150 B & C gross score

181 - 199 B & C, $15,000

200+ B & C, $20,000

Hunt #2 $3,250.00 Management Buck - 8 points or less (2 day hunt) Hunt #3 $1,000.00 Cull Buck (1 day hunt) Nilgai $500.00 per gun per day plus harvest fee. (1 day hunt) Bull $1000.00 harvest fee per bull Cow $300.00 harvest fee per cow Hog and Javelina $500.00 per gun per day plus harvest fee. (1 day hunt) $150.00 harvest fee per hog and javelina Turkey $500.00 per gun per day plus harvest fee. (1 day hunt) $275.00 harvest fee per turkey Quail $450.00 per gun per day for access. Must hire a King Ranch approved guide. (Names and telephone numbers will be furnished upon request.)

And here is the buck my daughter harvested...

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It's a free hunt, sure I would go. It's not "real" hunting in my book, but it'd still be fun. I just wouldn't have the same satisfaction. But that's okay, as long as I realize that, and don't have the attitude that I'm the best hunter ever because I killed a 190 class whitetail at Kings Ranch. I think most of you hunters know what I mean.

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The king ranch is not high fenced. Out there a single pasture might be 15,000 acres or larger so you are not likely to see any fences anyway. My cousin used to work out there and they have some huge bucks out there on the ranch. He said if you get out there in the middle of the ranch you can get lost in a hurry. You just have miles and miles of brush. You normally have to get in a big tower blind to be able to see anything because the brush is too thick to see through on the ground level. So you get up high to see over it. I've never got to hunt the King ranch but I've hunted other ranches in South Texas and it is not as easy as everybody thinks to hunt down there.

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Im certainly not paying 20 grand for a friggin deer.. Thats bullsmack.

id rather go to Alberta for a bighorn sheep for that kind of money or even treat my buddy to an elk hunt someplace and still have money left over. I have whitetails here. Im not picky. I dont care if i ever get a P&Y buck. I just enjoy being in the woods hunting. I feel grateful to harvest the deer i do.

but like i said earlier.. if its free its for me!

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825,000 acres ALL LOW FENCED!!!!! Not real bowhunter HUH!!!! Did you fall and bump your head.....:eek:

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I'm sure you, being the hunting god that you are, has never hunted near a picked cornfield, a bean field, an oak ridge, or even over any green grass.

Better beleive I'd go if it was free. But why pay for it when I can hunt my own ranch - yep, over feeders.

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Can I have Illinois instead.[&:]

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THOSE WERE NOT MY NUMBERS BUT NORTH AMERICAN WHITETAILS "BRO" .... BUT IF YOU HAVE GONE I WILL ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT ... WHEN YOU HAVE 150 B&C + $200.00 PER "POINT" ABOVE ...DOES "POINT" MEAN INCH ...AND IS THAT B&C NET OR GROSS? THE DEER YOUR DAUGHTER TOOK IS A GREAT BUCK FOR HER ..TELL HER OLD DD SAID WELL DONE!

ROLL TIDE
DD

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For FREE?? - ABSOLUTELY

For those prices?? NOOOOOOOOOOOO WAY!!!!!!

$20,000 for a 200 class deer?? OH MAN - that would be one safe deer in front of me!!! I could buy my own hunting land for that much money! WOW! I think I just shivered.

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The numbers I posted are straight from there website, and the hunt my daughter got to go on WAS FREE!!!!!!!! Hell I would not pay those prices either! But FREE Now were talking!LOL:)

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I would certainly take the trip ,But there is no way I would ever shoot any animal in a pen or over bait ,neither are moral or necessary.

This would be a great chance for some photos and some time outdoors.

When in Rome you do not have to do as the Romans!

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825,000 low fence acres??? Bet your a$$ I would be there!

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It boggles my mind to hear 825000 acres called a pen. For some of you who don't know that is 1289 square miles. 30 miles long by 40 miles wide is 1200 square miles. On the state highway that runs through the ranch you drive for 30 minutes at 75 mph, nothing but King Ranch. Is the STATE of Rhode Island even that big? I don't know but I bet it's close.

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no ,I lived near that place.and the operators are the most self righteous idiots I ever new

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heck yeah i would take it!!!

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I couldn't do it because I oppose fenced hunting and have worked toward having it banned here . I'm aware of the scale of the King Ranch , and the laws regarding the practice in Texas , but I just couldn't do it . I don't have a problem with anyone who wants to , it is legal there , but it's not for me .

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only if they paid for my airline tickets






















yea right, i'm there, i dont care how high fuel is

RE: Would you take a free hunt at King Ranch?
 

Nope now way I mean yes sir I sure would.

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Never!

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Kevin, the King Ranch is not high fenced, all it has on its bounderys are a six strand barb wire fence 4 and half feet tall feet tall to keep the cattle in.... it does not stop the deer from going where ever they choose.......

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Who wouldn't? Anyone who says they would not, is crazy! Bet if the offer was real their story would be different.

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People PLEASE find out what your talking about before you open your mouth.......

The King ranch IS NOT HIGH FENCED. The ranch is actually 4 chunks of land that are all within the same area of south Texas. You have the Santa Gertrudis divison, the Laureles, the Encino, and my favorite the Norias division. The Norias division alone is 240,000 + acres. The ranch is 1.3x bigger then the state of Rhode Island, or 1,050x the size of Central Park in New York. I've had the chance several times to hunt on the King ranch and have shot everything from 160" bucks to Nailgi to quail to even an axis buck that crossed from the Yuttria ranch.


The King ranch gets top dollar for all hunts because, they are the King ranch. Theres a certain stigma about the King ranch that draws people to it. Its something that non-native Texans dont/cant understand. The King ranch is just one of those places that by simply saying the name, all shorts of images pops into ones mind.

Man I love south Texas and our big ranches, oil gushers, and muy grande bucks..................

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These are all KING RANCH bucks just from this season so far.........................................

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Another,

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Some of last years more impressive bucks, all taken on the King ranch......

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My air fare would have to be included also. I wouldn't pay for agenetically engineeredtrophy but if your gonna give me one I guess I could make a pretty cool coat rack.

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BowFanatic, are you just plain dumb or can you not read? Or are you just trying to poke the fire alittle to add some excitment to your life?

Anyway more pictures to follow..................................

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I would hunt there for free but I think those prices are a joke! I'd rather hunt Canada for less money and still have a good chance at a Monster for one fee.

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All expenses paid and I'd hunt there. But if it were my cash I can think of a few other places where I could hunt similar sized bucks and spend less money.

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"I would hunt there for free but I think those prices are a joke!"

Your NOT paying to hunt A DEER, your paying to hunt THE KING RANCH. The name, the stigma, and the history of the ranch are why they are able to charge what they do. Most of the people who hunt this ranch are not simply their just for the deer....................................

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So your paying to hunt at a place where you feel "cool" because you can say you've been there. ha, ha! I get it now. Not to mention, if you've gone there...you have a checkbook thick enough to pay for it. Again...I understand how some are. All status symbols.

Granted those are nice bucks, but it would be dang tough to be hunting bucks that have doe sized bodies to them(being from where I'm from).