Post by: Missouri Sherpa on September 20, 2018, 03:13:42 PM
Over 80,000 acres. We provide a good lease, warm dry bed to sleep in, complete kitchen setup, hot shower, good hog skinning facilities, freezer space and we run around 50 baits on a daily basis. Tracking and bay dogs (Jagdterriers) on hand to help retrieve your wounded game. You need to bring your sleeping bag, pillow, bath towel, groceries and beverages, cooler and transportation. Requires a Texas 5 day nonresident hunting license ($48.50) available over the counter at license sellers statewide. This is not a white table cloth operation, more like a timeshare in a good hunting camp. You will need to feed and fend for yourself but we will be available to run interference and assist you in having an enjoyable hunt. We will let you know where the baits are getting hit and where your best chances of getting a javelina will be.
We have very few rules but these rules must be observed. 1. No guns on the ranch. 2. You must close every gate that you drive through. We cannot afford to have cattle get out on the road. 3. Limit to one Javelina per hunter. Your license is good for 2 javies but we impose a limit of one. We have a decent javelina population and do not want to overharvest. The javelina have enough trouble competing with the exploding hog population without us putting an unnecessary dent in their numbers.
5 Day hunt is $750.00 per hunter. $250 deposit to reserve your spot, balance due in cash on arrival. We would like to limit this hunt to tradgang hunters. We have bunk space in the shop bunkhouse for 12-15, though 10 is a more comfortable number. We can easily accommodate 5-7 in the Crane bunkhouse. We have bedrooms with attached bathrooms in the Crane bunkhouse, may be useful if we have mixed gender hunters that want to participate.
Post by: Terry Green on September 20, 2018, 05:36:16 PM
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on September 20, 2018, 05:51:10 PM
Crane has a good grocery store, hardware store, several restaurants and convenience/gas stores. Crane is within easy driving distance of the northwest bunkhouse, <20 miles.
Post by: keng on September 20, 2018, 07:40:37 PM
Post by: arrow30 on September 20, 2018, 08:24:04 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 16, 2018, 12:07:36 PM
Post by: TIM B on October 16, 2018, 01:20:37 PM
I hunted the king ranch in kingsville years ago. Sounds about the same. Was a good time.
Tim B
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on October 17, 2018, 01:48:47 PM
Post by: Bill Turner on October 18, 2018, 03:22:54 PM
Post by: nineworlds9 on October 19, 2018, 03:07:12 PM
Post by: Terry Green on October 19, 2018, 04:37:49 PM
Hope we get some more interested so we can fill it up with all TGers
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on October 19, 2018, 05:22:16 PM
We can probably handle more than 8 but we are expecting up to 6 hunters on the east end of the ranch in the Crane bunkhouse and we want to insure everyone has multiple stands available hunt. We like to have around 12-14 guys a week between both camps. We have never been accused of overbooking our hunting capacity and this is no time to start.
I have a group of regular hunters that usually hunt out of the old shop bunkhouse the week of Feb 10. I received deposits from them this week and only three guys have committed to come so far for 2018. We are asking them if they would be willing to move to the Crane bunkhouse ( has less capacity than the old bunkhouse) so we could also offer a larger group the option of coming the week of Feb 10-14. We can comfortably have 6-7 guys in the Crane bunkhouse so we will have availability for up to 6-10 guys in a group for the week of Feb 10 for 2019. Stay tuned for further developments as we firm up our scheduling commitments.
Post by: Terry Green on October 21, 2018, 08:06:44 AM
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on October 23, 2018, 03:01:42 PM
Dates are open for the ranch bunkhouse on Feb 3-7 for 8 hunters and Feb 10-14 for up to 10 hunters.
Post by: Terry Green on November 05, 2018, 02:43:15 PM
Thanks
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on November 05, 2018, 04:45:41 PM
We found out last week that we have secured another 30 sections of ranch south of Crane, that runs along the Pecos river. We have not hunted this ranch before. Jacob is going to start baiting this parcel in mid December and put out some trail cameras. I hope we can take a few of you down there and kill some pigs. My limited experience of hunting along the river is the pigs do not have to concentrate on waterholes so they are more prone to wander up and down the river. Sometimes they are plentiful other times they can be gone for a spell. I suspect they will be vulnerable to a generous feeding of Iowa corn on a regular basis, but we will have to prove that.
Post by: Terry Green on November 05, 2018, 06:12:04 PM
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on November 05, 2018, 06:25:26 PM
Post by: medic77 on November 05, 2018, 08:40:34 PM
Post by: Terry Green on November 06, 2018, 10:48:37 AM
Post by: acolobowhunter on November 06, 2018, 03:50:58 PM
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on November 06, 2018, 03:55:51 PM
Post by: Terry Green on November 07, 2018, 08:05:46 AM
So, sounds like $750. for one javelin? Sounds a little steep, am I missing something here? How about other hogs and how many?
Yes, you missed someting, the word HOGS is in the title and in his 1st post....and how many.
You sound like me before I've had my morning coffee :biglaugh:
Post by: acolobowhunter on November 07, 2018, 05:05:43 PM
Post by: Terry Green on November 07, 2018, 07:04:07 PM
I went every year for probably 12 years, but I hadn't been in about 4 and I just need to go back. Will know in a week or two Smokin Joe and I will be pairing up and anybody wants to join us please jump on this thread.
Post by: Blaino on November 07, 2018, 10:07:38 PM
Terry, I’m sending you a PM in the morning.
Post by: BamaBarebow on November 07, 2018, 11:43:51 PM
Gonna run it by the wife tomorrow.
Post by: BigTimber on November 08, 2018, 06:42:45 AM
BT
Post by: Stickbow on November 08, 2018, 07:05:47 AM
Yes they are a lot of fun. I've got hugs here plenty of places in three different states,
That could really get you in trouble :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Post by: stevem on November 08, 2018, 11:42:55 AM
Post by: Blaino on November 08, 2018, 11:55:03 AM
I didn't know I couldn't PM you. Is there any other way to talk?
Post by: Alexander Traditional on November 08, 2018, 03:57:46 PM
Post by: Terry Green on November 08, 2018, 08:57:46 PM
Terry-
I didn't know I couldn't PM you. Is there any other way to talk?
Yes just click on my name and the email is there.
Post by: smokin joe on November 09, 2018, 11:38:20 AM
Post by: Blaino on November 09, 2018, 01:11:52 PM
Terry-
I didn't know I couldn't PM you. Is there any other way to talk?
Yes just click on my name and the email is there.
I'm clearly missing it :dunno: I tried to send it via the email listed on your site and it wouldn't go through....
would try from your end: [email protected]
Post by: smokin joe on November 25, 2018, 02:47:47 PM
Post by: smokin joe on November 25, 2018, 02:51:16 PM
Dang it....I thought I had your email address but I don't.
Please email me at: [email protected]
I just talked to Terry. He and I are coming on this hunt!
I will need your address so I can send the deposit check.
Joe
Post by: elkken on November 26, 2018, 12:33:55 PM
Thx, Ken
Post by: smokin joe on November 26, 2018, 04:47:08 PM
I don't think is has filled up yet. It would be great if you could join us.
Post by: Terry Green on November 27, 2018, 06:48:48 PM
If you click on my name you'll see my email address in my profile, it's been there for 15 years ...the same email. If it won't go through it's a problem with your browser, it has nothing to do with the Tradgang site or our server. It has to do with your settings on your end..... and I can't fix that.
Ken... yes, there's two threads running on this. You're more than welcome to join us....please do!!!
Post by: Terry Green on November 27, 2018, 08:43:26 PM
Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on November 28, 2018, 12:57:42 AM
Any tradgangers looking to go Feb 10-14th? That's my off weekend and I might could make this work, but I'd like to go with some like-minded folks!
Gonna run it by the wife tomorrow.
I might be up for that week. Like you, I need to see if my wife will be able to take off and stay home with my offspring. Will be watching this. I miss that area.
Post by: Terry Green on November 29, 2018, 08:57:46 PM
Post by: elkken on November 30, 2018, 09:22:40 AM
Post by: BigTimber on November 30, 2018, 12:01:23 PM
Info may be forthcoming but, will we be hunting stands over bait, stalking or can we choose to do either? Also interested in night hunting, I assume that would be from stands. Do we need red lights for that? Thanks, 8 weeks to go which is just around the corner.
BT
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on November 30, 2018, 05:06:56 PM
A hog is every bit as wary as an old whitetail buck. He has big ears that allow him to hear everything and a nose capable of smelling a worm a foot underground or you from 100 yards away if the wind is right. Don't be fooled that they can't see either. A hog has an eyeball that looks eerily similar to a humans and has as good of vision as you or me, not as good as a deer but they aren't blind either. I suspect they probably get nearsighted as they get older but don't depend on it. I would recommend that you don't wander too far and wide or you will scare away more hogs than you see. We put a lot of effort into keeping the hogs coming back to the baits and not running them off the ranch. I have to ask how many big old whitetail bucks you have killed stalking whitetails in ankle deep dry oak leaves. Probably zero. Texas is pretty dry and if you are not sticking to the bare sand (which is not practical or possible in a lot of places) you will be making way too much noise to have any expectation of being successful in stalking up on hogs. If you are wanting to do some spot and stalk hunting you should probably hunt down along the Pecos river instead of the bait sites we cultivate.
We have to hunt Javelina during the daylight hours. They are a game animal, no night hunting and no dogs, game and fish have rules about that. We will corn the roads in areas where Javelina are known to frequent or you can sit blinds at waterholes in those same areas and will have a decent opportunity at getting one in the daylight. Hogs on the other hand are not subject to the limitations of such rules. We bait them, trap them, hunt them at night and use dogs on them. They are frequently nocturnal, more often than not. While we have guys that kill some hogs during the day or evening before dark there will be much more action after the sun goes down. Go hunting prepared to stay out a couple hours after sunset. A bow mounted light will help. A red filter or green filter will diminish the effect of the light on scaring the hogs. A good technique to use is to point your bow towards the heavens when you turn the light on and lower it to focus on the hog. Hogs don't tend to notice this as much as just pointing the light at the hog and turning it on. When the light comes on abruptly most of the time the hogs will blow out of the area from the light coming on pointed at them. If it is slowly lowered on to them they do not hardly seem to notice. Get yourself a bow light and practice with it.
Hog hunting can be a lot of fun. There is a learning curve however. Some folks are better at it than others. Most of our clients are regulars that have been hunting with us for a long time, some of them for 10 years. The guys that keep coming back to hunt with us year after year are kind of hooked on it and keep on thinking of better ways to kill hogs on their next trip. They also tend to kill more hogs than the novice hog hunters do. You have to start somewhere I guess. We will try to give you every opportunity to get on some pigs, and we hope you enjoy the trip. We do have a lot of birds (doves and quail) in west Texas. If you are interested in some bird hunting we can send you to the fellow that has the lease for the bird hunting. Everything is leased in Texas.
Send me a PM or post here if you have more questions.
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on November 30, 2018, 05:15:46 PM
Post by: BigTimber on December 01, 2018, 08:30:14 AM
Post by: stykshooter on December 06, 2018, 08:37:42 AM
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on December 06, 2018, 12:17:08 PM
You need to take care of mom while you can. We would be happy to see you again whenever you can make it.
Post by: BigTimber on December 22, 2018, 08:29:01 PM
Post by: steve helstowski on December 23, 2018, 05:25:18 PM
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Post by: steve helstowski on December 23, 2018, 09:48:48 PM
Post by: Terry Green on December 29, 2018, 08:56:15 AM
Post by: medic77 on December 29, 2018, 12:31:53 PM
Any brands or specifics you guys use?
Post by: Chumster on December 29, 2018, 12:52:40 PM
Don't mean to bust into your thread but I was there this past February and everyone was using a green beam light attached to their bows. There were some W Virginia members there that turned me on to attaching the light via a bicycle inner tube to the riser. A really slick and cheap way to affix the light.
I have a Vastfire that I bought off of E_ _ _ for cheap and they are extremely bright.
Hope this helps.
Post by: medic77 on December 29, 2018, 12:56:08 PM
Medic77,
Don't mean to bust into your thread but I was there this past February and everyone was using a green beam light attached to their bows. There were some W Virginia members there that turned me on to attaching the light via a bicycle inner tube to the riser. A really slick and cheap way to affix the light.
I have a Vastfire that I bought off of E_ _ _ for cheap and they are extremely bright.
Hope this helps.
Chumster, not at all. Exactly the kind of info I was looking for. Thank you
Post by: BigTimber on December 29, 2018, 02:27:32 PM
Post by: BigTimber on December 29, 2018, 02:32:27 PM
I'm almost as excited about this hunt as I was about my Kodiak hunt................well, almost. It won't be near as cold and that's a good thing.
Post by: Chumster on December 29, 2018, 02:47:21 PM
I makes a huge difference at and after the shot.
Post by: medic77 on December 29, 2018, 04:43:31 PM
Just got a green beam Vastfire - $21.99 and I probably overpaid.
I'm almost as excited about this hunt as I was about my Kodiak hunt................well, almost. It won't be near as cold and that's a good thing.
Which one did you buy? Did you get the one with the paddle switch?
Post by: BigTimber on December 29, 2018, 10:19:57 PM
Kind of like "we had to pass the Bill to find out what was in the Bill".
Post by: medic77 on December 30, 2018, 10:31:09 AM
I don't know Medic77. Figure I'll figure out what I have and deal with it when I get it.
Kind of like "we had to pass the Bill to find out what was in the Bill".
:biglaugh:
Post by: Chumster on December 30, 2018, 10:54:04 AM
"control remote pressure switch constant on and momentary on for different tactical needs"
As you mentioned, will just figure it out and practice, practice.
The guide at my camp suggested turning the light on as you point the bow skyward. Then bring the bow and beam down into the target. Or just point, grip it and rip it.
Post by: stevem on January 28, 2019, 07:03:46 PM
Post by: Terry Green on January 28, 2019, 08:23:46 PM
Post by: stevem on January 28, 2019, 09:50:53 PM
Post by: medic77 on January 29, 2019, 04:11:25 AM
Post by: Ghutch on January 29, 2019, 05:13:07 PM
Post by: stevem on January 30, 2019, 10:51:06 AM
Post by: medic77 on January 30, 2019, 05:39:13 PM
My number is (314) 566-8290. Derrick
Post by: Jason W on January 31, 2019, 06:15:06 PM
I hope to join in on a Tradgang hunt in the future.
:archer:
Post by: Terry Green on February 07, 2019, 08:07:17 PM
It's a dang Safari!!!!
Post by: Terry Green on February 08, 2019, 02:33:25 PM
I am going to lock this thread up and start a new one.