Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting

Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting

No other Texas whitetail deer hunting ranch has so consistently produced trophy whitetail bucks in a traditional environment with only existing native genetics. No breeding or shooting pens, no trucked-in deer, no introduction of out-of-state deer and no eartags. This is Texas deer hunting at its best!

Hunting whitetails in South Texas is a unique experience. When you book your hunt with the Covert Ranch, you will receive an informative, educational and interesting package of materials to make your experience more enjoyable whether you choose to hunt the trophy of a lifetime or a management hunt. You’ll find the facilities and hospitality at the Covert Ranch as well suited to family hunts as they are to corporate hunts and individual hunters and your hosts will work with you to “make it happen”.

Again, whether you come for a family hunt, a trip with old friends or a corporate gathering for clients and high-performance employees, the Covert Ranch provides an adventure where lifelong memories are made.

2,222 acres in LaSalle County in The Golden Triangle of South Texas; fly to San Antonio, rent a car and drive 100 miles south on I-35 to Artesia Wells. Private plane access at Cotulla airport (4,690-foot runway) 15 miles north of the ranch where rental cars are available. Wide variety of browse species, red sandy loam soil, abundant water, food plots, comprehensive game management for 20 years on this authentic working cattle and quarter horse breeding ranch.

Renowned for exceptional, contest-winning whitetail deer and the Texas state record for whitetail buck horn mass (48-1/8 inches) and good South Texas bird hunting including dove, wild blue & wild Bobwhite quail and Rio Grande turkey. Braford cattle and quarter horses; standing ‘Two Eyed Red Baron”, “Bobby Sox Playboy”, and "Sonnys Blondy Dude", AQHA performance champion roping stallions currently at the Texas A&M Equine Center, in partnership with Texas A&M University.

Whitetail Deer. Also spring Rio Grande turkey, wild blue and wild Bobwhite
quail, mourning and whitewing dove.

Guided, guides-choice deer hunts, usually on long weekends (Friday PM - Sunday AM); group hunts available for dove up to 20 guns. Guided first class wild blue and wild Bobwhite quail hunts in groups of four, eight, or twelve hunters.

MANAGEMENT HUNT - $3,250.00 per hunter, for mature slick 8-point or less Guide’s choice buck.

TROPHY HUNT: $5,500.00 for mature 6 1/2 year old, above-average to better buck up to 150 total inches of horn without deductions.

50% non-refundable deposit required to book, first come-first served. Includes comfortable lodging, guide. Hunt fees must be paid in advance.

Not less than .270 caliber rifle and 150 grain bullets zeroed in dead on at 100 yards! Taxidermy service available.

"I have never flown a more impressive aerial survey anywhere in my life! Your deer herd is the best on a per acre basis of any in Texas!" - Game biologist, Mickey W. Hellickson, Ph.D., Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (11/1/98).

"These are the best bucks I've seen on any ranch in Texas and they just keep getting better each year!" - Johnny Burris, Mesquite Helicopters, whose firm surveys over 3 million acres of ranch land each year. (11/1/98).

Get your Texas Hunting License fees and information: 800-792-1112, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, www.tpwd.state.tx.us