Hackbery Ranch

[EastTexasHunter]

Does anyone know anything about this place, I have heard alot of good things along with alot of bad reports. Any help would be appreciated..

[Matman]

I hunted there a couple of years ago. There were quite a few animals, whitetails,exotics and a few pigs, but man were they skiddish!! Had plenty of chances at game though.

[m'gobo]

Where are they located at? is there a web site?

[Matman]

The nearest town is rock springs and there website is hackberryranch.com.Or it used to be, the last time I checked it hadn't been updated in a while. Any more questions about the place let me know.

[m'gobo]

I just went to their web site. They have corn for sale that the hunter can purchase. I don't like that idea....probably means they don't feed on a regular basis.

[Matman]

When we were there, they had feeders at each stand but they didn't throw too much corn. I always try to take corn if allowed on any day lease I go to just in case. The deer there would walk in to the feeder and instantly look right at you in the stand. We moved a couple stands and that helped a little but the deer came in looking for people. I think they run quite a few hunters through that ranch. FYI, if you go you will need to take an atv or plan on doing lots of walking, its rough getting to some of the stands.

[m'gobo]

OK I guess I just misunderstood that about the corn/feeder thing. Thanks for the clear up

[axisbowhunter]

We will be going the second weekend in Dec. It will be our 5 yr. We only have had 1 bad year, but it was hot and lots of acorns. The animals are no more skiddish than any other day lease. They have 3000 acres that your group gets to hunt. When you book the ranch it is your whole ranch for the time you hunt there. Their are 16 feeders that run year round. Once they show you around the ranch it is yours to hunt where ever you want. They only book hunts around a weekend. They don't book 20 people every day of the season like some other day lease operations. There is a walkin cooler ,and corn and alfafa is available there on the ranch. I have killed a cosican, 29 inch aoudad , a 15 inch 8 pt and many does. On average we have a group of 4-5 and we usually kill around 8-10 animals. We do have better luck by setting up popup blinds and other stands around the ranch. I do recommend you bring a 4wheeler . The ranch is rough in some spot, and to get to some of the stands you must cross the river several times. Just my 2 ct.

[axisbowhunter]

Will we just got back from the ranch and we had a good trip. There was five of us hunting. We killed 7 WT does, 2 axis does, 1 30 inch axis buck, 2 pigs, 2 gobblers 7in & 10 in beards, and 1 22 in aoudad. We also could not recover 1 wt doe, 1 3pt wt, and one fallow buck. We also missed one 8pt wt, one axis buck, one turkey, and two wt does. We seen lots of game including many nice bucks just not nice enough to pay the kill fee. My brother also had a chance at a good blackbuck but it would not stop for a good shot.

[The Manager]

sounds like yall had an excellent hunt, congrats and lets see some ldp's