This started about 4 months ago. The company I work for had an auction for the United Way and one of the items was a Nilgai Hunt on the El Sauz ranch which used to be the southern most portion of the King ranch. Right on the gulf. I’ve wanted to hunt them for years and decided to go for it.
I usually hunt with heavy magnums but was pretty nervous about not having enough gun. I’ve heard these things are tanks and just flat out soak up lead. I found out....
I was told I could bring a guest. Me and my dad don’t get to hunt together much anymore and this would be a special hunt. Perfect!! This isn’t the part of the ranch you can buy package hunts on. This is a membership type deal that Brett donated for the auction. (Not including last names as I don’t want his info posted everywhere). It’s a super nice place. Full cook staff. Furnished rooms. Pool. Cleaning and processing on site with walk in cooler. Great food and great people.
So we arrived at the ranch before lunch Friday to start hunting that afternoon. We met Brett(super nice guy from work) and our guide, Mondo. Got unpacked. Checked the rifles. And headed out. We decided to go east and hunt right on the coast. We were in the pasture maybe 10 minutes and saw a group of 3 young bulls. They went from 0 to 1000 MPH immediately. I knew they were skittish but dang!! We saw a bunch of animals that evening. Lots of cows. Several young bulls. A couple big mature bulls but in the wide open with no way to get even remotely close. I was enjoying seeing new country. Thousands of birds. Waterfowl, all kinds and colors of birds small and large. Varmints. Deer. Hogs. Nilgai. A very cool place to be. We hunted from 1:30 till dark. No shots fired. Ate dinner. Drank some whiskey by the fire then went to bed to hunt this morning.
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I usually hunt with heavy magnums but was pretty nervous about not having enough gun. I’ve heard these things are tanks and just flat out soak up lead. I found out....
I was told I could bring a guest. Me and my dad don’t get to hunt together much anymore and this would be a special hunt. Perfect!! This isn’t the part of the ranch you can buy package hunts on. This is a membership type deal that Brett donated for the auction. (Not including last names as I don’t want his info posted everywhere). It’s a super nice place. Full cook staff. Furnished rooms. Pool. Cleaning and processing on site with walk in cooler. Great food and great people.
So we arrived at the ranch before lunch Friday to start hunting that afternoon. We met Brett(super nice guy from work) and our guide, Mondo. Got unpacked. Checked the rifles. And headed out. We decided to go east and hunt right on the coast. We were in the pasture maybe 10 minutes and saw a group of 3 young bulls. They went from 0 to 1000 MPH immediately. I knew they were skittish but dang!! We saw a bunch of animals that evening. Lots of cows. Several young bulls. A couple big mature bulls but in the wide open with no way to get even remotely close. I was enjoying seeing new country. Thousands of birds. Waterfowl, all kinds and colors of birds small and large. Varmints. Deer. Hogs. Nilgai. A very cool place to be. We hunted from 1:30 till dark. No shots fired. Ate dinner. Drank some whiskey by the fire then went to bed to hunt this morning.
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