Crystal Creek Bowhunting Ranch

[Swanyriver]

Genital
Boned

Cleaniong the Dr Pepper off my screen.....

[tree stand]

There's 5 of us going next month on the 8th and 9th. We're hunting Friday and Saturday. Javier ( the ranch manager) claims we want be disappointed. I hope he's right. He does seem to be real easy to work with, from the conversations we've had. We're going after exotics, hogs, and turkey.
Well keep ya'll posted

[tree stand]

Not that good of a report from CCR. Got back yesterday from CCR, ended up being 4 of us going. We got there Thursday after noon as planed and no Javier (guide) . I called him and he was in Uvalde with his girl friend. He said he would be there for the morning hunt. He showed up at 9:00am , 3 hr's late. Took us out, I saw 1 Axis buck, still in velvet.(can't shoot), know one else saw anything. Afternoon hunt not any better, nothing seen. Sat. morning, nothing seen. Sat. evening , 2 hogs shot, none recovered. Fair hog lease, not so fair exotic lease. Camp was trashed from previous hunters. Dogs running all over the place. Want go back.

[kd350]

Man that sucks

[Adam G.]

That sucks. I went there a few years ago and it was ok. I shot an auodad ewe and a hog and my wife shot a ram and a hog. Sounds like it's going down hill. The guide when I went was Steve and did his best to get us on game.

[Bowhuntamistad]

Sounds like you need a partial refund if you lost hunting time at their fault.

[tree stand]

Yes it left a very bad taste in our mouth from him not offering us an extra morning hunt to make it up. But no offer, so that why I will never go back or recommend this place ever again. This place could be really good if it had someone who gives a ****.

[bahhart]

What a shame, this sort of thing needs to come to a stop, only wish we knew how, these forums will hopefully be seen by the owners and the guide. Thanks for the heads up, sorry you had a bad trip...

[Terry]

I assume Maurice Chambers still owns the place, call him.

[Brinkley]

I assume Maurice Chambers still owns the place, call him.

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[IkemanTX]

To be honest, having 100 bucks killed in 4 years and openly admitting nothing bigger than a 140 whitetail being shot makes it a no-go for paying for me. The exotics may be a different story though.


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[Tattooed Hunter]

I have a hunt booked there. Maurice Chambers does own the ranch. I love hunting at Chambers, in the top 3 places I have hunted at the pricing they have. I am hoping for decent results at CCR, but based on what I am hearing it may not be worth it. We all have different hunting styles though, I have found at these types of places you have to think WAY outside the box to be successful. If you are going for a relaxing weekend, you probably will not kill much. You have to work your tail off at places like this. I will give a report after our trip the second week of bow season!

[Hoss163]

I hunted there a few years ago has a lot of whitetail and decent Rams find a good trail and build you a homemade brush blind !! Has a cool hunting lodge on top of the barn nice stock tank so take your fishing pole for middle of the day down time !

[Terry]

Years ago Mr. Chambers told me that he is trying to offer the average bowhunter an average chance at an average deer. He said if you want hunt P&Y deer his was not the place. With that said I have hunted his ranches several times. Each time was fun although I did not get an animal every time. What I did learn ,bring your A game. His place made me a better bow hunter.

[SanAngeloBowman]

Ive hunted his place in Sabinal several times for hogs but saw many other exotics. Didn't see much in way of Whitetail. I have been thinking about doing the CCR thing though so an update after the hunt would be great.