There has been a name change made to my friends hunting operation, from Cottonwood Springs Hunting Services, to Stewart Ranch Enterprises.

Same person, same land, just a new name.

Hunts being offered at this time are for feral hogs.

The Feral Hog hunts available are as follows, 3 Day/3 Night, Friday afternoon thru Monday morning at $450.00 per person, for 2 hogs.

A.R. Members price is $350.00.

Hunting is done from box blinds that will accommodate 2 hunters per blind, heaters, if needed will be furnished.

Spotlighting for hogs can be arranged.

Accommodations at a local motel can be arranged at an additional cost, or accommodations in a cabin on one of the ranches may be available.

We have a lot of hogs coming in to all of the feeders we are running on the approximately 20,000 acres we have access to, so far this fall all of our hunters have been successful.

You can email Robert at rjs@brazosnet.com or call him @ 1-940-564-6722 for more information or to book a hunt.

The following pictures were taken at one of the feeders on the ranch in Baylor county, east of Seymour Texas a few miles.






The following pictures were taken at a feeder in Young county, a few miles south of Olney.






It is about 40 miles distance between the places where these pictures were taken.

Where is this ranch located in Texas?

The hunting areas are located in Young, Archer and Baylor counties, which are about 50 miles south and south west of Wichita Falls.

I'll be going down to see Robert end of March, first pig hunt for me Thanks for posting this Crazy.

That's a helluva good deal!

Mad Dog

Just got back from this hunt a few weeks back, wanted to let anyone interested know what a great time we had. Robert and Randall went way above and beyond to make it a great hunt for a couple of first timers.

How did you do?

So you shoot them over bait at night?

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
How did you do?

Ted, we did good and bad(not really the place for a hunt report but here you go anyhow). The good was lots of hogs seen, and enough shots taken-the bad being poor shots and poor hunting weather. We were supposed to be there for 3 days, but unfortunately the big storm that came through CO(16 inches on the front range and closed roads all over)in late March messed up our departure times. Both of us on a limited schedule we couldn't reschedule or add a day on the other end so we just had to lose a day of our hunt, to which Robert and Randall decided since we had such a short time there was no way we could learn the area well enough to have any success so essentially had Randall act as our guide for the limited time we had. This it turns out was invaluable and really above and beyond antyhing we had expected. We tried spot and stalk and a few times felt we were in there with them, but could never get any good looks, and this was mostly due to weather, both days we were there the wind was gusty and unpredictable kind of coming from all different directions at will until the evening when it seemed to die down a bit. We did hunt in blinds in the evening, yes over feeders, not sure where that comes from as I see it this is a relatively accepted practice in hog hunting. Both nights we went out we had hogs come in on us, first night I was in the blind a had a ~160 yard shot on a group, and for the life of me still don't know what happened with that shot. I have always been one that while I don't consider myself a "good shot" I can usually tell you from the instant I let off if it was a decent shot, this one felt great, good hold, nice release everything seemed right, but I missed that thing completely. Now at this point it all happened so fast, Randall said he thought I missed it and to be truthful I thought he must be full of shit since the shot seemed perfect to me, so they go running up the hill to the right of our blind and the one I was shooting at stops and well it looked like he wobbled, Randall says maybe you did hit him, hit him again(thinking the exact thing my damn self)I pull off a shot on him as he takes off running to the far right of the blind at about 125yrds, since I am at the far edge of the blind window I pull at the very last second and didn't lead him enough. Tagged him in the rear somewhere and he took off squealing and hollering for the hills. Randall and I spend several hours looking for him until we had no blood trail and no batteries left for lights to look for him. This pig really pissed me off as it was never recovered, only made me mad at me, if my first shot had counted none of the rest would ever have come into play. My friend Mike had a nice shot on a pig that had to go 200lbs plus, with decent tusks with his being a complete miss. To his credit he was battling a gusty cross wind at around 190 yards, had he pulled it off it would have been a fantastic shot. I picked the blind that had the wind blowing directly from the feeder to the blind, figuring it would be easier to buck the wind head on than trying to Kentucky windage a gusting crossing wind(I was wrong).

The second night we both set up in the same blind on an area that looked to be positively sick with hog activity, both in one as this location only had the one blind over two feeders. Shortly after dark the hogs came in and the wind died down for the first time since we got there. We had agreed obviously that I would shoot one off the right and Mike one off the left, which got interesting when he asked me, which one do you have, me-"do you see the big one there in the middle?"........................mike-"hold on"..............mike-"okay, I'm on him", me-"I didn't mean for you to shoot him you ass, lemmee pick another". So I got settled on one and we did a very nice version of 1, 2, 3 boom! Honestly wish I had it on tape you would be hard pressed to find identify two different shots. So the big one goes down on the left, with one little kick of his back leg and then still, and nothing down on the right, where I shot. So Robert/Randall decide we should wait just a few minutes and see if they come back in and maybe get another, at this point I am feeling like shit, thinking I missed another damned pig on the last night of my hunt. After about 2 or 3 minutes I look down with my binos(was full moon so you could see great)and I'll be darned if the big one that Mike laid out is staggering around, two or three steps, then flop on his butt, two or three, then fall forward, then he stood still wobbles a bit(honestly looked like a drunk shaking his head)ran about 3 steps and stops kind of shakes himself again and bam moves off behind a bush. During the whole episode I am telling Mike to shoot him again, unfortunately while it took me a few minutes to type that out, it all took far less than a minute to actually happen and I think everyone was too shocked to react quickly-this pig had been down and out-no movement. So we head down and low and behold there is the little one I shot in the top of the shoulder/spine behind some bushes, the 300 WM had flopped that little bugger back soundly. Where the larger hog had lay was copious blood, some bone fragments, and no hog! We trailed him until nearly midnight when no more blood spoor was found and the chase called off as he was clearly moving off quickly and leaving no trail. We spent the next day, about 17 hrs worth in my truck driving home and that hog was the topic of conversation off and on the whole way.

Curious if any of you hog hunters have any idea what happened here that would put a pig down so soundly and then let him run off as though he had virtually nothing wrong? My personal theory is that he got his shot a bit high, and close enough to the spine that either a brush-by or hydrostatic pressure was enough to KO the pig, but not kill him, just a good solid shot the the CNS that the animal recovered from and left as the shot was too high and involved no vitals. Any theories?

So as to how we did, well as for killing and bringing home the bacon-not so hot; bad shooting, poor weather and some weird luck saw to that. As to the hunt itself it was a blast and something we plan to do again. Robert and Randall are both stand up guys who really tried to do right by us, and I can't say enough good about them, plus the two of them argue like an old married couple which really helps pass the time in the blind if you lack patience as sorely as I do.

Seldom post but guided hogs for several years in Florida. Killed over 300 myself. I've seen several do just as you say. Flat out dead and get up and run away. I was lucky enough to kill two as they departed and found a high shot that hit gristle plate and the top protrusions from the spine. If you skin and butcher enough of them you'll find that the spine is lower than you think and it has high dorsal protrusions. Literally, in my mind, they get knocked out or momentarily paralyzed. The other thing I noticed that there was very little if any blood trail on these pigs. And yes, I've dug bullets and broadheads out of some very healthy pigs.
Don't know if this helps but your story brought back memories of a couple long nights in a swamp. Head, neck, or off shoulder to put them down. Best and keep going. Hogs are a blast especially when someone else does the skinning.

Nice looking boar there.