Field Report

	Ranger Creek Ranch Field Reports
Dates		Reported By



April 12	ARIZONA, COLORADO & TEXAS HUNTERS	Rick O
	Duane, Jason & Bethany Duffy, and Clint, Dale & Peyton Belnap returned for a combo turkey and hog hunt. The birds were still a bit tough to coax in, but the hunters did well. Duane, Jason & Clint took 2 birds each. Jason, Clint & Bethany had a bobcat come in to their turkey decoy seconds before the real birds got there. It all still worked out; Jason took a gobbler with a 10" beard and 1 ¼" spurs. When Dale and his son, Peyton, arrived, the rain and wind hit shutting the turkey activity down. The hogs proved again to be quite elusive during the time the hunters were able to hunt them. Here's looking to next year. Good job guys!




April 8	MISSISSIPPI TURKEY HUNTERS	Rick O
	Mike, Michael, & Joshua Fair came in from Mississippi for their fourth turkey hunt at Ranger Creek Ranch. With the Toms busy with real hens, it proved to be a tough hunt; but they all took home a turkey. Good job guys!



March 30	MINNESOTA HUNTERS	Rick O & Ricky Moss, Jr.
	Richard McKeever, Robert Carlson, Dana Byfuglien, & Al Roos arrived from northern MN to try their hand at wild hog and Rio turkey hunting. Despite hot and windy conditions, we did manage to find action early mornings and late evenings. The results were 2 Rio Grande turkeys, 3 hogs in the cooler, and 2 hogs too big to eat. There were many other close encounters with both, turkeys and hogs, as well as memories to last a lifetime. Good job guys!







March 27	COLORADO HOG HUNTERS	Holly Claybaugh
	Charlie Patterson, Tony Watson, Ed And James Frazar returned from Colorado for another hog hunt. They did a spot and stalk, as well as long well spent hours in the blinds hunting. It paid off in the tune of 6 hogs total. Ed Frazar's son, James, killed his very first hog on the last night of the hunt; a 250 lb sow. Congratulations guys on an awesome hunt.



March 25	COLORADO HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Larry Eberhart and Larry Vaughn, both from Colorado, returned to RCR for another hog hunt. They went home with smiles, 3 hogs, and a bunch of new stories to tell.



March 22	COLORADO HOG HUNTER	Rick O
	Jack Cahn arrived from Colorado to try his luck at this Texas hog hunting stuff. On his second night out he got a great boar. He, like many other first time hog hunters, had to go through the schedule change to hunt at night. This is not always easy to do, but he did well. Hope to see you back Jack!



March 17	NEW MEXICO & EL PASO, TEXAS HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Gary, James, Kalyn, & Trenton Jones arrived from New Mexico and El Paso, TX, to try their hand at hunting wild boar. Their hunt started slow, but then got exciting. Eight hogs went home with them. Another RCR first has happened: Three hogs from two shots with one hog having two holes in it. So both hunters can claim "two pigs with one shot"! Good job guys. Hope to see you all come back.



March 7	COLORADO FAMILY

	Jim, Janice, and Ryan Marshall

March 5	TEXAS HUNTERS	Rick O
	Ty McNeil, one Bob & Hunter Haygood, Rhett & Randy Bullock, and Tim Travis, all Texas natives arrived for a quick hog and bird hunt. The hogs proved to be elusive but they did get 20 Chukars and 3 pheasants along with the only guaranteed trophy at RCR: The trophy meals!


March 5	KANSAS HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Ty McNeil, one of our bird suppliers, and his friend, Jerry Fraser, arrived March 5, 2010 for a hog hunt. Ty got himself a great hog and I think we'll see them come back for more.




March 4	SOUTH DAKOTA HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Richard McConniel, Don Bauer, and Reed Tieszen arrived March 4, 2010 from South Dakota to try their hand at hog hunting RCR style. Hogs once again proved to be elusive, but Reed got himself a great boar. Had hunting conditions been better many a hog would have fallen. All three of these hunters hunted all night every night!


Feb 28	COLORADO HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Todd Clerkin, Gary Clerkin, Willis Helmich, Lonnie Lasha, Larry Lasha, and Steve Scherer arrived Feb. 28, 2010 for a 3 day hog hunt. Conditions were very tough. When they arrived it started raining creating mud everywhere and slowing hog activity. These hunters hunted long hours and were able to take 2 hogs home. We here at RCR want everybody to get opportunity, but sometimes mother nature pulls the rug out from under us.


Feb 28	KENTUCKY HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Returning hunters from Kentucky, Mike, Pat, and Kacy Bruce, and Steve Sprowles arrived Feb. 28, 2010 for a 5 day hog hunt. Kacy holds the ranch record for most hogs taken in one night with a bow (3). As far as I know, Steve is the only bowhunter who can put a little "English" on an arrow and still hit his target. And I just know Mike and Pat are on the verge of something extraordinary also! It has been a very tough hog season. These hunters took 3 hogs this year and had several other encounters. Oh, I almost forgot, Steve also holds the record for being growled at by the largest hog from a few feet!


Feb 27	NEW MEXICO HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Sean and Garrett Kelly, Jordan Slade, and Jeremy Valdez arrived on Feb. 27, 2010 from New Mexico for a 3 day hog hunt. After a few encounters with hogs they took 3 home. You guys will have to come back and even the score a bit.



Feb 26	TEXAS HUNTERS	Rick O
	Gordon VanAmburgh returned to RCR with Bob Schexnaydes, Cary Tauamachi, Gordon's daughter Anna, and her friend, Annabelle. Their hunt included hogs and upland birds. The results were one hog and many Chuckers. A couple of the hunters experienced a moonlight spot-n-stalk during which they encountered wild Audad Sheep! Hope to see them all back again!


Feb	MINNESOTA HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Repeat hunters, Matt Matson and Gordy Lund brought first time hog hunter, Todd Roberts, to RCR for a 4 day hog hunt. After tolerating mud, rain and a chilly wind, they went home to Minnesota with four hogs, one bobcat, one javelina, and one coyote. We have had a lot of rain, resulting in plenty of natural food for the hogs, making them tough to entice with the treat we offer.



Feb	COLORADO BOYS	Rick O
	Dan,"the hog man" Rieves, John Garbor, David Hurtin, Tim, Luke and Craig Brough came in for a nice weather hog hunt. Somehow they timed their hunt perfectly, we have been having very wet, cold and muddy conditions. While they hunted, the weather turned and it was simply beautiful! They hunted hard and were rewarded with 9 hogs to take back to Colorado. Most of their hogs were boars, a couple of which were mounters! Good job men.



Jan	TEXAS HUNTERS	Rance Rich
	Caleb Rossall, Brian Stone, Charles Stone, Chip Swinney, Ty Black, Steven O’Neal, and Justin Jones were here for the final weekend of duck season. Conditions and hunting had improved. A total of 39 ducks were taken. Several guys took ducks home to mount including two Goldeneyes. An afternoon pheasant hunt in some rolling terrain helped to burn off some calories from all the food they ate. All in all it was another exciting weekend at Ranger Creek Ranch.



Jan	TEXAS HUNTERS	Rance Rich
	Gib Fowler, Greg Carpenter, David Cason Justin McCaun, and Dustin Smith hunted ducks with us for one morning and pheasant that afternoon. Conditions for ducks had improved. They managed to take 6 ducks and 2 geese. Chasing pheasant that afternoon made for a good ending to a great time at Ranger Creek Ranch



Jan	TEXAS HUNTERS	Rance Rich
	Dennis Stansbury, Blake Stansbury, Kelley Mack, Adam Mack, and Jake Dipasquale were in for a weekend of duck hunting. Hunting was tougher than expected. Conditions went from everything being iced up to warm in a couple of days. This transition made it difficult. The group still managed to take some ducks and have a great time.



	DANCING TURKEYS
	Rick O got this footage the other day at Spring Lake be sure to turn up the volume so you get the full effect.



Jan 14	NEBRASKA HOG HUNTERS	Rick O
	Matt Vieselmeyer, Jerry Miller, Corey Schoeurock, Ryan Mikkelson, Ethan Epley, Tad Frahm, Tanner Lipousky, Parrish Frahm, and Luke Keen, all from Nebraska, came in for a hog hunt. The results were five hogs down and a few missed. Way to go guys!!



Jan	COLORADO HOG HUNTER	Rick O
	First time hunter to Ranger Creek, Brian Dupue from Colorado, stopped in for a 2-1/2 day hog hunt and to check out our operations. He saw around 25 hogs on the way to his stand the first night and shot one later. He shot another his second night out and saw many more. I pity the hogs that get in front of the weapon he carries!


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