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Spring 2010 Texas Turkey Hunting
 We are taking reservations for the Spring 2010 Turkey Hunting season. The season begins April 3rd and will
continue until May 16th, 2010. The fee for 2010 is $600.00 per hunter booking a three day hunt on the main Saltfork River Ranch and $200.00 per additional day if needed.. We offer three or four day hunts only
on the Saltfork River properties. The Saltfork ranch will impose a two bird limit on all hunts; only one mature Rio gobbler may be harvested per day and of the two bird limit, a young hunter will be allowed one
jake. The ranch provides an ideal habitat for the Rio Grande Wild Turkey species, as there are ample roosting areas, a river, multiple creeks and miles of rolling prairies covered with sage and mesquite. We
have alfalfa, peanut, rye, millet and winter wheat plots throughout the ranch. The Saltfork ranch area is covered with scrub oak and produces millions of acorns each season. A new
parcel on land covering 2 sections has been available since the 2008 hunt. There are numerous corn feeders throughout the ranch to hold birds close to hunting areas. We do not
hunt over our turkey feeders; they are used only to keep birds circulating on the ranch. We have developed a number of new food plots for turkeys that will enhance hunting throughout the ranch.
The following stipulations apply to each respective Saltfork turkey hunt:
1.Only National Wild Turkey Federation Members will be booked
2.Only two Rio gobblers can be taken per hunter and they must be longbeards
3.No rifle hunting will be allowed, all turkeys must be taken with a shotgun or bow
4.No more than 6 persons may be booked on the same section of the ranch at the same time period
5.All hunts will be a 3-day minimum.
The price has not increased for 2010; prices reflect our operating costs from each previous season. It is due to only two things—the price of gas and corn!!!! Our reduction of bag
limits will insure a higher proportion of mature long bearded gobblers each spring season. Saltfork Hunts has the philosophy that it is the hunting experience, not just the kill that is
of prime interest. The challenge is in the hunt—the calling of that mature Rio gobbler and the visual and auditory memories that remain long after the season has been concluded.
Darren and Ralph
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