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Spring 2009 Texas Turkey Hunting
We are taking reservations for the Spring 2009 Turkey Hunting season. The season begins March 28th and will continue
until May 5th, 2009. The fee for 2009 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 Del 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 increases for 2009 reflect our operating costs from our previous 2008 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.
Additional hunts in the Oklahoma section of our operation may be arranged upon request. This will require an Oklahoma hunting license, the season is almost exactly the same as the Texas season
however Oklahoma state law stipulates a 2-bird season limit.
Darren and Ralph
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