FAQ

Please let us know your arrival time to the lodge.  We want to make sure that your guide is there to greet you and go over any prehunt items.  Our Cook would also like to know if we need to have lunch or dinner ready upon your arrival.  You can call our Office at 830-367-7611, or email us at [email protected]  in advance to give us an approximate time.  

As far as Lodging goes, we have the food, drinks, beer, comfortable beds, towels, soap, shampoo…you should consider bringing the following with you:

-          Binoculars

-          Personal Toiletries and Medication

-          Pre-sighted Gun and Ammo (we do rent rifles for $25 per day)

-          Appropriate Clothing (check weather in advance for Ingram, TX to see whether it may rain or extreme temperatures)

-          Coolers if you’re taking meat home

 

We do sell Texas Hunting License at our office and can add that cost to your invoice.  These will run from $7 for Youth Hunters up to $315 for Non-Resident Whitetail Hunters.  Please make sure you know your Social Security number so you may obtain a license…this is Texas Parks and Wildlife Regulations.  

We have a great working relationship with Wildlife Market Taxidermy in Ingram, TX.  They mount around 750 animals each year ranging from Elk, Whitetail, Wild Boar, African Game, North American Sheep to the African Big 5.  We can take you on a tour of the facility and pricing can be seen online here: http://wildlifemarket.com/price_list.php

You are welcome to use any taxidermist you wish in our immediate area, and we will transport the cape and head to them at no charge, or alternatively, take the cape and head with you.  

The majority of our clients use Bernhard’s Meat Processing in Ingram, TX for their meat processing.  Bernhard’s has been in Business for over 60 years and is one of the most trusted wild game meat processors in the State.  Bernhard’s Website and Meat Processing Options can be found online here: http://www.bernhardmeat.com/deerpro1.htm

 

Meat Processing times will vary with the size of the animal.  Whitetail, Hogs, African Game will typically hang for 7 days, then processed exactly how you order (2 steaks to a package, 1lb Burger packaging with beef fat or brisket, etc.)  Sausage and other cured products will take a bit longer as there are more steps to the process.  

Bernhard's Meat Processing ships Nationwide either via FedEx 2nd day or Refrigerated Freight (you typically need at least 300 lbs. of meat for Freight and have shipped to a business address).

 

Alternatively, we can quarter your animals and put them in a cooler so you can take them home with you with the exception of Buffalo and Elk.  Buffalo and Elk must go to the Meat Processor for skinning and Quartering due to the size of the animal  (there will be a charge for this typically in the $200 range per animal)

 

Our guides only Skin for Rug or Shoulder/Pedestal mount and Quarter the animals…we do not break down the muscle groups or take off the bone.  We will hang these quarters in our Walk-in Cooler at the lodge and help you load when you are ready.  Please keep in mind the time of year for this process…if it is 90 degrees outside time is of the essence and it may be best to go strait to the processor.

Our guides will skin your animal for a Shoulder Mount, Pedestal Mount or Rug.  Our guides do not take the capes off the skull.  If you require life-size or half life-size skinning, or need the cape taken off the skull, we will call our taxidermists to skin the animal appropriately.  In this case, a small skinning fee is added to the invoice typically in the $25-$50 range per animal.  

 

If you want to have your cape expedited/shipped, we will have our taxidermists flesh and salt the capes, then ship when dry.  Keep in mind that they do need to dry and typically are not available to take home with you right away salted.  

 

Our Cook will do their best to accommodate any food allergies or restrictions. Please let us know in advance so accommodations can be made. 

 

We will settle up with you at the lodge at the conclusion of your hunt.  We accept Check, Cash and Credit Cards for final payment.  We also accept wire transfers.  

 

We do not include a gratuity to staff in our pricing.  This amount is up to you and is greatly appreciated by our staff, though industry norm is around 10% of your hunt to be distributed to the Guide and Cook.