Nevada
is a great trophy state and puts animals in the Boone
& Crockett book every year. For over fifteen
years we have been fulltime Nevada outfitters for
mule deer, antelope, California bighorn sheep, and
desert bighorn sheep. My hunts run from six to ten
days depending on species hunted.
Our mule deer hunts
run 6 days in which we would hope to see five to ten
bucks a day, with a good 28 to 30" buck, 4X4
or better our objective. Most of our clients are looking
for the largest mule deer that they have ever taken
and that is what we try to find. This Spot & Stalk
hunting that is done mostly on foot but travel to
hunting areas is done by 4X4 vehicles.
The high desert areas
that I hunt are about 5500ft in elevation. It is rolling
rim rock with high sage brush, bitterbrush with sparse
mountain mahogany and juniper. Lodging will depend
on the hunt location and camp may be a trailer; floored
and screened tent or on the December deer and later
lion hunts you will stay at our log lodge or motel.I do my scouting and
most of my mule deer, antelope and California Bighorn
hunts out of our 5-Mile Ranch. This
is 160 acres that is in the northern portion of unit
012 and borders the Sheldon Antelope Range
which is unit 033. It is easy to be a hundred
miles from nowhere in this part of Nevada so I always
have a satellite phone in camp or with me.
5~Mile Ranch Camp
