If you are planning a Texas trophy hunt, you might as well go big and stay in one of these Texas hunting ranches, lodges, or cabins. Most of these hunting ranches will have hunting guides and outfitters to help you bag the big ones, plus they offer a variety of amenities, great food and comfortable hunting accommodations. Each of the following hunting lodges and cabins offer a wide variety of hunting experiences, including white tail deer, boar, javelina, exotics, and more plus birds including pheasant, dove, quail, and waterfowl. Most also provide skeet shooting, meat processing, dog kennels and other hunting services.
West Texas Hunting Lodges
Lajitas Golf Resort & Spa
Lajitas, Texas
Texas offers some of the finest hunting in the country and Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa is one of the finest hunting facilities in West Texas. They offer a variety of hunts with all sorts of meals, drinks and lodging packages. Read our review of Lajitas Golf Resort to learn more.
In addition to the resort, Lajitas also has a world class hunting Lodge. The Lajitas Hunt Club is a special retreat with unmatched opportunities for sport and camaraderie. Just 38 miles from the Lajitas Golf Resort and Spa.
The Resort & Club offers packaged hunts from 2 to 40 people or custom designed hunts to meet you and your parties’ individual requests. They offer Free Range Aoudad Hunts, Free Range Javelina Hunts, and Dove Hunts.
Central & South East Texas Hunting Lodges
Ox Hunting Ranch
Uvalde, Texas
Ox Ranch is the #1 native & exotic hunting ranch in Texas. They have become legendary for their over 18,000 acres for fair chase hunting and their Whitetail Deer Hunting. You will see thousands of free ranging wildlife including Giraffes, Kangaroos, Wildebeests, White Buffalo, Axis, Blackbucks, Zebras, and much more.
The ranch offers dozens of unique and invigorating activities including WWII tank driving, machine gun shooting, Skeet, caving, jet skiing, hiking, arrow head hunting, yoga, and just about anything else you can think of. Their accommodations rival many of the finest resorts in the world! You’ll love their luxurious lake front cabins, as well as award winning cuisine.
Read about our fun and adventurous Weekend Getaway at Ox Ranch.
Y.O. Ranch Headquarters
Mountain Home, Texas
This historic Texas Hill Country destination offers a premier wildlife experience through hunting, corporate and family retreats, tours, weddings and other activities. It could be a day trip to meet the giraffes and other amazing wildlife or a weekend adventure in one of their beautiful cabins.
Cuerno Grande
Hondo, Texas
You are invited to come spend a couple of days at Cuerno Grande enjoying Texas hospitality and big bucks. After all, Cuerno Grande means âbig horns,â and that is what they are all about. For the past 20 years hunters have enjoyed a success rate of over 100 percent. (Many hunters harvest a second buck, either trophy or management class.)
K3 Ranch
Hunt, Texas
Enjoy the warmth of the fireplace inside the lodge during winter, sit in the cool breeze on the front porch in summer. Set in the majestic hill country, the K3 offers world class exotic and native game hunting as well as accommodations in their limestone lodge, available throughout the year.
The Patio Ranch
Hunt, Texas
Today, deep in the Hill Country of Texas, the thrills of hunter, photographer and nature lover are preserved and nurtured at one of the first and finest game ranches in the country. The Patio Ranch offers some of the most exclusive, world-class, fair chase hunting for exotic game available in North America.
North Texas Hunting Lodges
Rough Creek Lodge
Glen Rose, Texas
Rough Creek Lodge resort is simply the finest resort with hunting in the state of Texas. First class upscale hunting resort for quail, chukar, and pheasant, deer, turkey, and hog hunts.
Luxurious lodging, fine dining, and a host of fun things to see and do like a beautiful family pool and water park, horseback riding, ATVs and a beautiful spa.
Greystone Castle
Mingus, Texas
Conveniently located near the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, Greystone Castle has been widely recognized for offering some of the best hunting for upland birds, whitetail deer, and exotics in Texas. Which is one of the reasons that Orvis Company has fully endorsed Greystone Castle – one of only 30 endorsed Orvis Company destinations!
In addition to superb hunting on over 5000 acres, Greystone Castle offers luxury accommodations, gourmet dinning, and superior service. During your stay you can also enjoy trophy bass fishing, safari ranch tours, a world class sporting clays course, and more.
Author: Simon Trask
Simon loves Texas and the Great Outdoors. From East Texas pines to West Texas mountains, he calls North Texas home but is always ready to float a river in Hill Country or go fishing on the Gulf Coast. Simon loves camping and road trips as well, whether it's cruising Highway 287, 82, 69 or 281, that's the true way to see what Texas is all about!
