This 3,000-acre hunting lease is located West Kerr County. It features a multi-room lodge that can sleep medium-large groups of hunters. This annual lease has several hunting blinds, as well as fishing water. The management prefers to work with seasoned hunters, rather than corporate clients. Firearms are the only hunting methods allowed. Game available there includes whitetail deer, white wing doves, Rio Grande turkeys, mourning doves, foxes, bobcats, feral hogs and coyotes. The managing ranch also has exotic animals available, such as aoudad, fallow and blackbuck, but they are not included in the lease.
Hillcrest Ranch
17802 North U.S. Hwy. 83
Hunt, TX 78024
830-640-3304
This family-run lease is 10 miles from Llano. It features 3,700 hill country acres divided into seven pastures. The lease can accommodate groups from three to 12 hunters. The lodging facilities include a cabin, two-burner hotplates, electricity, fuel and map of the pasture. Hunters must bring their own bedrolls, guns, pots and pans, food and utensils. Each pasture features a tower, ladder and ground stands, as well as two or more electric feeders. This lease offers both rifle and archery hunting. The major game hunted includes wild turkeys, deer and hogs. The archery season is usually in October and the rifle season in November. Hog hunts begin Feb. 1 and end at the end of June.
Winkel Ranch
1505 Ford St.
Llano, TX 78643
325-247-5000
winkelranch.com
This ranch is registered in the Texas Family Land Heritage Program, which means it has been in the same family for more than 100 years. It is in southwest Llano County adjacent to Enchanted Rock State Park. It has 1,245 acres with granite outcroppings, sandy creeks and thick coverage. It offers a western-style lodge as well as a guest cottage. The ranch is leased during the gun deer season, and has off-season hunts for hogs, turkeys, quail and doves.
Dutch Mountain Ranch
P.O. Box 488
Llano, TX 78643
325-247-4074
centuryranchlodging.com
