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Available Hunts Hunting Season Our hunting season normally begins October 1 and ends the last Sunday in January, but the actual deer hunting dates are regulated by the Texas Parks &Wildlife.
Flat Top Ranch has been actively managing White-tailed deer since the construction of it's game fence in 1991. The principal method of management has been to let the animals age naturally, while controlling their population relative to the forage available. Limited use of supplemental feeding is provided by planting various crops, and during drought periods with high protein feed. While the family, and friends of the family, are primarily responsible for harvesting doe and cull bucks from the ranch, a limited number of trophy quality bucks are available for harvest. Our trophy bucks will average 140 points SCI. The ranch is now selling management 8-point buck hunts.
Trophy Rocky Mountain Bull Elk Flat Top Ranch reintroduced Rocky Mountain elk to the ranch in 1991. This effort has been extremely successful. Allowing elk to come off the mountain, where it was forced to retreat by man, has allowed the animals to come home to their natural habitat. Elk flourish on the grasslands! You must see it to believe it. The successful reintroduction of elk to the ranch allows Flat Top to offer trophy bull elk hunts. Our average trophy bulls score 340 SCI with many 300 point class bulls available. As of the summer of 2004 we estimate our herd to be around 600 head.
Scimitar Oryx, Blackbuck antelope and blesbuck are currently available for hunting. Although not available for hunting, Flat Top has reintroduced pronghorn antelope to the ranch. |
