Joshua Creek Ranch
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Address
132 Cravey Rd
Boerne, TX 78006-7717
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Contact Info
Joe and Ann Kerchville
Additional Info
Public or Private Destination: Public, Member
Type of Shoots: Field, Tower, Driven
Game/Birds Offered: Dove, Quail, Pheasant, Chukar, Hungarian Partridge, Turkey
Gun Dogs: Guides & Dogs, Allow Hunters to Bring Their Dogs
Other Hunting/Sporting Opportunities: Clays, Deer Hunting, Fishing
Lodging: Clubhouse, Lodging, Meals, Instruction
The Ranch is a rare combination of natural beauty, exceptional facilities, and friendly folks who know what world-class wing shooting is all about. During the fall and winter, we're all about wingshooting for Texas bobwhite quail, chukar, Hungarian partridge, and pheasant, as well as game hunting for Hill Country Whitetail deer and the Rio Grande turkey during the designated season for these animals. And for those who want that trophy Axis buck, you can hunt Axis year round!
In the spring and summer, we move to the call of the hammock instead of the call of the hunt! We cater to outdoor aficionados in the spring and summer months who crave a natural and secluded setting to fish & float, canoe & kayak, and hike & bike. Joshua Creek Ranch is a great place to have your family reunion, your corporate retreat or workshop, your wedding, or any other special destination event.
If you're not a hunter, but you are a shooting enthusiast who likes the competition of sporting clays, we offer a world-class, ten-station sporting clays course! Call for reservations, please.
It's our goal to make Joshua Creek Ranch a safe, exciting and thoroughly rewarding retreat for every outdoor enthusiast, every time, any time of the year!
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Hunting
A giant Live Oak tree sheltering the flagstone terrace of Joshua Creek Ranch Lodge has been growing there for hundreds of years. It is a magnificent reminder of the time nature required to produce the perfect bird hunting environment.
Hunters can choose from quail, pheasant, chukar, and Hungarian Partridge in a season that runs from October 1st through March 31st. There is whitetail deer and the big rack Axis, as well as Rio Grande turkey. In addition to a variety of game, we offer an expansive array of bird hunts: Traditional Walk-up Shooting with experienced bird dogs, European-Style Driven Pheasant Shooting - just imagine hundreds of prime pheasants exploding from bluffs and ridges to challenge your shotgunning skill as they lift high overhead -- and the new Continental Pheasant Shoot, where hunters and their dogs rotate through ten challenging stations, with a variety of different terrain retrieves.
Our experienced guides know the land, the wildlife, and the essentials of hunting. They are, literally, at your side to instruct, if needed, to assist, or simply to find the birds and handle the dogs.
A variety of wingshooting packages and deer and turkey hunting options are available, or a custom package can be developed to meet your specific preference.
Just north of San Antonio, nestled in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, visitors will find 1200 acres of the finest wingshooting they'll ever experience. Specializing in European-style driven pheasant shoots and walk-up hunts for a variety of upland gamebirds -- chukar, Hungarian partridge, pheasant, and quail -- Joshua Creek Ranch is serious about providing a hunting experience for its guests and members that will long be remembered as an exceptional adventure.
Hunting Styles
Joshua Creek Ranch offers three styles of hunting: the traditional walk-up hunt, the European-style Driven Pheasant Shoot, and the Continental Shoot.
Dogs
Joshua Creek Ranch had professionally trained field dogs -- pointers, flushers, and retrievers -- that accompany our guides on all of the hunts.
Wing Shooting Packages
Joshua Creek Ranch offers a variety of Wing Shooting Packages from half-day mixed bag hunts for pheasant, chukar, partridge and quail to two and three day overnight hunt packages, half-day driven pheasant shoots, and continental shoots for pheasant and partridge.
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Deer and Turkey Hunting
You'll experience Whitetail deer, Axis deer, and turkey hunting at its best on beautiful, 1200-acre Joshua Creek Ranch! It is not unusual to spot trophy-size Axis bucks with 30-inch+ beams grazing in the fields. Rio Grande turkeys can also be seen feeding and roosting especially in the protection of the forested acreage and the Guadalupe River banks. Over 20 blinds and feeders are maintained year-round, providing hunters with one of the most satisfying hunting experiences in the Texas Hill Country. Guests can hunt for Hill Country Whitetail and/or Rio Grande Turkey in the seasons established by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Axis deer can be hunted year-round. For Axis and Whitetail deer, you can have a guided hunt if you desire, or our guides will take you to your blind and come back for you when you’re ready. As soon as you harvest your deer or turkey, give us a call on your cell phone and we’ll be right there to help you recover your kill and field dress it. Aging, processing and/or taxidermy of your harvested animal is available.
Reservations are required. Hunters are also required to sight in their rifles before their hunt. Joshua Creek Ranch has a convenient shooting area that guests use free of charge for this purpose. For your convenience, you may purchase your hunting license at the Joshua Creek Ranch Pro Shop. To promote ethical hunting practices, guests are charged a harvest fee if they shoot and blood is found, but no carcass is recovered.
Deer and Turkey Hunting Fees*
* Blind Fee Per Day (for non-members), $75
* Guided half Day Deer/Turkey Hunting , $125
* Guided Full Day Deer/Turkey Hunting, $230
*Guide Fees are not included in the Trophy Fee*
Harvest and Processing Fees*
* Whitetail doe or spike: *$175 ($95 if Whitetail Buck is also harvested)
* Whitetail Buck up to 7 points, $550; 8 points and over, $800.
* Axis Doe, $250
* Axis Buck, $1250 up to 26" $125 for each 1" over
* Whitetail Deer Field Dressing, $25
* Deer Skin & Quarter, $65
* Deer Skin, Age, De-bone, & Vacuum Seal, $120
Turkey
* Turkey, $250/tom, harvested
* Turkey, Processed $30
* Turkey, Plucked $50
Whitetail and turkey hunts can only be booked during the seasons set by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Hunters are required to sight in their rifles before their hunt.
*Prices are subject to change without notice
For your convenience you may purchase your hunting license at Joshua Creek Ranch
Outdoor Recreation
Hunting is not the only outdoor recreation that we offer at Joshua Creek Ranch. If you're not a hunter, but you're a gun and shooting enthusiast, then you should definitely try our world class, ten-station Sporting Clays course; or come out and shoot some rounds at our Wobble Trap!
There's plenty to do at the Ranch without even picking up a gun. You can fly fish for rainbow trout in spring-fed Joshua Creek from November through April (catch and release) and you can fish year-round for Guadalupe Bass, Large Mouth Bass, Blue Gill, Crappie, and Blue and Channel Catfish. You can float the Guadalupe River in the spring and summer. We have tubes, kayaks, and canoes and we'll take you to your put-in point and pick you up at your final destination. (What could be better!) Finally, between May and September, you can hike and bike the back woods trails and pasture roads of Joshua Creek Ranch. There are rolling hills, deep valleys, and numerous water crossings. What more could you want in an invigorating hiking or mountain bike riding experience!
Water Sports
There's nothing quite like floating the Guadalupe River to find relief from the Texas heat! We have 2 miles of the river that border the north boundary of the Ranch -- and best of all, it's private, not crowded, and the scenery is deep-in-the-heart of Texas Hill Country!
Fly Fishing and Instruction
Have you ever noticed that fly fishing is always done in beautiful places? That's why spring-fed Joshua Creek is the perfect place for fly fishing in the Texas Hill Country!
Conference & Events
Joshua Creek Ranch is conveniently located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. If you want to escape the city and clear your head, then clear your calendar and schedule your corporate event, meeting, seminar, retreat, company picnic, family reunion, or special destination event with us! We're only 15 minutes from Boerne, 10 minutes from Comfort, 35 minutes from Fredericksburg, 30 minutes from Kerrville, 45 minutes from San Antonio, 2 hours from Austin, and 3 hours from Houston. You won't regret that you planned your event in the Texas Hill Country at Joshua Creek Ranch. There's something for everybody, no matter what time of year, when you bring your group to the Ranch!
Meetings & Seminars
What do you see outside of YOUR conference window? Why not try the serenity of the Texas Hill Country when you hold your next meeting?
Workshops, Retreats & Reunions
Retreat to paradise and have your next workshop, retreat, or family reunion at Joshua Creek Ranch!
Corporate Events
Sometimes the best way to mind your business is to get away from it!
Youth Outdoor Adventure Program Summer Camp for Kids Hunter Education Certification Shooting Lessons Archery Fly Fishing Upland Gamebird Identification
Joshua Creek Ranch's Youth Outdoor Adventure Program is a hit with kids and parents alike! We specialize in skill building activities for boys and girls, ages 8-17.
Weddings
Create your dream destination wedding on a gorgeous 1200-acre ranch in the beautiful Texas Hill Country!
Lodging
At Joshua Creek Ranch, lodging is defined as rustic elegance in the Hill Country -- cozy, comfortable, but with a style reminiscent of the great hunting lodges in Europe. Dining is always a delight, with four-course gourmet game dinners featured during the Fall and Winter hunting (“high”) season, and similar, but lighter fare during the Spring and Summer (“low” season).
Dining
Joshua Creek Ranch offers year-round dining. In the Fall and Winter, appetizers are served around the stone firepit on the oak-canopied, natural flagstone patio, with sumptuous gourmet game dinners served by candlelight in the cozy dining room of the Main Lodge. During Spring and Summer, we serve appetizers and a lighter menu on the patio, weather permitting.
Lodging
Retreat, relax, refresh, and rejuvenate at Joshua Creek Ranch. Our lodging reflects the rugged beauty of the Texas Hill Country combined with the creature comforts of home!
Clay Shooting
The premier location of Joshua Creek Ranch in the spectacular Texas Hill Country makes its Sporting Clays Course one of the most beautiful in the country according to well-traveled shooters. Joshua Creek Ranch offers two clay target shooting venues: Sporting Clays and Wobble Trap. Either venue can be organized into a variety of shooting scenarios such as instruction, practice, competition, or games. Both are available in easy walking distance from the Main Lodge, Main Lodge Suite, and the Long Haus. Steel shot is required for both sporting clays and wobble trap.
Sporting Clays
Joshua Creek Ranch boasts two Sporting Clays course! We have a traditional 10-station Sporting Clays course where targets are lauched in a variety of ways approximating a different hunting scenario at each station. We also offer our new Continental Clays course, where targets are launched from overhead, simulating a driven pheasant shoot or continental pheasant shoot. Shooters rotate through ten different stations, and clays of varying size are used, approximating the different sizes of pheasants on a pheasant shoot. The Continental Clays course is a great training tool for novice shooters who are about to experience their first driven pheasant shoot. Sporting Clays are offered year-round from 8:00 am until dark, in rounds of 50 or 100 targets. A trapper accompanies every squad of shooters that enters the course to ensure safety and appropriate operation of the traps for consistency of targets. The course features novice-friendly targets since the fun is in breaking targets, not missing them. For competition shoots, a couple of difficult stations are added to the mix to separate the great from the good shooters.
The Wobble Trap
The Wobble Trap area is lighted and available year-round from 7:00am until 9:30 pm for practice, instruction, and games. Bird hunters are encouraged to shoot a few practice rounds here before departing for their field hunts. The wobble trap is the perfect scenario for beginning shooters or those needing practice or fine-tuning of a certain shot. The Wobble Trap setting is such that shooters can position themselves to get any angle they want on the target: going away, quartering left or right, incoming, etc. The Wobble Trap offers an endless opportunity for a variety of shooting games, including “missin’ out,” “baseball,” “poison bird,” and more.
Shooting Instruction
Joshua Creek Ranch maintains full time shooting instructors for beginning shooters. If you need some instruction at the Wobble Trap before beginning your Sporting Clays, we'll be glad to assist! Professional instructors for more advanced shooters can be arranged with advance notice.
Shooting Events
Sporting Clays and Wobble trap are fun and economical when it comes to entertaining a large group of shooters. Custom packages can be developed for shooting events that include instruction, a competition course, prizes, meals, and beverages, etc. Joshua Creek Ranch is an excellent, attractive location for charity and other fundraising events.
Shooting Equipment and Supplies
Joshua Creek Ranch maintains an inventory of approximately 10 Berretta double barrel, over and under rental shotguns, ammunition for all shotgun gauges, and a variety of ammo carriers.
Shooting Instruction
Joshua Creek Ranch maintains full time shooting instructors for beginning shooters. Shooting instruction for beginners will cover basic gun safety items such as how to carry a gun, how to properly load your gun, and how to aim and position your gun when shooting. The differences between the various shotgun gauges are explained, as well as the kinds and varieties of shells, from the gauge to the differences between - - and the uses for -- lead and steel shot. What is the difference between an over- and-under, or a side-by-side shotgun? What is meant by “high brass” and “low brass”? Do I need to sight in a shotgun? Why can't I hunt deer or turkey with a shotgun? All of these questions and more are covered by an instructor. Hunting etiquette and field safety rules are covered, as well. You will be taken to our Wobble Trap, where your instructor will carefully guide you through the fundamentals of loading, aiming, and firing at clay targets. From there, after a few rounds of target shooting, if you've scheduled a hunt, you're ready for the challenge of a covey of quail, or a ring-neck pheasant bursting from the high grass.
Professional instructors for more advanced shooters can be arranged with advance notice.
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