Covert Ranch
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Address
800 Bering Dr Ste 202
Houston, TX 77057-2130
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Contact Info
Charles Covert
Additional Info
Public or Private Destination: Public
Type of Shoots: Field
Game/Birds Offered: Dove, Quail, Turkey
Gun Dogs: Available
Other Hunting/Sporting Opportunities: Clays, Deer
Lodging: Available
Heritage South Texas Ranch: The Covert Cattle Company was purchased in 1989 by a 4th generation Texas rancher. It encompasses four square miles of rugged brush country on the old Pony Express route from Laredo to San Antonio and has continuously been a working cattle ranch for over 100 years.
Its three enterprises now include its commercial cow-calf operation, performance quarter horse breeding program and ambitious whitetail deer management for 17 years, producing many statewide deer-contest winners and the Texas state record for horn mass - over 48 inches!
Our main goal at the Covert Ranch is to serve you. Whether you are coming to the Covert Ranch for our huge whitetail deer, our quarter horse breeding opportunities, our commercial cattle operations, our bird hunting or our culinary services; we are dedicated to making sure you have the ultimate Covert Ranch experience.
We hope that you will become one of the many satisfied visitors that have experienced the Covert Ranch.
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Texas Bird Hunting:
Covert Cattle Company offers weekend and weekday Texas bird hunts. The Covert Ranch specializes in corporate and business entertainment in a family environment.
*Whitewing & Mourning Dove Hunts
*Blue & Bobwhite Quail Hunts
*Spring Turkey Hunts
Fees:
*Turkey: $800.00 2 days, guide, lodging, shotgun or bow only, limit 2 birds.
*Quail or Dove: $1500.00 2 days, guided, with lodging for up to
15 hunters; $800.00 for 2 days for self-guided groups.
*ALL HUNTS - Non-hunting companion fee - $250.00. Prices may change
without notice.
Facilities:
Professional guides to make your hunt both successful and comfortable. Sporting clays, hunting videos, dog kennel, game cleaning setup, taxidermy pickup, cold storage and ice machines on site. Executive Conference Center and Retreat.
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Texas Whitetail Deer Hunting: No other Texas whitetail deer hunting ranch has so consistently produced trophy whitetail bucks in a traditional environment with only existing native genetics. No breeding or shooting pens, no trucked-in deer, no introduction of out-of-state deer and no eartags. This is Texas deer hunting at its best!
Consistent Contest Winners:
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'01-02:
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*185 1/8 gross (14 point) - Seven 1st places - Cola Blanca, El Monstruo del Monte, Los Cuernos de Tejas, Trophy Game Records Big Buck Contest, Los Cazadores and 2 more |
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'99-00:
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*2nd Best Overall Buck, Muy Grande Contest
*Fabulous drop tine 170-class buck |
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'98-99:
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*184 6/8 gross (15 point). Set record for horn mass (over 48")
*Four 1st places - Cola Blanca, Los Cuernos de Tejas, Los Cazadores, Muy Grande |
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'97-98:
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*184 6/8 gross (17 point) - Three 1st places - Los Cuernos de Tejas, Los Cazadores, Muy Grande; 2nd place - Cola Blanca
*178 gross (13 point with 7" drop tine) - 1st place Cola Blanca; 2nd place Los Cazadores; 1st place Most Tines, Muy Grande
*180 gross (12 point) - 3rd Best Overall Buck, Muy Grande |
General Information:
2,222 acres in LaSalle County in The Golden Triangle of South Texas; fly to San Antonio, rent car and drive 100 miles south on I-35 to Artesia Wells. Private plane access at Cotulla airport (4,690-foot runway) 15 miles north of the ranch. Wide variety of browse species, red sandy loam soil, abundant water, food plots, comprehensive game management for 17 years on this authentic working cattle and horse breeding ranch.
Renowned for exceptional, contest-winning whitetail deer and the Texas state record for whitetail buck horn mass (48-1/8 inches) and good South Texas bird hunting. Braford cattle and quarter horses; standing “Two Eyed Red Baron”, “Bobby Sox Playboy”, and "Sonnys Blondy Dude", AQHA performance champion roping stallions.
Game Available:
Whitetail Deer. Also spring and fall Rio Grande turkey, blue and Bobwhite quail, mourning and whitewing dove, varmints: bobcat, raccoons, coyotes and rabbits.
Hunt Type:
Guided, guides-choice deer hunts, usually on long weekends (Friday PM - Sunday AM); group hunts available for birds and varmints.
Cost/Details:
TROPHY HUNT: $5,500.00, hunt for mature 6 1/2 year old, above-average to better buck up to 150 total inches of horn without deductions ($2,750.00 non-refundable deposit required to book, first come-first served). Includes lodging. Trophy fees: 151-160 inches - $3,000.00. Additional trophy fees will be charged for bucks which exceed 160. Trophy hunts for deer 160 or over are generally reserved for repeat hunters. MANAGEMENT HUNT - $3,250.00 per hunter, for slick 8-point or less ($1,750.00 per hunter non-refundable deposit required to book, first come-first served). Non-hunting companions - $500.00. Trophy fees, and $50.00 caping fees must be paid in advance or in cash prior to departure from the ranch. Fees subject to change without notice. Not less than .270 rifle, zeroed in at 100 yards! Taxidermy service available.
Management Program:
17 years of intensive management with professional wildlife biologists and nutritional specialists has produced an exceptional quality deer herd. Includes armed security patrol, high electric fence, rotational grazing, food plots, protein supplementation , low density, 1:1 buck/doe ratio, brush and water management, predator control, deer herd health care -- resulting in large bodies and massive horns. Featured in Texas Trophy Hunters Journal (6/94 and 7/98 & 3/99), and TTHA Show televised nationwide on FOX Sports Southwest and The Outdoor Channel 1999/2000. Recipient of Land Management Awards from Texas Parks & Wildlife for producing some of Texas' finest whitetail deer.
"I have never flown a more impressive aerial survey anywhere in my life! Your deer herd is the best on a per acre basis of any in Texas!" - Game biologist, Mickey W. Hellickson, Ph.D., Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (11/1/98). "These are the best bucks I've seen on any ranch in Texas and they just keep getting better each year!" - Johnny Burris, Mesquite Helicopters, whose firm surveys over 3 million acres of ranch land each year. (11/1/98).
Texas Culinary Services:
The Covert Ranch is the perfect choice for wine and food lovers. Our year round culinary services are geared towards accommodating almost any type of culinary event. Plan to hold your next culinary events, cooking schools or cooking demonstrations at the Covert Ranch, or maybe you are interested in having us host a personal or corporate dining event. We are capable of servicing your unique requests and providing you with the perfect Texas setting for your food and wine events. If you are considering a personal or corporate event we will happily provide chefs, fine wines and various other forms of entertainment.
*Corporate retreats, meetings and events
*Cooking seminars, events and parties
*Wine tastings
*Barbecues, chuck wagon cooking
*Dutch oven cooking
*Continental and regional cuisine
We are members of these fine organizations:
*International Wine And Food Society
*American Wine And Food Society
*Chaines Des Rotisseurs
*Lone Star Dutch Oven Society
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