San Miguel Ranch and Lodge
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Address
6705 Hwy. 290 West, Suite 502-197
Austin, TX 78735 USA
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Contact Info
Collin Meek
Additional Info
Public or Private Destination: Public
Type of Shoots: Field
Game/Birds Offered: Dove, Quail, Pheasant, Chukar, Turkey
Gun Dogs: Available
Other Hunting/Sporting Opportunities: Deer, Exotic
Lodging: Available
Welcome To San Miguel Ranch & Lodge
We think the vision of San Miguel Ranch & Lodge was forged 150 years ago. That’s when our family began cattle ranching in south Texas. We are the 7th generation.
Today, San Miguel Ranch & Lodge is home to one of the largest, most respected hunting and outdoor adventure ranches in North America. Outdoor writers consistently refer to our operation as world-class.
Hunters come to San Miguel Ranch for Boone & Crockett class trophy whitetail deer, exotic game and world-class south Texas wingshooting, including dove, quail, pheasant and chukar.
San Miguel Ranch is located in Uvalde County, south Texas, and although our front gate is only 1½ hours from San Antonio, you could be a million miles from anywhere. If you come to San Miguel, you’ll hunt over 30,000 acres of prime, south Texas free-range brush country – unspoiled and teeming with game. Cliffs rise hundreds of feet and surround the ranch’s fertile agricultural flats. The ranch is breathtakingly beautiful.
We take our accommodations as seriously as we do our hunting. We have just completed construction of an exceptionally beautiful lodge where you’ll be surrounded by a museum-quality trophy game collection while you dine on fare prepared by our culinary chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu.
As a hunter, we know you have choices. We feel privileged that you are considering San Miguel Ranch for your next hunting experience. If you hunt with us, we’ll outwork anyone to earn your business and deliver an extraordinary hunting experience.
Come to San Miguel Ranch and Lodge. We put you in the hunt.
Some Of The Things That Set Us Apart From The Ordinary
Record Setting Whitetail Hunting
Since 1997, San Miguel has produced more free-range 150+ B&C whitetail deer for its clients than any outfitter in Texas.
Exceptional Wingshooting
Of the lower 48 states, Uvalde County in Texas is the #1 high-density dove hunting area and one of the last places on earth where native bobwhite quail exist in healthy numbers. Our upland wingshooting is pure south Texas with quail, ring-necked pheasant, chukar and wild turkey.
World-class Amenities
As you read this, our 7,500 square foot lodge has been completed. Our architects researched dozens of Spanish haciendas to design a lodge that would fit San Miguel’s desire for Old World elegance and luxury for our clients.
We Are The Corporate Hunting And Retreat Leaders
We continue to set new standards for corporate hunting with our corporate incentives program. Our in-house business to business expert can custom design an extraordinary hunting experience that will bring you new business, retain client relationships, or reward your valuable employees.
The Best Guides
We went the extra mile to ensure that our guides are the best in the business. We established the San Miguel Certified Guide School. It’s demanding, comprehensive and all of our guides are graduates.
San Miguel Ranch & Lodge Wingshooting
San Miguel Ranch and Lodge offers a total wingshooting experience. The lodging is Old World elegant, the birds are plentiful, and the bird dogs are beautifully trained. You’ll find our professional hunters to be as passionate about wingshooting as you are.
For the dove hunter, the grain fields of milo, corn, sesame, and sunflower surrounding the Uvalde area hold the largest concentrations of whitewing and mourning doves found in the lower 48 of North America. With record rains in 2007 producing bumper grain crops, biologists are predicting a great year for doves.
We have devoted 1,000 acres of the ranch to quail and other upland game hunting. Our cultivated quail strips are sewed in native grasses and grains. The low cover makes working our dogs a pleasure. Our low south Texas brush is a little less forgiving and a little more challenging.
Besides our native bobwhite and blue quail, we stock upland birds to assure our clients have an action packed hunt. Our stocked birds are bred for speed and raised in huge flight pens for a fast flying action. At San Miguel, you’ll hunt bobwhite quail, chukar and ring-necked pheasants.
“We enjoy taking our customers to San Miguel. Lots and lots of birds!” Brian Smith, Mingledorff, Inc.
Whether you’re a novice, getting your first taste of upland game hunting or an experienced, world-class wingshooter, we can challenge you at the highest level. That’s probably why our longtime clients continue to count on San Miguel for their wingshooting.
Our wingshooting hunts are great for the corporate client looking to build a unique hunting adventure that their employees and customers will never forget.
“We’ve entertained our customers on San Miguel dove hunts for over 6 years now, it’s helped us to continue to build customer loyalty.” Mel Barbee, Carpenter Company
Dove Hunt
- 3 DAY HUNT
- The brush provides great nesting cover, and water ponds scattered throughout the ranch provide world-class pond shoots. If you want great dove hunting along with luxury accommodations, give us a call. We always sell out of our dove hunts, so book early.
- Includes: Guide service, skeet shooting, fishing, meals, lodging, margaritas, in-field transportation, bird processing and packaging.
- Dates: September-October
- Rates: 3 Full Hunts (3 days/2 nights) – Weekends: $895 per hunter
- 3 Full Hunts (3 days/2 nights) – Weekdays: $750 per hunter
- Non-hunters – $200 per day, no ½ days
- (6 hunters minimum)
Quail Hunt
- 3, 2 or 1 DAY HUNT
- The San Miguel Ranch is located in one of the last areas on earth where native, wild bobwhite quail exist in healthy numbers. Our professional bird dog handlers are highly experienced in getting the most out of the dogs, so you can concentrate on the birds.
- Includes: Guide and dog service, skeet shooting, meals, lodging, open bar, fishing, in-field transportation, bird processing and packaging.
- Dates: February-April, October
- Rates: 3 Full Hunts (3 days/2 nights) – $1,550 per hunter
- 2 Full Hunts (2 days/1 night) – $950 per hunter
- 1 Full Hunt (1 day/no overnight stay) – $695 per hunter
- Non-hunters – $200 per day, no ½ days
- (2 hunters minimum)
Cowboy Style Quail Hunt (no dogs)
- 3 DAY HUNT
- Native, wild bobwhite and blue quail exist in healthy numbers on the San Miguel Ranch. From the novice to the well-traveled wingshooter, this hunt is sure to provide hot-barreled action.
- Includes: Guide and dog service, skeet shooting, meals, lodging, open bar, fishing, in-field transportation, bird processing and packaging.
- Dates: February-April, October
- Rates: 3 Full Hunts (3 days/2 nights) – $850 per hunter
- Non-hunters – $200 per day, no ½ days
- (2 hunters minimum)
Upland Hunt Packages
- QUAIL, PHEASANT, CHUKAR | 3, 2 or 1 DAY HUNT
- For the upland enthusiast and the discriminating wingshooter, it doesn’t get more enjoyable than this. Pods of brush provide cover, and grass meadows allow bird dog pointers to work the coveys. We have had days of over 30 coveys.
- Includes: Guide and dog service, skeet shooting, meals, lodging, open bar, fishing, in-field transportation, bird processing and packaging.
- Dates: February-April, October
- Rates: 3 Full Hunts (3 days/2 nights) – $1,950 per hunter
- 2 Full Hunts (2 days/1 night) – $995 per hunter
- 1 Full Hunt (1 day/no overnight stay) – $695 per hunter
- Non-hunters – $200 per day, no ½ days
- (2 hunters minimum)
San Miguel Ranch & Lodge Turkey Hunts
Spring Turkey Hunt
- 3 DAY HUNT
- For the spring turkey hunter, Texas boasts an increasing population of over 750,000 birds. In 2007, our clients were 95% successful. Rio Grande turkeys respond well to spring calling for the hunter in search of the Grand Slam of turkey hunting.
- Includes: Meals, lodging, open bar, fishing, in-field transportation, bird processing and packaging.
- Dates: March-May
- Rates: Self-guided, 1 bird (3 days/2 nights) – $950 per hunter
- Self-guided, 2 birds (3 days/2 nights) – $1,250 per hunter
- Guided, 1 bird (3 days/2 nights) – $1,250 per hunter
- Guided, 2 birds (3 days/2 nights) – $1,550 per hunter
- Additional birds – $450 per bird
- Non-hunters – $200 per day, no ½ days
San Miguel Lodge – Uvalde, Texas
All guests are accommodated in our world-class, 7,500 square foot lodge. San Miguel Lodge has spacious, Old World elegance combined with all the comforts you would expect in a first-class facility. Influenced by a true Spanish hacienda in San Miguel, Mexico, the lodge is adorned with Talavera tiles and porcelain sinks all hand painted by the Venegas family from interior Mexico. From the porte-cochere to the grand arches of the verandah, the lodge is fully furnished in warm and inviting Spanish style ranch décor. Magnificent trophy animal mounts from around the world are displayed throughout the interior, providing guests a unique atmosphere and ideas for future hunting adventures. Only the 30 mile views from the lodges’ mountain top setting can rival the beauty of the lodge itself. It is surrounded by over 30,000 private, free-range acres teeming with wild game including whitetail deer, dove, quail, turkey, wild boar, javelina, coyotes, bobcats and exotic plains game. The lodge offers accommodations for up to 30 guests.
The ranch was purchased because of its extremely unique topography for south Texas. Specifically, Big Hill, rising over 1,100 feet above sea level which offers visitors the opportunity to overlook Kennedy Flats from the lodge and breathtaking, southwesterly views all the way to the Rio Grande River dividing Texas and Old Mexico. Other unique features include the occasional black bear and ocelot that have been spotted on the ranch.
San Miguel Ranch & Lodge Corporate Hunting
San Miguel Ranch & Lodge is the industry leader in corporate hunting. Three of our key people, including our president and vice-president, were key business executives before bringing their passion for hunting to San Miguel. We know it takes money and time to retain valuable customers and employees. That is why our mission is to provide a high quality venue for you to build bonding relationships. We offer corporate hunts for groups of 6 to 100+ people.
How Our Corporate Hunting Programs Work
- Companies receive deep discounts on membership packages – well below individual pricing.
- Additional hunts may be added at discount prices.
- The hunts may be used throughout the year. Although many of our hunts sell out early, your hunt dates are reserved.
- Our 7,500 square foot lodge is a terrific meeting facility, outfitted with presentation equipment.
- Our corporate members receive a 20% discount on San Miguel Pro Shop merchandise.
- We custom embroider logos on San Miguel Pro Shop items.
- Quarterly payment plans are available to our corporate clients.
- Additional activities can be added to customize your stay and cater to your needs.
- Your corporate hunts can include poker tournaments, skeet shooting, professional speakers, and entertainers. Golf, fishing, trophy mounting and game processing also available.
Airport transfers, pre-selected beverage choices, and photos of your hunt are standard for our corporate clients.
Talk to us today. We can deliver a hunting adventure that makes customers think twice about taking their business elsewhere.
- Some Of Our Corporate Clients:
Pepsi Shell Oil Anheiser Busch Cabela’s Halliburton Schlumberger Duke Energy BP Ferguson Enterprises Powerplus Electric Century AC Supply Sheffield Financial
San Miguel Ranch & Lodge Certified Guide School
The San Miguel Certified Guide School is a school located in south Texas for individuals who want to enter the world of professional hunting as a credentialed hunting guide.
Spend 3 days attending the San Miguel Certified Guide School and we’ll teach you to guide like a pro. Every session is conducted by our professional guides, so you receive nothing but professional grade information. These men and women are sincerely committed to sharing their knowledge and secrets with you. Their livelihood depends on delivering trophy bucks to our clients, and if they weren’t the best, San Miguel wouldn’t be the leading whitetail outfitter in Texas.
Our mission is to turn you into a highly skilled, savvy guide with the skills to set you apart from your peers. Many of San Miguel’s current hunting guides have been hired straight out of our Guide School.
Where Is The San Miguel Certified Guide School?
Our whitetail hunting school is conducted at our renowned San Miguel Ranch and Lodge in Uvalde County, south Texas. The area is famous for trophy deer. The lodge boasts 4-star accommodations complete with a classically trained chef. But the pampering stops when you step outside the door and onto the best whitetail country in the world. The ranch consists of over 30,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat. The ranch is an easy 1½ hour drive from San Antonio – all highway, gate to gate.
Who Attends The San Miguel Certified Guide School?
The spectrum is wide. Many of our attendees are young men and women looking for a career in hunting. Others have retired from their first career and want to supplement their incomes with something they love. Others fall somewhere in between – they want to keep their regular job, but pay for their hunting by guiding. For others, guiding is the next best thing to hunting except that you get paid for it.
Course Description
You’ll experience everything you need to become a professional guide. Our sessions are about 50/50 in the classroom and in the field. Your instructors are our own career professional guides and several outside experts. The 3 day curriculum covers:
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- Understanding whitetail behavior
- Aging whitetail
- B&C scoring for whitetail
- The rut
- Blinds, feeders and food plots
- Stalking whitetail
- Finding the wounded deer
- Glassing and spotting
- Effective shot placement
- Weapons, calibers and scopes
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- Sighting in your hunters’ weapons
- Modern clothing and equipment
- Field dressing game for your hunter
- Caping trophies for mounting
- Landowner and hunter relations
- Scouting a ranch
- Topographic maps, compass and GPS
- Safety orientation for your hunters
- Job opportunities
Tuition
$695 – All inclusive. Your tuition includes meals, lodging and instructional materials.
Dates
You arrive at 6pm on Thursday and depart Sunday at noon.
- Schedule of 2008 schools:
- May 15-18, 2008 – Open
- May 22-25, 2008 – Open
- June 5-8, 2008 – Open
- June 19-22, 2008 – Open
- July 10-13, 2008 – Open
- July 24-27, 2008 – Open
- August 7-10, 2008 – Open
- August 14-17, 2008 – Open
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