The best hunting in Texas is with Double Diamond
ALL ABOUT OUR HUNTS
WHAT MAKES DOUBLE DIAMOND HUNTS A GREAT VALUE
Ranch quality and hunt quality
THE BEST PLACES TO HUNT IN TEXAS
Hunting in Texas is some of the best in the country, if not the world.
Texas has a terrific diversity of both species and terrain. The state has long been known as a premier destination for whitetail hunts, but — among other things — there are also elk, buffalo, pronghorn and almost seventy different species of exotics available to hunt, as well.
When you hunt in Texas, you hunt on private ranches. It’s my job as an outfitter to choose the best ones for hunting and acquire the rights to hunt on those ranches. In my twenty years in the business, I’ve acquired half a million acres of prime hunting land in Texas, plus another half million in the Sierra del Carmen of northern Mexico.
That huge coverage gives me access to every conceivable species and just about every hunting environment — open range, low fence, and high fence; from flat to rugged.
It also means that I can give you the best opportunity to bring home a trophy.
QUALITY VERSUS QUANTITY
A long time ago, I decided to build my business around a limited number of quality hunts each year. I haven’t built it around quantity. I don’t use a bunch of guides so that I can run a dozen hunts at the same time.
That means three things:
First, it means that I limit the number of hunts on any particular ranch so that it doesn’t get over-hunted. Game is allowed to mature, which increases the number of high-quality trophy opportunities you’ll have.
Second, it means that you’ll have exclusive access to the ranch that we’re hunting. You won’t share your camp with a bunch of strangers.
And third, it means that I’ll be hunting with you. I don’t hand you off to a guide. I’ve got staff to run the camp for things like cooking, but when you go out to hunt, you go out with me.
GETTING THE DETAILS RIGHT
Planning your Texas hunt
WE HAVE HUNTS ALL YEAR ROUND
The hunts we offer
FEATURED HUNTS
HERE'S WHAT MY CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE
December and January: Mule Deer
Starting the day after Christmas, I spend two weeks in West Texas on Mule Deer hunts.
February and March: Javelina and Aoudad
The last two weeks of February are when I do Javelina and Aoudad hunts in West Texas. Then, in the first two weeks of March, I do more Aoudad hunts.
March and April: Turkey
There's a four-week Turkey season during the last two weeks of March and the first two weeks of April.
May thru July 4: Axis
I start Axis hunts about a week or ten days into May, and I continue with them until just after the Fourth of July.
July and August: Get out of the heat
Technically, you can hunt year-round in Texas, because there's no closed season on exotics. But if you know Texas, you know it's just too hot to spend the day hunting in July and August.
September and October: Aoudad, Pronghorn, Elk
Starting right after Labor Day, I have a full schedule of Aoudad, Pronghorn, and Elk hunts throughout September and October.
November and December: Local and Aoudad
During the last two or three weeks of November and up until Christmas, I do local hunts here in the Hill Country and Aoudad hunts in West Texas.
SCHEDULING MY MOST POPULAR HUNTS
Because there's no closed season on exotics here in Texas, you can hunt twelve months a year. Practically speaking, however, there are definitely different times in the year that are better for particular kinds of hunts.
I have a rough schedule I follow year after year, based on the best time and place for my most popular hunts. If you'd like to hunt something that's not on that schedule, just get in touch, and we can figure something out.
Please note that some of these hunts fill up quickly, and I can be booked a year or more in advance, so get in touch with me to book as soon as you know what you want to do.
OTHER HUNTS OFFERED BY DOUBLE DIAMOND
Texas has an incredible diversity of game animals, and I've got pretty much all of them on the ranches I hunt. In addition to the featured hunts listed above, here are some other hunts I can organize for you.
Addax
Black Hawaiian Sheep
Blue Wildebeest
Catalina Goat
Common Eland
Corsican Sheep
Gemsbok
Jacobs 4-Horned Sheep
Japanese Sika Deer
Meat Bison
Nile Lechwe
Nyala
Red Sheep
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Texas Dall
Texas Desert Bighorn
Waterbuck
Watusi
OTHER DOCUMENTS
In addition to having a Texas hunting license, you'll also need to sign my standard contract and my release and indemnity agreement.
Both have to be signed prior to the hunt. I can send you copies of those documents in advance, so you can review them. Just ask for a copy using my request form.
For signatures, incidentally, I use DocuSign electronic signatures. When I've received your deposit, I'll send you both of those documents via DocuSign. When you sign them, you'll receive an executed copy of the documents via email.
TEXAS HUNTING LICENSES
What kind of license do you need to hunt in Texas? It basically comes down to where you live and what you want to hunt. Here are the four basic license types:
Resident Licenses
Standard hunting licenses for Texas residents cost only $25 ($7 for seniors and youth hunters). There are additional fees (‘endorsements’) required for certain specific things like Turkey hunting and bow hunting, and each endorsement will add another $7 to your fee.
Residents who both hunt and fish should buy the super combo license for $68 ($32 for seniors), which covers both hunting and fishing and includes five key endorsements.
Non-resident Exotic Species License
There’s a special five-day license (for any five consecutive days) that covers all exotics and Javelina. It specifically does not include Whitetail Deer or Mule Deer. The fee for the five-day license is $48. A license that lacks the five-day restriction costs $132.
Non-resident Spring Turkey License
This license, for the spring Turkey season, costs $126, plus a $7 upland bird endorsement.
Non-resident General Hunting License
This license costs $315 and is required for hunting Whitetail Deer or Mule Deer, and for Pronghorn and Bighorn Sheep.
PRICING AND PAYMENTS
I'm committed to offering clear, understandable, and reasonable pricing.
My pricing page explains how my pricing works and how payments work. It also includes a listing of straightforward prices for all my most popular hunts (twenty-seven of them). If you have a different hunt in mind, just contact me.
SAFETY
On every hunt, safety is my first priority.
Of course, that means hunting safely. But it also means being prepared for the possibility that something unexpected might happen.
I’m prepared, both with equipment and with training.
I always carry an Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) in my pack and a bigger first aid kit in my hunting vehicle.
More importantly, I know how to use those kits. I’m TCCC certified (Tactical Combat Casualty Care is the standard of care in pre-hospital battlefield medicine), and I have my NAEMT (National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians) card.