Thunderhill Ranch staff and family members celebrated a very special event the weekend of January 7-9, 2011. Together with www.veteranoutdoors.com we hosted Veteran Shaun Meadows, USAF and his family to a very special trophy deer hunt. The combat controller lost both legs during a combat reconnaissance patrol in Afghanistan when his convoy hit an improvised [...]
Ashlee and Karl Kinsel visited Thunderhill Ranch December 6 and 7, 2010. Since the Kinsel family has a number of hunters, Ashlee never has an opportunity to hunt herself. Husband Karl. Executive Director of the Texas Deer Association gave his beautiful wife the chance to get the deer of a lifetime. Look at what [...]
More bucks have been appearing in view of the trail cameras.
Jimmy Shelton from Abilene, TX had a good hunt on his second day at Thunderhill Ranch. On Tuesday morning, November 16th, he bagged 2 trophy bucks. One buck scored 177 B&C points and the other scored 165. A happy day for this hunter with 2 trophies for his wall!
Photographing the Thunderhill bucks has been difficult this year because of the abundance of acorns available. As a result of the good acorn crop they are only just now beginning to come into the feeders. Each of the attached photos was taken between October 26 -October 28, 2010.
Fulton Davenport of PWLstudio.com has been at the ranch this weekend photographing the deer. He has especially been working on photos of the 2 year old bucks that really look great this year. It is not an easy task as they have a several acre pen in which to run and are really wild. He [...]
Mary Margaret Davenport (8) helped her Abuelo do deer rounds in August. She learned how to clear out the deer feeders, saw the stocker bucks that have been sold but not delivered, oohed and ahed over the growing fawns and admired the big bucks. She was ready for a big breakfast after making rounds.
The second installment of “Ammo and Attitude” aired August 8th, 2010 on the Versus Channel, www.versus.com. How magnificent Thunderhill Ranch looked on film with all of its raw beauty. The fact that the filming was done in May when the wildflowers were still blooming made it even more gorgeous. From the rolling hills and bass [...]
The first installment of a series of 11 installment was aired on Versus channel Sunday morning, August 1st. Be sure to watch the continuing series at 7:30 AM Central to see what these lovely ladies are accomplishing with their many challenges. http://versus.com
Just posted new photos showing life on the ranch in Spring.
