After months of dust and heat, Thunderhill Ranch finally received about 4 inches of rain. How exciting to see washed out puddled roads. The Llano river is running rapidly, the tanks and ponds have water and the deer are frisky. Ken and Chad Barington have plowed and seeded the six food plots around the deer hunting blinds.
All are looking forward to hunting season. Make your reservations now.
The owners of Thunderhill Ranch donated a trophy deer hunt to the Astro Wives Charity Gala which benefits the Houston Area Women’s Center. The hunt was purchased by Astro pitcher Doug Brocail.
A tiny doe fawn slipped out of the fence within a day of being born. She had not been tagged so we didn’t know which pen in which she belonged. Three pens of Mama does acted like she belonged there. It was decided that she would be taken to the barn to be bottle fed.
Bottle feeding is not the policy at Thunderhill but she was so tiny. Every 4 hours, one of the staff went to the barn to feed her. In the beginning she fell asleep while eating so we didn’t know if she would survive. Each day she got stronger and ate more.
She was joined several days later by a little buck fawn whose Mother had been sick. He was much bigger and loved being fed.
feeding baby doe
baby doe
A neighbor ranch that also breeds deer bottle feeds all their fawns. They agreed to take the Thunderhill fawns, so our 2 fawns have a happy new home.
After a long drought, Thunderhill Ranch thankfully received 4″ of rain March 11-March 13, 2009. The ponds all have good water and the Llano River has more water.
Brad and Chad took advantage of the soft soil to disk and seed food plots. The ranch bought a new 14 ton protein hopper to be used for replenishing the supplemental high protein feeders in the pasture.
2008 Doe Fawn # W62, unique # BKB8, DNAS # 37748 will be auctioned at the TDA Auctions in Grapevine, Texas March 12, 2009.
The American Bald Eagles have returned to their nest this year
located on State Highway 29 just East of Llano, TX. Two eaglets are in the
nest and the parents are busy feeding their young. One of the adult eagles
was sighted flying down the Llano River at Thunderhill Ranch looking for
fish on January 20th. The attached website also shows photos taken the same
day.
http://www.cottonwoodphotography.com/20082009_Llano_Bald_Ealges.htm
Here at the Ranch, we really like hearing from our customers and clientele. That’s why we’ve decided to start sharing our testimonials with everyone.
We are so impressed by the beauty and scope of Thunderhill Ranch and so appreciative of your time and effort in showing us around. Your animals are so impressive and beautiful as is the entire operation. From the horseperson’s standpoint, I was particularly fascinated by the genetic study and tracking.
Received Jan. 9, 2009 from BB, Dripping Springs, TX
Thunderhill Ranch is now taking reservations for the 2009 -2010 deer hunting season in Texas. Contact Carol Barington @ 325-247-5444 or e-mail her carol@thunderhillranch.com.
G–626 DNAS # 28252, a doe out of Redoy Roller and exposed to Thunder Kicker will be auctioned at the TDA Auction in San Antonio February 12 & 13, 2009.
Thunder Kicker, DNAS # 37560, a 2 year old son of Reno, DNAS # 6826, 17 points, and 194 B & C is breeding 12 of our best 2 year old, DNA certified, does out of Buford DNAS # 379, Redoy Weatherby DNAS # 4499, Reno DNAS # 6826, Doc DNAS # 4482, and Redoy Roller DNAS # 7073 out of High Roller DNAS # 2793. The resulting fawns will be ½ Northern and ½ Texas with 200 – 400 B & C on both the dam and sire side and be DNAS certified for 3 – 5 generations on both the top and bottom.
Thunderhill Ranch has sold 85 whitetail during the period September 2007 thru October 2008.
