A Present That Lasts a Lifetime
A 285" 5x6 bull Elk taken by an 11 year old boy
Caleb, an 11 year old boy, knew he had received a great present when his brother
Shane gave him a trip to Stone Creek Hunting Ranch. Shane had hunted with Stone
Creek several times and knew we would give his brother a great hunting experience.
Caleb came on the hunt armed with a .270 short mag and wanted a Bull Elk. We hunted
hard for the elk all day. Finally right at dark, we spotted the elk we were after
walking across the field. We held our positions but once it disappeared into the
woods, Shane and Caleb took off after it. They spotted the elk again about 100 yds.
away and walking away from them. Caleb carefully rested his gun on a tree and prepared
himself. Then Shane used his cow elk call to stop the bull and to get him to turn
broadside. Caleb knew his moment had come and touched off his rifle. The sound echoed
through the hills. Knowing the moment of truth had come, I made my way over to them,
just to see the big elk laying on the ground. It had fallen right where Caleb had
shot him. Oh if only pictures could really capture the joy in a person. For the
rest of the hunt Caleb had a grin on his face that was priceless.
Ghost of The Woods
Hunting a Blackbuck at Stone Creek
The Stone Creek Ranch is a large hunting ranch where animals roam free. Although
we had shot a meat hog, we wanted a hunt to remember and boy did we get one. Jason
was a returning hunter that had been here the previous year. He was looking for
a blackbuck. As we hunted at night we came across one night grazing in the fields.
We came around a corner and there he was, but with a leap he was off and running.
Not to be easily put off, we let an hour go by and decided to go look for him again.
This Blackbuck was smart and as we came around another corner he took off. Jason
leapt off the ranger and rested against a tree. I held the light on the Blackbuck
but it was already about 60 yards away and gaining distance. Jason fired with a
300 ultra mag. but was just under him. Now the Blackbuck was already about 125 yds.
away and still running for the safety of the shadowy night. Relaxing and not letting
this precious moment slip pasted, Jason focused shot again. The shot rang out in
the night air as the Blackbuck rolled head over heels. WOW what a fantastic shot.
Later that night at the lodge we discussed Jason’s pursuit of this Buck over a great
rib eye steak with all the fixings. This story had started earlier in the year but
Jason could never find him. It had become a challenge and he had then named the
Blackbuck "Ghost of the woods".
Night Time Hog Hunting at Stone Creek
Like many of our clients a husband and wife group visited our hunting ranch this
September. It was to be an exciting couple of days. This particular group comes
to Stone Creek about twice per year to hunt Boar, elk, deer and the other animals
roaming free on the ranch and has done so for the last 7 years. This exciting weekend
included hunting a 300lb boar at night with a 300 ultra mag. We were out on the
ranch spotting and stalking hogs. This can be the most exciting part of a hunt and
we wanted to get a hog worth talking about. All of a sudden we came across this
hog laying in a wallow. Knowing we had the jump on him, we shined the light on the
hog. Realizing that he was in trouble, the hog tried to run but it was too late.
Mellissa focused her 300 ultra mag on the hogs 300lb body and dropped him with one
shot to the chest. We trekked back to the comfortable lodge with our prize. When
we got the 300lb boar into the light we noticed that he was cut up pretty badly
from fighting with other hogs on the ranch. Mellissa and her husband decided to
mount this hog so we prepped it by caping it out for them.
ATTENTION:
We accept cash, checks, money orders and credit cards.
A $200.00/ person nonrefundable deposit required for booking. 8 Hunters required
to Reserve the Ranch for your group. Missouri Sales Tax, licenses, tips, gratuity,
alcohol not included.