Season: Year Round

South Texas (very similar to South Africa’s landscape and climate) is one of the very few places in the world that has sustainable breeding and hunting populations of trophy big game species from other continents introduced back in the 1970’s. In fact through recent efforts of SCI and the EWA, several of these species such as the Black Buck Antelope and Scimitar Oryx are being reintroduced from Texas ranches back into their native lands where they are currently extinct.

African and European game species are classified as Texas Exotics due to their non-native status and therefore have no closed season and do not require tags or drawing. Wilson Whitetail Ranch and Lodge offers hunters interested in adding to their trophy game rooms 11 species of Exotics to hunt on our private ranch.

You may book a hunt just for Exotics or they may be added to any other hunting trip. Exotic hunts are primarily hunted by “spot and stalk” methods.

Texas Exotic Hunt - $1,200 + exotic trophy fee

This is a 3 day/3 hunt/2 night Texas Exotic Hunt that includes: 3 Hunts over 3 days with 2 nights luxury lodging in double occupancy rooms, comfortable queen size beds, quality linens, separate climate control, a private bathroom, meals, airport transfers, field dressing, delivery to local taxidermy and meat processing.

Day 1: Ranch arrival 1-2 PM, guest registration, orientation, warm up, afternoon hunt, appetizers, gourmet dining, and retire to your double occupancy suite

Day 2: Continental breakfast, morning hunt, gourmet breakfast, afternoon hunt, appetizers, gourmet dining, and retire to your double occupancy suite

Day 3: Continental Breakfast, morning hunt, gourmet breakfast, departure

Exotic Trophy Fees -

Antelope Species:
Black Buck Antelope (20”+) $2,750
Nilgai Antelope (6”-7”) $2,750
Scimitar Horned Oryx (35”+) $2,750

Deer Species:
Axis Bucks (30”+) $2,750
Elk (300”+) $5,500+
Red Stag (250”+) $5,500+

Sheep Species:
Black Hawaiian (30”+) $1,500
Corsican (30”+) $1,500
Mouflon (30”+) $2,500
Texas White Dall (30”+) $1,500

Zebra: $5,000

There is no minimum age when hunting with an adult, no units, no tag draw’s or waiting list and your non-resident exotic TPWD hunting license is $45

In/Out of state hunting license are available to buy at the lodge

To schedule or customize a hunt or a business meeting, please call Craig Wilson at 210.844.7036.

THE GUIDES ROLE is to enforce our safety policies, assist at the site in range, ranch tours, estimate the age and score of trophy, call a clear shot, determine hit or miss, track and recover if possible, field dress, quarter up, ice down meat, tape and measure, transport to local meat processor, contests, and taxidermist.

WOUNDED GAME POLICY - It is the guides call on a hit and payment is required on hit and wounded animals not recovered. The guide staff will make multiple attempts to recover wounded game. Tracking dogs and helicopters are available at additional rates. If we find the animal after your departure, we will take the trophy to the taxidermist. Replacement capes if necessary are available from our ranch or taxidermist for a fee.