Earlier this year at the end of spring before i left for my deployment i booked a hog hunt for me and my wife. Since it's kind of hard to make plans being in the army i had to do a last minute call to them to hunt an afternoon during the week because they were booked every weekend til after i had to leave so anyways from the get go they were really nice to us. Especially our guide Brittany. We made a deal because me and my wife were sitting in the same blind that i would pay for both of us and if she shot one and i didnt that i could come back another day. Or if we didnt see any or get a shot that we both could come back. Well we only seen couple goats all afternoon and at last light we heard pigs coming. But by the time they got to us it was to dark to see through the scope but we could bearly see their outline with our eyes. When they came to pick us up we explained to Brittany what happened and she was happy that we didnt take a dumb shot. So we talked about coming back, When she talked to the Boss Danny i think. He didnt seem to care at all or worry about us coming back. For the next two months i tried calling and texting and nothing! if they did answer they were always sooo busy to talk when i brought it up or they were apparently booked every single day with every stand. So i wasted $200 just to go see 2 goats. I dont blame Brittany because i could tell that she was trying to get us to come back. I guided/ran a hunting ranch in missouri for years and i would never think about doing this to anyone. i was very upset.

Honestly, everyone has the right to review their hunt and post it publicly. THF (to me) has some of the fairest reviews of hunting guides/ranches, period. Occasionally someone posts some fabricated junk and it's snuffed out almost immediately. I know for a fact that this site is very sought after by ranches and outfitters and additionally by prospective buyers, which is why the defensive posts come quickly (most times) by the ranches/outfitters. However, when a few posts about a place share consistencies such as these, I personally feel like it's a good opportunity for the guide/ranch to take some constructive criticism, post a "point well taken" response, and keep improving. I think any mature person understands not all people have a great experience, that's just the fact of life. But when a few disappointed customers come out to speak their mind, It speaks leaps and bounds about a place when they offer an apology, or the desire to make things right; rather than a post about how the customer is wrong (even over such a minor detail as the time of day) and the ranch is right.

Just my .02

This is Kelly owner of DB everyone keeps talking about how you did not get to meet Danny when you came out you have to think we are a working ranch and family for that matter. We are not on the ranch all of time and if we are then there are things that need to be done. Yes we also catch deer for a living that why we have guides to take care of the hunting ranch so we can focus on other things and know that they are being taken care of.  Our prices are so fair on the game we have out there because we get out there and catch them ourselves. If you want to meet Danny when you come you can always ask.
As for "b1hearin" you knew when we squeezed you in for 11/17/13 that we had other hunters how were we suppose to know that there were going to act like real winners and shoot up the place. That's what lessened your odds on harvesting everything on your list. I did not meet you at the shell station until 1:00 so with all you did finding the dead hog and harvesting the ram I don't see how you could have been cleaning your ram at 1:15 as stated. I am not trying to be in a peeing match with anyone but if you want to complain let get the facts straight. You did not call my phone until you were already packed up and driving around the front of the property and did not call Danny's phone at all. 
"Buck wild" we do not have a "$300.00 sheep pasture" we (Danny and I) have NEVER said that the ranch is 300-400 acres that's just crazy. Cody does not book hunts he is a guide only of you are booking a hunt I has to be done with Danny or myself. We sure did book the ranch out because you we not hunting there you were going to another ranch (as set up before hand) to harvest your white ram. 
Aaron really that's all. 
Deven.kauffman sounds like you are also calling your guide to book the hunt and not Danny or myself. 
If you have a problem with the ranch or anything I have said please feel free to call me 512-633-6508. 

I cannot give a review of an actual hunt at DB, however several friends and I were looking for a hog hunt for a bachelor party in mid October. We had gotten the run around from several "outfitters" so I did my research here and saw that DB was highly recommended. We made contact with Danny a few times and he thought he could accommodate us. At first calls were answered or voice mails returned, but as we were running out of time we could no longer make contact or get a call returned. We finally got an email that said they were booked. Now I totally understand folks get busy etc, it would have been nice for a straight forward answer from the get go. That way we could have moved on and tried to book else where. I would still like to hunt with them, as they seem to have great prices and are very close to some of my family so it would be convenient.

I hunted there with my son hoping to take his first pig. He saw several exotics, which he was excited about, but not a single pig. They have plenty of animals. That's not the issue I had. The issue is when you drive 4 hours with your kid to get in a hunt between a tight schedule of school, sports and scouts and he never sees a pig (pig hunt) and when you stick one well enough there is blood at the point of impact, leaving the first 30 plus yards you can see with the light of your cell phone, you would hope the guide would at least pretend to make an effort, not just blow you off. The guide didn't even have a flash light to blood trail a pig. Then when he left and came back with one that was almost dead he walked off into the cedars about 30 yards and stood there smoking a cigarette and refused to even try. I messaged the person I had booked the trip with and I was offered a return trip, and if it weren't 4 hours away I would have done it, but never bothered for that reason only. As someone who has guided hunts I know the customer service I give and what I have received at several ranches around Texas. I frequent the ones who have done it right for my expectations.

The reality is they have really inexpensive hunts. And maybe we got what we paid for. If you want a no frills experience at killing a pig or exotic meat animal I think it's a good ranch to go to. Just don't expect it to be any more than that. I like to handle those situations privately and wouldn't even post this now if Kellbell didn't take such a defensive posture. Apparently she feels they have enough returning customers that she can call the ones who complain liars. Robert was correct in what he said. Suck it up Kelly and try to learn from it.

First of all "HWY_MAN" you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. So I guess you didnt remember right!? Ya they did tell us we can come back but if you had read my message you would have seen that they didnt let us come back because they said they have 0 openings available. Which im sorry but there is absolutely no way you can be booked every single day in every single stand for two months. Which if that was possible atleast 1 person wouldve canceled. And again if you had ready my message you would have seen that WE DIDNT get to come back for a second hunt so how is it possible that we "scored" on a second trip when we didnt hunt there but "one" time??? And we made that deal before we even went to the blind so dont try to say that they didnt have to do that because we made a deal. If they didnt like the deal they couldve said no before we hunted.