CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 6, 2009 Rancho Durangueño is located on 55,000 acres of private land in the state of Durango in Mexico. Durango is south of Sonora and can be seen as the highlighted state in the map below. You can fly to the airport in the city of Durango and staff from Rancho Durangueño will meet you there and drive you to the ranch. The ranch has a stunning ranch house decorated with beautiful tile throughout. All bedrooms have a private bathroom and the staff at the ranch serves excellent multi-course meals. They have a nice bar where you can spend the evening after the hunt. I had the privilege of going to the ranch in Jan 2006 to hunt and help evaluate the ranch as a place to hunt Coues. Although I didn't harvest a buck, it was a great experience and we saw some nice deer. One of the difficulties of this ranch is that much of the land is very thick and hard to glass and rifle hunt. It wasn't until late in my hunt when the guides showed me a part of the ranch that was much more suitable to glassing. So there are indeed some areas that can work well for a rifle hunter. However, I think this ranch is excellent for an archery hunter that wants to sit a blind or tree stand. There is virtually no hunting pressure on these bucks, so there are some large bucks throughout the ranch. The guides can set you up in a blind in some great spots. Rancho Durangueño has only been guiding Coues deer hunters for three years, so they are still learning how to best hunt the ranch. But some big bucks have been taken. here are a few photos: a 118 buck from 2006: a 90 inch buck and a 112 buck from last season: another big buck (108): Rancho Durangueño started its hunting business 6 years ago by providing Gould's turkey hunts. In the short time since, they have become known for world class turkey hunts. Visit their website to see some amazing turkey video. Many of the turkey records in the NWTF recordbook come from Rancho Durangueño. Some ranch house photos: Rancho Durangueño can provide guns, ammo, lodging, transportation, blinds, calls, decoys, beverages, food, etc. Plus one-on-one guiding. Because this ranch has barely been hunted for Coues, this is a great opportunity to harvest a great buck and enjoy the amazing hospitality provided by the staff. They really provide service equivalent to a 5-star hotel. Many of their hunters return year after year because they have such an excellent experience there. Rancho Durangueño guides 30-40 turkey hunters a year and about 10 coues hunters. Success rates for Coues deer are about 90% with rifle; 60% bow and arrow. For Goulds turkey: 100% with shotgun; 75% with bow and arrow. Visit their website for more information and photos: http://www.ranchodurango.com/eng/main.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birddog Report post Posted July 6, 2009 looks like a great place! Those two guys with the turkeys don't look very happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 6, 2009 looks like a great place! Those two guys with the turkeys don't look very happy. You are right! Maybe I shouldn't have put that pic in there, but I liked the tile work in the background! here is another turkey pic with some smiling faces to make up for the frowning guys: Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
