Posted By Camo on March 12, 2007

I recently had the opportunity to hunt bison at your ranch South of Abilene TX. I arrived at the camp and was greeted by Rick Worley. Rick had me fill out the necessary forms and we were off. We drove for a little ways and had found a lone cow. Rick said I could take it if I wanted, but he really wanted to find me a good young bull. Sounded reasonable to me, so off we were again. We drove for around an hour (the herd was being rather elusive that day) until he saw a good set of tracks from the herd. We took off after the herd and found them about 20 minutes later. While we were watching a couple of young cows; a yearling bull stepped into view about 30 yards away. I cocked my Sharps, took aim and fired. The bull winced, looked straight at me, and walked into the trees. We waited for a few minutes until we heard the bull fall and went looking. We found the bull at the edge of a clearing by a small ravine, where Rick took several pictures, then congratulated me on the kill. Call me hokey, but while Rick was up calling for a tractor, I knelt at the bulls head, pulled out a cigarette and emptied the tobacco on the ground by its nose. I silently thanked the great bison for allowing me to set its spirit free, then walked up with Rick. Awhile alter, Larry Pitcox showed up with the tractor and they went to work preparing the bison for the processing plant. Mr. Ledbetter, you truly have a class A operation, and with true professionals such as Rick and Larry running things makes it even better. The experience I had there was the absolute best one could ever ask for. I do plan on hunting there again, and will spread the word about the ranch in hopes to bring even more business to your ranch. Thanks again for a truly outstanding experience, ROBERT W. HASTINGS, TSgt, USAF (Ret)

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