Exotics can be added to a Whitetail hunt or booked on their own anytime during the year. The state of Texas has no closed seasons on exotics. If booked separately, the cost of an exotic hunt includes a trophy fee (as shown below) plus daily fees. Daily fees are $250/day for each day a person is on the ranch. This fee applies to both hunters and non-hunters. Exotic hunts are typically done on a "spot and stalk" basis, much the way you would hunt these exotics in their native countries. All hunts at SMR are fully guided and fully guarenteed. No one pays for an animal until that animal has been harvested, and rarely does a hunter need more than three days to take the animal(s) he or she came to hunt. Hunters are accompanied at all times by an experienced guide who not only knows the animals, but is also knowledgeable about the ranch and South Texas hunting environment. As part of the exotic package, you are free to harvest as many hogs, bobcats and coyotes as cross your path. Javelina, the famed South Texas trophy hog species, are also free and the state of Texas allows 2 animals per hunter per year. Tropy fees are as follows:
Exotic Species
Trophy Fee
Deer
Axis Deer
2,000
Fallow Deer
2,500
Sika Deer
3,000
Pere David's Deer
5,000
Antelope
Addax
4,000
Blackbuck
2,250
Springbok
5,000
Impala
5,000
Dama Gazelle
5,500
Thompson's Gazelle
6,000
Scimitar Horned Oryx
2,500
Fringe Eared Oryx
6,500
Gemsbok
4,500
Blesbok
5,500
Beisa Oryx
4,500
Sable
10,000
Barasinga
5,000
Nyala
10,000
Nilgea
3,500
Sitatunga
8,000
Red Lechwe
4,500
Waterbuck
4,500
Blue Wildebeast
4,500
Whitebearded Gnu
3,500
Greater Kudu
10,000
Eland
4,500
Sheep
Red Sheep
3,200
European Mouflon
2,500
Nubian Ibex
6,500
Aoudad
3,000
Other
Grant's Zebra
4,000
Red Stag
5,000
Elk
6,500
Here are a few of our hunters and their exotics trophies from 2010: