Restrictions:
1. Limit: one trophy buck (two, unless you are staying 8 days or more), one cull buck*, and one mature doe (ask ranch manager regarding quota), javelina and unlimited hogs per scheduled visit (lease period.) $100 management fee for any female fawns shot.


2. Penalty Bucks not making 130" P&Y: 8 pt or less, 4-1/2 yrs or younger: $500.  Bucks 9 pts or more, 4-1/2 years or younger: $1000. Any deer over 5-1/2 years old: no fee
3. Little does.  Any does brought in under 75# is a $150 penalty

*cull buck=management buck:
  a. 4-1/2 year old   "slick-8"
  b. freak horns. i.e. spike on one side, multi-point normal on other
  c. any 5-1/2 year or older that is less than 130 P&Y

Field Judging:  http://whitetaildeerpassion.blogspot.com/p/about-whitetail-deer.html and
http://www.1atexasdeerhunting.com/bodyagingdeer.htm

4. Four-wheelers are  acceptable as long as they are kept on the roads..
please be sure there is a quiet muffler in place.  Polaris Rangers, Mules and the like are allowed anytime.
5. Release of Liability on file needs to be signed upon arrival. If you want to be on our mailing list please write your email on this form
6. Please, no firearms allowed on ranch
7. No draw-locks allowed
8. Cross bows allowed only for upper-limb physically disabled individuals. This is a ranch rule.

December Draw Dates:
Dec 16-19  2 hunters
Dec 19-22  2 hunters
Dec 16-22  2 hunters
Hunters that book in October and November are the only eligible ones for the December draw.  We are providing this incentive for hunters that come this time because we know there is a chance of success contrary to belief.  The only two trophies were taken in October in 2010.

Assignment of pastures:
We have had some complaints from hunters that "favoritism" is going on and we are saving pastures for certain hunters.  This is not the case.
If a hunter get the same pasture as the previous year it is coincidental.   All of the pastures are assigned before check-in and in most cases hunters are given the choice of open pastures.  All of the areas have excellent hunting and when we are booked (16 hunters) each hunter has an average of 300 acres to themselves.  We place hunters in a pasture according to group size and the placement is controlled by the hunting manager. We have 7 pastures and they range in size from 250-1619 acres. Once you are assigned a location you cannot jump to a different location without permission from the hunting manager.

MLDP (Managed Land Deer Permits)
This will be our first year in the MLD program.  Our biologist visited the ranch this summer and we qualified for Level 3 buck and Level 2 and 3 anterless.  We were issued 24 buck and 24 antlerless permits. A hunter who brings in game MUST use a MLD permit issued by Lincoln Ranch AND  sign and record their license number on the permit.  If a hunter tags their deer with THEIR license tag, it is in violation with the state hunting laws and will result in a fine.  Hunters are not required to retain the head of any deer to prove sex in transportation.  The permit place in a plastic Ziploc bag in the cooler is sufficient. If a head is to be separated for mounting a Wildlife Resource Document (WRD) must accompany it to the taxidermist.  The MLD permit is to remain with the meat.