About Horseshoe Bend Ranch:
Horseshoe Bend Ranch is a working cattle, wheat, alfalfa and timber operation that covers over 3300 acres of land on the breaks of the Little Klickitat River in Klickitat County, Washington. Terrain available for hunting ranges in elevation from around 800 feet to over 1700 feet, with the great majority of the terrain in the 1400 to 1600 foot range. We front the south side of the Little Klickitat River for 3 or 4 miles depending on how you measure it.

Hunting Horseshoe Bend Ranch:
We are in GMU 388 Grayback. In 2006 the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife decided our deer should be reclassified as Mule Deer instead of Black-tailed, so they changed them all to Mule Deer (they are actually the same species). What that means to you is that all deer taken must be 3-point or better on at least one side, unless you have a tag that allows antlerless deer. See the Washington Big Game Hunting Rules for all the official rules and details.

Hunting at Horseshoe Bend Ranch is subject to all Washington State legal hunting regulations, and all hunters must be properly licensed by Washington State for the animals they are hunting. All current Washington Big Game Hunting Rules for GMU 388 Grayback apply while hunting at Horseshoe Bend Ranch.

Why Hunt at Horseshoe Bend Ranch?
What are the advantages of hunting at Horseshoe Bend Ranch?

• Here you are welcome to hunt!
• We have HUGE hunting areas - each one has at least a square mile of varied terrain all to yourself!
• We have camping areas available, or you can stay as in our restored 1903 Victorian farmhouse as our guest.
• Your party will be hunting alone in a large acreage.
• We limit our hunting and keep refuges set aside for game.
• We are only 2 hours from Portland/Vancouver and only 4 hours from Seattle (we can arrange transportation from Portland if you are flying in).
• You can enjoy our beautiful ranch as our guest. Your fee lets you hunt for either 5 or 7 days, depending on if you choose the 1st or second weekend of the season.

Inclusions with Your Hunting:
We value you as our guest while you hunt at Horseshoe Bend Ranch. We want you to have a great time and truly enjoy your hunting experience. Fee hunting has a number of extra benefits and perks:

• Private hunting in your own large area (over a square mile!) for up to two weeks for your party, or the entire late season for archery hunters.
• Camping in your field while deer hunting.
• Use your or our ATV to haul out your kill (weather permitting).
• Limited Hunters – we plan in advance how many deer we want taken, and we limit the number of parties to keep the hunting good for everyone. A total of 6 parties will be allowed during rifle season, and an additional 3 parties during archery season. The maximum number of hunters per party is 4, with a maximum of 4 hunters per field during rifle season, and 2 per field during archery season.
• Unlimited non-armed scouting of your field before your hunt.
• Target practice in our target range area 10 days or more before hunting season.
• 5 free days of gray-digger (California Ground Squirrel) hunting during the following year.
• Unlimited free cougar hunting during cougar season.

• Cougars – Yes! We consider cougars a nuisance and a threat to our kides, pets and livestock. There are cougar attacks on horses and livestock in our immediate area almost every year. There is free cougar hunting with any paid deer hunting. Note that cougar season varies yearly in our area may not coincide with rifle or archery season in our unit, in which case you can legally only shoot a cougar if it is a threat. See and abide by the Washington Big Game Hunting Regulation Pamphlet.
• Gray Digger (California Ground Squirrel) hunting is free for 5 days during the year with paid deer hunting
• We do not allow bear, elk or other game animal hunting
• We do not allow other bird hunting at this time, except Turkey as noted above
• Occasional coyote and porcupine hunting may available to our deer hunters during the year, depending on the population and problems we may be having.