For the safety and comfort of you and other guests and of Horseshoe Bend Ranch, these rules and regulations must be followed by anyone in a hunting party at Horseshoe Bend Ranch.

Regulations for the Hunt: The first hunter in the party is responsible for the whole hunting party and is the contact person between Horseshoe Bend Ranch and that hunting party. It is the first hunter’s responsibility to ensure that all other hunters in the party know and follow the rules and boundaries. Know your boundaries. All hunters must be legally licensed by the State of Washington and meet any and all other legal requirements to be able to hunt the game they are hunting. No target practice during hunting season – use our range to sight in your equipment early. No shooting any unauthorized animals. Know where your shot will go. Please don’t litter – if you pack it in, pack it out. If you use the “facilities”, please BURY IT with your TP. Call in before crossing boundaries to chase after your wounded animal. Do not ask to cross a field outside of your field except to follow a wounded animal. Do not ask to hunt more than one field per day. No alcohol on the ranch, including no drinking while lodging or camping on the ranch or while hunting. No removing or disturbing historical or archeological artifacts including arrowheads, flakes, old cans and bottles and other rusty bits of metal. Please pick up any modern trash you find (shell casings, mylar balloons, soda bottles, beer cans, wrappers, etc that are obviously recent trash). If you come across another hunter in your area, politely ask them to leave and call us immediately. If you cannot get a hold of us, contact the sheriff department at 509-773-4545. Do not get in an argument or fight with any trespassers. Remember that trespassers are stealing what you have paid for and are dangerous to all of us. Remember that this is a working ranch. Please leave gates as you find them. Watch for escaped livestock - there should not be any livestock in your field. Before the Hunt: Send in your Horseshoe Bend Ranch Deer Hunting Registration at least 60 days prior to the start of your hunting season to reserve the same space you had last year. Send in your deposit with your Registration. After seniority, fields are reserved first-come, first-served. We will notify you as soon as possible that your field is reserved for you. If no fields are available we will put you on the waiting list in case of a cancellation. Your deposit will be refunded if we are not able to find a suitable space for you. Your deposit is not otherwise refundable except where noted elsewhere in these rules. Please send in the balance of your payment after we have confirmed your reservation. We need to receive your remaining payment no later than 2 weeks before your hunt or your space and deposit will be forfeit. If you draw a tag for an additional buck, plan to use that tag elsewhere. You are welcome to use your extra doe tag here. Additions, deletions and substitutions are allowed up to 2 weeks before the start of your season. NO additions, deletions or substitutions after that date. Your permission slips will be mailed to you no later than 2 weeks before the start of your season. If time is limited we will call to arrange for your permission slips to be picked up at Matt Chiles’ mailbox at 1006 Horseshoe Bend Rd on the morning of your hunt or the evening before your hunt. Sight in your weapon - call ahead to schedule to use our range if you like. Scout your field – call ahead to arrange a time. If you have not hunted here before, stop by our target range to demonstrate your marksmanship at least 30 days before your hunt. Be sure to remember to bring your Permission Slips, Parking Permit, map of your field and emergency contact information with you when you hunt! We will mail all of those documents to you with your permission slips. After the Hunt: Call us and we can assist in getting your deer back to your vehicle with one of our ATV’s. Let us know if we can assist you having your game processed and shipped to you. Let us know within 24 hours whether or not you got a deer. Let us know how many points your buck was on each side including 1” or longer eye guards (3x3, 4x3, etc). If you got a nice deer we would like to take a picture of it – please stop by 1006 Horseshoe Bend Rd so we can do that. We always enjoy any pictures of any of your deer that you want to pass on to us - we may use them in our promotions or on our web site. If you won’t be hunting your scheduled day for any reason please let us know.

Hunting is a dangerous sport, as is ranch work, farm work and forestry work. Horseshoe Bend Ranch will take reasonable precautions to ensure that hunters experience a safe and enjoyable trip, but we cannot guarantee the safety or enjoyment of our guests in any way. Each hunters and member of a hunter's party must agree to use their common sense, plan ahead, and be careful while at Horseshoe Bend Ranch.

Each hunter acknowledges that a successful hunt is no guarantee. Horseshoe Bend Ranch cannot take responsibilty for factors beyond its control which could influence the success of your hunt including the weather, unauthorized persons in your field (tresspassers), the availabilty of game to be hunted, and other unknown factors. Deer and other game are wild animals and free to travel outside of Horseshoe Bend Ranch.

Each hunter and member of hunter’s parties agrees to hold Horseshoe Bend Ranch and its owners and employees harmless in the event of any accident or injury of any kind experienced as part of the hunting trip.

Each hunter and member of hunter’s parties agrees to take full responsibilities for any damages, costs, expenses, injuries or accidents they may cause through accident or negligence or other means while on Horseshoe Bend Ranch, including any that may arise due to negligence by Horseshoe Bend Ranch.

Each hunter and member of hunter's party must read and understand the document Hazards When Hunting On Horseshoe Bend Ranch which will be mailed to hunters with their permission ships and which is available for viewing at http://www.horseshoebendranch.net/hunting/hazards.htm.

Horseshoe Bend Ranch reserves the right to ask any of its guests to leave at any time for any reason. In this event a guest’s payment will be refunded in full unless they have already filled their tag, in which case there will be no refund.

However, if Horseshoe Bend Ranch must ask a guest to leave because it has determined that a guest is behaving dangerously or against Horseshoe Bend Ranch policies, no refund will be given.

All members of a hunting party (armed or unarmed) must sign and return this Release of Liability, which will be mailed with your registration.