About the outfit
A West Texas outfit, established 2018
WTX Outfitters is a guided-hunting operation run out of Lubbock, Texas, and working since 2018. We hunt private ground across the Texas South Plains, around Lubbock, for sandhill crane, duck, goose, dove, hog, prairie dog and pigeon. Every hunt is fully guided.
By the numbers
- Established
- 2018
- Land
- Private
- Flyway
- Central
- Base
- Lubbock, TX
Why this ground
Lubbock sits under the middle of the Central Flyway, and that geography is the whole reason the hunting is good. The playa lakes hold the water. The picked grain fields hold the birds. Come November the sandhill cranes stack onto the Texas High Plains in numbers you have to see to believe, and they feed in the same corn and winter wheat morning after morning.
We hunt private land, leased field by field from landowners we know. That means no public-land pressure and no crowding, and it means we can rest a field after we hunt it. A field gets worked once, then left alone. It is why the birds still decoy in January.
How we hunt
We scout the evening before and set up in the field the birds actually used — not the one they used last week. Layout blinds are brushed into the stubble, decoys are set to the wind, and the calling stops when it ought to. The guide is with you all morning and calls every shot.
We work the limit honestly. Three cranes a gun is the limit. When shooting is done, decoys and blinds go back in the trailer, spent casings are picked up, and all trash is thrown away.
The people
Experienced and first-time hunters welcome
Whether it is your first time or your hundredth, we have one or more guides to aid in the hunt. The guide will call shots and go over safety. Some of our clients have never shot a crane, and that is fine. The guide will help you through shot placement and when to shoot.
Who runs it
WTX Outfitters is a small, owner-guided operation. Every hunt is backed by a team of experienced guides and scouts working together to put you on the best birds possible — from first light to the last bird.
Come hunt with us
Crane weekends fill first, so the earlier you call, the better your dates. When you are ready, reach out to check availability and reserve your spot.
Crane weekends fill first.
Call or text with your dates, your guns and your quarry. A deposit holds your spot.