Big Game Hunting

The ultimate big game adventure awaits in the heart of our exclusive 25,000-acre Blue Mountain wilderness.

Big Game Hunting at Ruggs Ranch

Experience the pinnacle of trophy deer and elk hunting at Ruggs Ranch. Our expedition camp is strategically positioned on the edge of our 25,000-acre private timber property in the Blue Mountains, serving as your base camp for a world-class hunt.

Our expert guides will lead you directly to the legendary trophy game that defines Ruggs Ranch.

This is a rugged adventure with refined comfort. Guests stay in carpeted wall tents set on wood platforms, featuring cozy rustic wood stoves and comfortable beds with full linens — a true step up from traditional camping.

The camp centerpieces are a massive outdoor fire pit and a heated dining tent where our executive chef serves up gourmet hot breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring the finest Western cuisine. Plus, with an on-site refrigerated butchery, your harvest is processed with professional care.

Elk Hunting

Join us for trophy-class elk hunts backed by expert guides, full camp amenities, and Oregon’s largest resident herd.

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Deer Hunting

Book your dream mule deer hunt at Ruggs Ranch, where every detail is covered for the buck of your lifetime.

View Deer Hunting

Corporate Retreats

Elevate your next corporate retreat with memorable team-building experiences, gourmet dining, and cozy lodging.

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Terms

A 15% gratuity will be added to the cost of your hunt and be distributed evenly between all qualifying staff members.
This does not include the gratuity for your guide, we suggest a minimum gratuity of
$100 per person, per day for your guide and ask that you provide this gratuity directly to your guide at the conclusion of your trip.
Ruggs Ranch deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE. A deposit is required at the time of booking to reserve your hunt dates. Wingshooting deposits are equal
to 50% of the cost of the hunt.

John,

I have been to almost a hundred hunting and fishing lodges in my television career, some good, some not, several abys mal and very few exceptional. The list of those who consistently deliver on their promise of excellent hunting and hospitality is short. Ruggs Ranch belongs in that top tier.

Over and above everything (actually, I guess it would be un der everything) is the land. I have never seen such variety and sheer volume. One of the reasons my viewers cite for going hunting is to be enveloped in natural beauty.

A person in outdoor clothing and hat stands in a grassy field, holding a shotgun. The photo is signed with "Thanks Ruggs!" and a paw print next to a signature.

Ruggs has it in spades, from stately timber strands and hushed forests, to limitless vistas of sage and bunchgrass.

Thank goodness your string includes cockers for the wicked-thick bunchgrass and riparian areas, and horses for the big-sky chukar hills.

That abundant and high quality habitat leads to incredible hunting. Wild chukars, valley quail and Huns in their native surroundings, elk, deer, turkey ghosting through the pines, and of course pheasants skulking in the CRP and crops. It only gets better when you hunt horseback.

Your staff is top-drawer, driven to meet the needs of guests. Guides go out of their way to help, Gene takes dogs to the highest level, Vicky in the office is relentless in her attention to detail, and of course, Keith’s food is to die for. I warn you every time I visit that you’d better count your cocker spaniels before I leave because someday I will dognap one!

As their leader you’ve instilled in staff a willingness to go the extra mile and strive for excellence. A successful businessman told me years ago that the key to success was to be ten percent better than one’s competitors. In every respect Ruggs is that, or more.

Every time we broadcast an episode at Ruggs, my viewers express awe at the vastness, the “westernness” of Ruggs Ranch. It is every hunter’s dream to “cowboy up,” explore the wild west, be part of our rugged bast. Nowhere but at Ruggs can one live the dream.

Sincerely,
Scott Linden
Creator/host
Wingshooting USA TV