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Game Management Services, Inc. was founded in 1985 by wildlife biologist, John Cox. Now in our 24th year of operation, we are recognized as one of the premier wildlife management and full-service hunting operations in the southwest.

Known for our signature wild quail hunts, we have been featured in over 20 national magazines, regional newspapers and outdoor publications. We hunt by foot, horseback, or custom quail hunting vehicles.  We have over 100,000 acres of prime quail hunting habitat located in the panhandle of Oklahoma and the rolling plains of Texas. This area is often referred to as the last frontier for wild quail hunting.

Quail hunting is not the only opportunity you can experience with Game Management Services. We offer a limited number of trophy deer hunts on the historic Barby Ranch located in the panhandle of western Oklahoma.  These exclusive hunts have produced whitetail bucks in the 150 to 180 B&C class range in both the muzzleloader and regular gun season.

If spring turkey is your passion, we invite you to hunt on our 13,000-acre lease located in the heart of Rio Grande country in Throckmorton County, Texas. This beautiful and remote ranch has over nine miles of winding river bottom that sustains healthy populations of the majestic Rio Grande turkey. We take a very limited number of hunters and only hunt the first 3 weeks of the season.  This not only ensures each hunter 100% success, but also provides a very exclusive scenario where each hunter gains full access to all the property under our management.

We offer several packages of dove hunts ranging from a day hunt with family and friends to a fully catered corporate or group hunt on our personal ranch located in West Texas.

If you are looking for an individual or corporate hunting lease, we have over 80,000 acres of private ranches under our management. Certified-wildlife biologist, John Cox, personally manages all these ranches. Each lease is enrolled in the Texas Parks & Wildlife MLD Level III program, and has a management plan that is designed to sustain maximum wildlife populations and a well-balanced quality deer herd.

We also provide land and wildlife management services including, but not limited to brush manipulation, pond and lake construction, roads, waterways, food plots, game fences, stocking, scientific breeder permits, wildlife surveys, written management plans and fish stocking.

Our professionalism and dedication has provided us with a tradition of success that we are very proud of.  We invite you to come spend time with us in God’s great outdoors and become a part of our large family of satisfied customers and friends.

Wild Quail Hunting in Texas

In Texas, our hunting area is located in Howard and Glasscock County, approximately 40 miles southeast of Midland, Texas. We have over 55,000 acres of private land and a newly constructed 5,800 sq. foot lodge that includes 12 private bedrooms with bathrooms, game room, and comfortable sitting and dinning areas.

Our ranches provide some of the best quail habitat in all of Texas. The terrain is gently rolling native rangelands with scattered mesquite and low growing brush. We own some of the land we hunt and extensively manage it to achieve the maximum carrying capacity for wild bobwhite quail. This ensures our hunters that they are receiving the best Texas quail hunting available.

The quail season usually runs from the last weekend in October to the last weekend in February. A five-day out of state permit is $75.00. The limit varies from 10 to 15 birds per day per hunter.
Wild Quail Hunting in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, we hunt on the 50,000 acre historic Barby Ranch. This ranch is located in the panhandle along the Beaver River. The terrain is vast and rolling with sand hills, scattered plum thickets and river bottom. Our two story lodge has five double occupancy bedrooms and three bathrooms.

The quail season usually runs from the second weekend in November to February 15. Pheasant season runs the entire month of December. A five-day out of state permit is $100.00 for quail and $125.00 for a pheasant and quail combination. The limit is 10 quail and 3 pheasants per day.
Guided Quail Hunts with Game Management Services

The quail population fluctuates from year to year depending mostly upon spring rains and the severity of winter. For this reason, our hunting grounds are large and diverse. We hunt where the birds are. In years with bumper populations, we will find 30 to 40 coveys a day. In down years, 10 to 15 coveys a day are more likely. Hunter harvest and success data are available on request.

Our guided quail hunt package usually is for three days of hunting with a minimum of three hunters. We book parties of three or six and generally hunt in parties of three.  Meals, lodging, guides, dogs and field transportation are included. Our string of English Setters and English Pointers are seasoned dogs that point, back and retrieve. We hunt from foot, truck, or horseback depending upon the hunter's desire.