Just off the phone with Tim. He's open for Feb., except for the last week. They can take 5-6 hunters on a 1 day hunt. He wants about two weeks notice, cuz he needs to get an extra hand to help, and other hunters will be booking on short notice. First come, first served. March is out, Turkey Season!!!!!! (Anybody got a couple Grand $$$$ for a 10" Osceola?)
This will a stand hunt, over bait. There are no high fences, no dogs, no pen raised animals. Free roaming, wild hogs. Collier's is a working cattle/horse ranch, orange groove, but they do have the hogs. I've been down there about a dozen times and shot pigs, and not shot pigs. Seems every time I take someone with me I don't, but they do!! Aside from the baited stand issues, this is a truly fair chase operation.
The pricing has changed from the last time I was down there, a little.
Full day: 2 pigs; $ 150
Half day: 1 pig: $75
Butchering/Dressing fee: $20/ pig ( if you do it yourself $0.00)
The are no CLOSE airports. Tampa, Sarasota, or Orlando, and their about 1 - 2 hr. away. Overnight accommodations are either camping at the ranch, or a No-Tell motel in Wachula ( about 15 miles, $40 or so). Meals are on you.
Hogs run are from piggly-wiggly to over 200 + #. Really huge 'tuskers' are considered Trophy hogs and fetch some bigger bucks. We're HUNTING and you take your chances, but they're a bunch of hogs in that swamp!!
Personally, I'm gonna take the 50 cal MZ, or the 44 Mag, and go for the full day thing, and try to put some pork in the freezer, before the Kings & Spanish start to migrate back up the Gulf, and I have a ton of friends/ relatives down here to cash in on that fun!!!!
Let me know what you want to do.
Questions about the ranch, call Tim Gibson @ 863-781-1577,. He's a working man and will get back with you, if he doesn't answer.
