Code of Conduct

Listen To Your Guide

When engaging in a guided hunting experience, following the directions of your guide and treating them with respect are crucial components of a successful and enjoyable outing. Our hunting guides bring extensive expertise, knowledge of the area, and an understanding of local wildlife patterns.

Why Following Directions Matters

Safety: Your guide is trained to recognize potential dangers, such as unpredictable wildlife behavior, hazardous terrain, or changing weather conditions. Following their advice minimizes risks to everyone involved.

Hunting Success: Guides use their experience to position you for optimal opportunities, whether it’s setting up in the right location or advising on timing and technique. Disregarding their advice can reduce your chances of a successful hunt.

Legal Compliance: Your guide understands local hunting laws and regulations, including bag limits and restricted zones. Obeying their guidance ensures that your actions remain lawful.

Respect Your Guide

HB Hunting Ranch is a place geared towards new hunters, occasional hunters, and frequent hunters alike. Just as we respect the experience of many of those who come to hunt on our property, we expect our guide to receive the same respect. No one knows the ranch or the animals in it better than them. While you are on HB Hunting Ranch property, you will follow their instructions at all times.

In Summary

  • Listen attentively during briefings and while in the field.

  • Follow instructions promptly and avoid questioning their expertise unnecessarily.

  • Refrain from unsafe behaviors, such as handling weapons irresponsibly or straying from designated areas.

  • Treat them courteously, recognizing that they are professionals invested in your success and well-being.

Safety First

Ensuring everyone’s safety is the cornerstone of a successful outing. Whether handling firearms, bows, or other equipment, proper care and responsibility are essential.

Responsible Equipment Handling: Firearms, bows, and other hunting equipment must always be handled with care and respect. Firearms should remain pointed in a safe direction at all times and be kept unloaded until ready for use or as instructed by a guide.

Following Safety Briefings: Guides and hunting experts provide crucial safety instructions designed to protect everyone involved. Carefully listen to and follow all briefings, ensuring that you understand your surroundings, any potential hazards, and proper procedures for the hunt.

Ethical Hunting Practices

At HB Hunting Ranch, ethical hunting is a cornerstone of what we stand for. Upholding ethical practices ensures the integrity of the sport, conserves wildlife for future generations, and demonstrates respect for the natural world. We expect all clients to follow these principles throughout the hunting experience.

Humane Harvesting

Ethical hunting places a strong emphasis on minimizing suffering for the game. Humane harvesting is about taking responsibility for your actions and ensuring the process respects the life of the animal. This involves:

  • Making Confident Shots: Only take a shot when you are certain in your ability to deliver a clean and humane kill. Obey your guide’s instructions on your target.

  • Avoiding Risky Shots: Refrain from attempting shots that are poorly placed or carry a high risk of causing unnecessary pain or prolonged suffering.

By adhering to these principles, hunters uphold the integrity of ethical hunting and demonstrate respect for wildlife.

Respect for Wildlife

Respect for wildlife is one of the most fundamental principles of ethical hunting. It’s about viewing wildlife as a valuable resource to be preserved for future generations, rather than something to be exploited. Ethical hunters understand the importance of their role in maintaining ecological balance and take steps to hunt responsibly. This includes:

  • Harvesting Responsibly: Taking only what is legally permitted and what can be reasonably used.

  • Minimizing Waste: Ensuring all viable parts of the animal are properly utilized to avoid unnecessary waste.

  • Protecting the Ecosystem: Avoiding harm to non-target species and taking care not to disrupt the balance of the local environment.