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HIGH ADVENTURE IN THE OZARKS MISSOURI FREE-RANGE BIG GAME RANCH OFFERS HUNTS FOR MORE THAN 30 SPECIES, PLUS LODGING, FISHING AND MORE BY JASON BROOKS
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here comes a time in every hunter’s life when they start to think of hunting something new. Maybe a trip to Africa for kudu, impala and springbok, or an adventure to New Zealand for red stag. These hunts are often “once in a lifetime” for most hunters, who save up and plan for a trip to a faroff land. In recent years, excursions like this have been difficult with the current climate of Covid and travel restrictions.
International travel restrictions have made it hard to get to New Zealand and its huge-antlered red stag, but the species has been available all along right here in the US at Missouri’s High Adventure Ranch. (HIGH ADVENTURE RANCH)
As befitting the Ozarks, the ranch’s “most popular deer hunt” is for whitetails, and the place is “loaded” with eight-plus-pointers. (HIGH ADVENTURE RANCH)
But what if I told you there was a place right here in the United States that you could drive to and hunt those same animals, along with many other African, South American and even big game animals of the Rocky Mountains, all in a mild climate and complete with a hunting lodge that serves great food? All of this is found at High Adventure Ranch, located in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri.
I RECENTLY HAD THE opportunity to talk
with Charles Puff, founder and ranch owner, and our conversation quickly turned to why he established his ranch back in 1983 with so many game animals. Puff admitted that, like most hunters, his passion for the outdoors start-
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