Rick
McDowell is owner and operator of Top Hand Hunts. He graduated
from West Texas State University in 1982 majoring in wildlife
management with a minor in geology with emphasis on landfoms.
For the past 20 years McDowell has been
leasing ranches in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado
providing quality hunting opportunities for his clients, including
ex-governors, White House personnel, major oil company presidents
and other VIPS. He is a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Association,
National Wild Turkey Federation, Quail Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited
and an Endorsed Outfitter for the North American Hunting Club.
Good
Things in Life Don’t Come Easy... Especially healthy populations
of the trophy white-tails, antelope, and mule deer. Top Hand
Hunts actively manages each of our leases for the ideal balance
between harvest and production. With a degree in wildlife management
from West Texas State University, a lifetime’s experience
as a conservationist and hunter, and more than 20 years leading
guided hunts in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico, Rick McDowell
understands the land and the resource like few others.
We know that harvests have to shift according to annual peaks
and valleys in reproduction, in hunting pressure on adjacent
leases, and according to accurate censuses.
Our confidence in a quality hunt is based on experience and
on the fact that we have never taken more from our leases than
a healthy population of trophy animals will sustain. Our wildlife
management plans always put the wildlife first. With lots of
supplemental feed, stringent harvest rates, active habitat resotration,
and scientific census work, we are able to maintain healthy
ecosystems and happy hunters as well.
