People we'd send our own family to

Trusted local guides, processors, trainers, and taxidermists who hunt the same ground you do.

Guides & Outfitters

Rice Country Waterfowl Co.

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Butte & Colusa Co. · Waterfowl

Guided duck and goose hunts on private flooded rice. Pit blinds, decoys set before shoot light, dogs welcome.

North State Blacktail Guides

Shasta Cascade · C-Zone deer

DIY-style guided blacktail hunts on timber ridges. Scouting packages for public-land hunters.

Feather River Turkey Co.

Sacramento Valley benches · Spring turkey

Small spring camps on river-bottom birds. They cap the guns and they mean it.

Lassen High Country

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Lassen approaches · Scouting trips

Pack-in scouting for hunters who drew a tag and have one weekend to learn the mountain.

Meat Processors

Valley Custom Cut & Wrap

Yuba City · Deer, pig & birds

Skinning through vacuum-sealed cuts in 7 days. Sausage, jerky, and snack sticks. Non-lead-aware trimming.

Red Bluff Game Processing

Red Bluff · Deer and pig

Drop-off with a rail that fills in rifle week. Ask for the cut list before you are standing at the counter.

Dog Trainers

Marsh & Field Retrievers

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Sacramento Valley · Retrievers

Started and finished duck dogs, force-fetch through blind retrieves. Summer technical-water program.

Taxidermy

Cascade Ridge Taxidermy

Redding · Deer, pig & birds

Shoulder mounts and birds that look like they still have a heartbeat. Six-month turnaround if you book before rifle season.

Shops

North Valley Sporting

Chico · Licenses, ammo, boots

The counter that will tell you if the non-lead load is actually in stock before you drive over.