River Drake Ranch

River Drake Ranch River Drake Ranch is a Hunting & Recreation Ranch formerly know as Mallard Frontier. The Ranch was purchased by the Landry Family in July of 2020.

Hunts Are Currently By Invitation Only

This is a shout out to Michael Hankins and his dog Dan with Redbone Game Recovery. A deer shot on the Drake made its way...
01/19/2026

This is a shout out to Michael Hankins and his dog Dan with Redbone Game Recovery. A deer shot on the Drake made its way onto a neighbor’s property. After getting permission from the land owner we went out the next morning to look for the deer. Dan took us straight to him! Unfortunately, the coyotes got to him first. Mike and Dan did an awesome job. Dan is the real deal!

Baby Girl closed out youth season with a bang yesterday. She filled both of her doe tags in one sitting.
01/19/2026

Baby Girl closed out youth season with a bang yesterday. She filled both of her doe tags in one sitting.

I managed to tag this guy before gun season ended. I was fully prepared to hunt him down with my muzzle loader if I had ...
01/02/2026

I managed to tag this guy before gun season ended. I was fully prepared to hunt him down with my muzzle loader if I had to.

Baby Girl water swatted her first duck this morning. Look at that grin. I’m in trouble now!
12/24/2025

Baby Girl water swatted her first duck this morning. Look at that grin. I’m in trouble now!

12/19/2025

Diesel Presley beat his personal best with a 9-point this morning. Check out this really cool video his mom made of his hunting trip on the Ranch. We can’t all have a photographer for a mom!

It was below freezing and foggy this morning. Our morning started out with Baby Girl bundled up in a blanket on the bott...
12/05/2025

It was below freezing and foggy this morning. Our morning started out with Baby Girl bundled up in a blanket on the bottom of the Deer Blind with a blind heater going and watching her iPad with her headphones on. After it got daylight, we watched a dozen or so deer come and go on the food plot before the one we’ve been hunting stepped out. She got behind the scope and immediately blurted out, “Holy Crap Dad! He’s really big!”. While she was waiting for him to present her with a good shot she looked up from the scope, held her hand out and said with a big smile, “Look, I’m shaking”. I said, “It’s ok baby, I’m shaking too!”. She finally got the shot picture she wanted and sent it. Shot him right through the lungs and he made it about 70 yards before giving up the ghost. I’ve come to realize that I am her hunting guide, caddy, skinner, butcher, and cook. I put her on them and she shoots them down! Lol! I wouldn’t have it any other way!

12/05/2025

Baby Girl made it into the 10-point club this morning! If she keeps this up, this little girl is gonna have her own hunting show one day!

It’s hard to beat sending lots of small caliber rounds down range to instill solid shooting fundamentals into young hunt...
10/19/2025

It’s hard to beat sending lots of small caliber rounds down range to instill solid shooting fundamentals into young hunters. Working on Baby Girl’s breathing, trigger pull, and follow through. Shes doing great. We’ll get her Deer Rifle dialed back in next week. Season is right around the corner!

Getting ready for the 2025-26 Deer Season!
10/04/2025

Getting ready for the 2025-26 Deer Season!

10/04/2025

Got our feeders filled. Baby Girl likes to give me a hand loading them with corn.

I gave Baby Girl her first open face baitcasting combo today. No more of daddy’s hand me downs. She put that rod to good...
07/06/2025

I gave Baby Girl her first open face baitcasting combo today. No more of daddy’s hand me downs. She put that rod to good use this afternoon.

Our F1 Tiger Bass are coming right along.
05/25/2025

Our F1 Tiger Bass are coming right along.

Address

11094 Daniels Chapel Road
De Kalb, TX
75559

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