Hunt the Hash Knife

Hunt the Hashknife is a family-run outfitter offering guided hunting on thousands of contiguous acres in western Kansas. Since Ed and Kay Koger started the operation in 2001, they've built a reputation for serious hunters who come back year after year—clients call it "heaven on earth for a whitetail hunter."

The ranch specializes in fully-guided archery hunts for trophy whitetail. Bucks regularly score 165+. What makes the difference:

• •Minimal pressure: No rifle hunting for 20+ years, no gun hunting for 12+ years. Deer see few hunters.
• •Habitat management: Nearly 40 years of herd monitoring, food plots, protein supplementation, and stand placement based on real data about animal movement.
• •6-day packages include non-resident tag, experienced guide, lodging, and evening meals.
• •Stand locations change frequently—guides know the property's history and adapt to where the best opportunities exist.

Spring turkey hunts (archery and shotgun) run April through May. Winter flocks number in the hundreds of birds. 4-night semi-guided packages with cabin lodging.

Native quail hunting in fall and winter across rolling prairie, croplands, and timbered creek bottoms. Hunters bring their own dogs; kennels provided. The Hashknife limits quail hunts based on annual hatch quantity.

The ranch sits near Wilmore, Kansas (30 miles from Pratt). Two hunting cabins—the North End sleeps four, the Line Shack sleeps two—both with full kitchens, satellite TV, and bathrooms. Meals served at the lodge feature Angus beef (they run top-quality cattle), plus fish, seafood, and poultry. Fresh salads, seasonal vegetables, homemade breads and desserts.

Head guide Jared Koger leads hunts; family members Matt and others guide as needed. This is genuinely a family operation—kids grew up bowhunting here, spouses are hunters, grandkids pitch in.

"There's no place like the Hashknife." — Repeat clients

Applications required. Book early—spring turkey hunts fill quickly.