More about
The guides.
Grant Stepan
Guide
In addition to his passion for the outdoors, Grant excels as a Team Roper and competes regularly around the great State of Texas. Currently, Grant resides in Riviera, Texas and is in his Senior year at Texas A & M University – Kingsville majoring in Agriculture Science.
Parker Stepan
Guide
Achieving the Rank of Eagle Scout in 2019, then being the recipient of the Dallas Safari Club Young Hunter of the Year Award in 2020. He has recently been awarded the Safari Club International Young Hunter of the Year Award for 2023. Parker utilizes the culmination of his knowledge and experiences in the field to best serve his clients.
Parker is currently enrolled in Texas Christian University majoring in Marketing and resides in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Fidencio Hinojosa
Ranch Manager and Guide
In addition to his knowledge of hunting Big Game, Fide also worked as a dog handler guiding clients for quail hunts on some of the most famous ranches in South Texas.
A student of the land and a historian by nature, after hunting with Fide you will come away with a stronger understanding of the South Texas Brush Country and history of this most special place.
After the sale of the ranch near Falfurrias in 2005, Fide moved to the Hill Country and worked with John Ed on other ranch properties. He obtained his real estate license and works as a Sales Agent with Ranch Investments, the Stepan’s real estate brokerage. His in depth knowledge of cattle ranching and wildlife management qualify him to best serve his clients whether buying or selling ranch real estate.
Jimmy Banks
Senior Guide and Red Deer Consultant
Hunting has always been a passion for Jimmy and has taken him all over the state of Texas, several other States and even to Africa numerous times. These travels have included tournaments, contests, and seminars, but what Jimmy still enjoys the most is just hunting with family and friends. Jimmy guides whitetail and exotic animal hunts and is very involved improving genetics of Red Deer through artificial insemination and embryo transfer. Jimmy is on FoxPro Field Staff and has been featured on the Outdoor Channel hunting on FoxPro Furtakers.
Jimmy’s mentorship and guidance in developing a World Class Red Deer program has been instrumental in making the Reserve Ranch one of the top destinations for the best Red Stag hunting in North America.
John David Carter
Guide, Sales and Marketing
In my hunting career I always described myself as generalist so it would be very difficult to pick my favorite game to hunt. I was taught to enjoy whatever it is you are hunting that day. It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s time spent in a blind waiting for whitetail, sitting on a bucket leading doves with my trusty 870, or walking a quail course I enjoy being in the outdoors amongst friends and family.
Outside of the ranch I am an active farm and ranch real estate agent, a proud father and husband, member of the Dallas Safari Club, Texas Trophy Hunters Association, and the Knights of Columbus.
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