The Sonora Desert

Sonora is the northwestern Mexican state that shares its border with Arizona, and it is desert hunting in the classic sense: mesquite, cholla and open ridges where the day is won or lost behind glass.

Our hunts run on a private ranch with hunting vehicles fitted with elevated spotting towers, which is the whole game here — you cover ground, you get height, and you pick your buck apart before you ever move on him. Two species share the country: heavy-framed desert mule deer, and Coues whitetail, the small grey deer that has a reputation for being one of the harder animals in North America to kill on foot.

Hunters stay at a fully equipped ranch lodge that sleeps four, with a professional chef, and ground transportation is handled round-trip between the airport and the ranch.