Lone Range Shooting School – $2,195 per person
Master the Skills. Build the Confidence. Extend Your Range.
The popularity of long-range hunting has exploded in recent years—and with it, the demand for proper, practical training. At Dead Man’s Pass Ranch, our Lone Range Shooting School is designed to equip hunters with the real-world skills needed to confidently and ethically harvest animals at extended distances—all within the comfort of a weekend getaway that includes private lodging and home-cooked meals.
While there are many long-range shooting courses across the country, most tend to get bogged down in overly technical jargon, leaving students overwhelmed and underprepared. Our course takes a different approach. We keep things simple, practical, and focused on what actually matters in the field. Our instructors are experienced marksmen and hunters who cut through the noise to deliver exactly what you need to hit your target out to 1,000 yards and beyond—with clarity, confidence, and consistency.
The weekend begins as soon as you arrive at the ranch and get settled into our comfortable South Texas lodge. From there, we dive into a classroom-style introduction to long-range ballistics, optics setup, and shot positioning—followed by personalized, hands-on instruction on our 100-yard range.
Throughout the course, each student’s ammunition will be chronographed to gather accurate velocity data, and our instructors will assist you in building a custom range card and ballistic profile tailored to your rifle and hunting conditions. These are tools you’ll use well beyond the weekend, in real-world hunting situations across varying terrain and elevation.
Whether you’re preparing for a mountain elk hunt, an African safari, or just want to extend your effective range in South Texas brush country, our Lone Range Shooting School will help you get there.
Shooting School must have minimum of 5 trainees.
One of the 5 trainees will WIN a FREE
AOUDAD HUNT
$5,195 value
Lone Range Shooting School – $2,195 per person
Master the Skills. Build the Confidence. Extend Your Range.
The popularity of long-range hunting has exploded in recent years—and with it, the demand for proper, practical training. At Dead Man’s Pass Ranch, our Lone Range Shooting School is designed to equip hunters with the real-world skills needed to confidently and ethically harvest animals at extended distances—all within the comfort of a weekend getaway that includes private lodging and home-cooked meals.
While there are many long-range shooting courses across the country, most tend to get bogged down in overly technical jargon, leaving students overwhelmed and underprepared. Our course takes a different approach. We keep things simple, practical, and focused on what actually matters in the field. Our instructors are experienced marksmen and hunters who cut through the noise to deliver exactly what you need to hit your target out to 1,000 yards and beyond—with clarity, confidence, and consistency.
The weekend begins as soon as you arrive at the ranch and get settled into our comfortable South Texas lodge. From there, we dive into a classroom-style introduction to long-range ballistics, optics setup, and shot positioning—followed by personalized, hands-on instruction on our 100-yard range.
Throughout the course, each student’s ammunition will be chronographed to gather accurate velocity data, and our instructors will assist you in building a custom range card and ballistic profile tailored to your rifle and hunting conditions. These are tools you’ll use well beyond the weekend, in real-world hunting situations across varying terrain and elevation.
Whether you’re preparing for a mountain elk hunt, an African safari, or just want to extend your effective range in South Texas brush country, our Lone Range Shooting School will help you get there.
Shooting School must have minimum of 5 trainees.
One of the 5 trainees will WIN a FREE
AOUDAD HUNT
$5,195 value
Classroom
- Firearms Safety
- Ethical considerations for harvesting game at extreme ranges.
- Equipment familiarization
- External Ballistics
- Minute of angle and MilRad explained
- Range finding
- Use of ballistic calculators and Apps.
100 Yard Shooting Range
- Initial sight in of participant’s rifles and familiarization with their equipment
- Proper breathing techniques and trigger pull
- Shooting positions and use of rests
- Scope adjustment using MOA and MilRad system
- How to troubleshoot a rifle/scope that will not group or track properly
- Chronograph participant’s ammunition for making a range card and initial input into ballistic program
Morning
- Ranges 200-500 yards
- Safety briefing
- Becoming comfortable dialing scope to proper range settings using MOA or MilRad system
- Observation of bullet trace will be explained and used to correct for missed targets
- Range finding on unknown distance targets
- How to read wind and the effect of terrain on wind
- Effect of mirage on extreme distance targets
Afternoon
- Safety briefing
- Engaging targets at various unknown ranges out to 1000 yards
- Implementing windage and range finding skills
- Observation of bullet trace will be explained and used to correct for missed targets
- Effect of mirage on extreme distance targets.
- Ability to shoot from a bench and/or prone position
Morning
- Safety briefing
- Put all skills learned towards final shooting test at various targets at new unknown ranges
- Once completed, all participants will receive certificate of completion
- Depart ranch
- Rifle capable of 1” or less group at 100 yards
- Scope with externally adjustable windage and elevation knobs using MOA or MilRad adjustments.
- Bipod that swivels (Harris 6” to 9” S-series or equivalent)
- Adjustable sling
- 250 rounds of MATCH grade ammunition (Preferably the ammunition that they plan to hunt with)
- Hearing and eye protection
- Rangefinder (optional)
- Shooting mat or canvas tarp (optional)
*Dead Man’s Pass Ranch can provide the items required for the shooting school (rifle, ammo, etc.) at an extra charge.
Our Instructors are certified to instruct Texas Parks & Wildlife Hunter Safety courses. So if you want to take the course as part of our long range shooting shoot it can be added. It’s a great time to get those young Texas hunters qualified to get their hunting license by taking this required Texas Parks & Wildlife Hunter Safety course needed to get a Texas hunting license.
Heriberto (Eddie) Venegas
a Del Rio, TX native. Enlisted in the United States Army in March of 2009.
Qualifications
Choosing the MOS 19D Cavalry Scout. He shipped off to Fort Knox, Kentucky to complete Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. During his six years of active duty he served at Fort Hood with 2nd Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, who he deployed with to the Wasit, Province of Iraq on a 12 month combat tour. Eddie also served at Fort Carson, CO. During his time in Ft. Carson he was chosen by his leadership to attend U.S. Army Sniper School. Enrollment to Sniper School is limited to 11 series (Infantry), 18 series (Special Forces) & 19D (Cavalry Scout).The School is a 7 week course, and is one of the Army’s toughest schools having only about a 40% passing rate. Eddie would go on to graduate Sniper School at the top of his class earning the title of Honor Graduate of Sniper Class No. 701-13. Eddie Separated the U.S. Army in March of 2015.
Eddie, his wife Sandra, and two children Aaron, and Alan currently live in Del Rio, TX. Eddie is currently a full time Firefighter for the City of Del Rio, and has served his community as a Firefighter/EMT for nearly 5 years.
In his spare time Eddie enjoys spending time with his family. Teaching his two boys to fish, and hunt. Also working as a professional guide and head Instructor for Dead Man’s Pass Ranch’s Shooting School.
Classroom
- Firearms Safety
- Ethical considerations for harvesting game at extreme ranges.
- Equipment familiarization
- External Ballistics
- Minute of angle and MilRad explained
- Range finding
- Use of ballistic calculators and Apps.
100 Yard Shooting Range
- Initial sight in of participant’s rifles and familiarization with their equipment
- Proper breathing techniques and trigger pull
- Shooting positions and use of rests
- Scope adjustment using MOA and MilRad system
- How to troubleshoot a rifle/scope that will not group or track properly
- Chronograph participant’s ammunition for making a range card and initial input into ballistic program
Morning
- Ranges 200-500 yards
- Safety briefing
- Becoming comfortable dialing scope to proper range settings using MOA or MilRad system
- Observation of bullet trace will be explained and used to correct for missed targets
- Range finding on unknown distance targets
- How to read wind and the effect of terrain on wind
- Effect of mirage on extreme distance targets
Afternoon
- Safety briefing
- Engaging targets at various unknown ranges out to 1000 yards
- Implementing windage and range finding skills
- Observation of bullet trace will be explained and used to correct for missed targets
- Effect of mirage on extreme distance targets.
- Ability to shoot from a bench and/or prone position
Morning
- Safety briefing
- Put all skills learned towards final shooting test at various targets at new unknown ranges
- Once completed, all participants will receive certificate of completion
- Depart ranch
- Rifle capable of 1” or less group at 100 yards
- Scope with externally adjustable windage and elevation knobs using MOA or MilRad adjustments.
- Bipod that swivels (Harris 6” to 9” S-series or equivalent)
- Adjustable sling
- 250 rounds of MATCH grade ammunition (Preferably the ammunition that they plan to hunt with)
- Hearing and eye protection
- Rangefinder (optional)
- Shooting mat or canvas tarp (optional)
*Dead Man’s Pass Ranch can provide the items required for the shooting school (rifle, ammo, etc.) at an extra charge.
Our Instructors are certified to instruct Texas Parks & Wildlife Hunter Safety courses. So if you want to take the course as part of our long range shooting shoot it can be added. It’s a great time to get those young Texas hunters qualified to get their hunting license by taking this required Texas Parks & Wildlife Hunter Safety course needed to get a Texas hunting license.
Heriberto (Eddie) Venegas
a Del Rio, TX native. Enlisted in the United States Army in March of 2009.
Qualifications
Choosing the MOS 19D Cavalry Scout. He shipped off to Fort Knox, Kentucky to complete Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. During his six years of active duty he served at Fort Hood with 2nd Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, who he deployed with to the Wasit, Province of Iraq on a 12 month combat tour. Eddie also served at Fort Carson, CO. During his time in Ft. Carson he was chosen by his leadership to attend U.S. Army Sniper School. Enrollment to Sniper School is limited to 11 series (Infantry), 18 series (Special Forces) & 19D (Cavalry Scout).The School is a 7 week course, and is one of the Army’s toughest schools having only about a 40% passing rate. Eddie would go on to graduate Sniper School at the top of his class earning the title of Honor Graduate of Sniper Class No. 701-13. Eddie Separated the U.S. Army in March of 2015.
Eddie, his wife Sandra, and two children Aaron, and Alan currently live in Del Rio, TX. Eddie is currently a full time Firefighter for the City of Del Rio, and has served his community as a Firefighter/EMT for nearly 5 years.
In his spare time Eddie enjoys spending time with his family. Teaching his two boys to fish, and hunt. Also working as a professional guide and head Instructor for Dead Man’s Pass Ranch’s Shooting School.
