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About
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Magnum Guide Service has been publicized in various
magazines such as Field & Stream, Texas Sportsman, Texas Fish & Game, Texas
Parks & Wildlife, Big Game Adventure and Safari Magazine. Private publications
such as the North American Hunting Report, and newspapers from the Dallas Morning
News, The Austin American Statesman, to the Brownsville newspaper, have featured our
services. Jim has been guest speaker on the National Award winning Wildlife Report
with host Marty Malin, on KLBJ Radio in Austin with Russell Tinsley, and for Cottonwood
Creek Baptist Church Annual Sportsman's Banquet. Both Jim & Melony have been featured on
local TV stations as well as the Outdoor Channel's "Hunting Across America". Magnum Guide
Service is also endorsed by the North American Hunting Club!
Making your trip a memorable and successful experience is our number one goal.
Our guides, cooks, and other staff members are experienced professionals who
will not only make every effort to help you bag your trophy but will also work
side by side with you to help insure a comfortable, safe, and enjoyable adventure.
Through careful ranch selections, extensive game management programs, seasoned guides,
and dedicated hunters with good marksmanship, our hunters have always maintained a very
high success rate on all game pursued.
Our equipment is top of the line. Meals that we serve are tasty.
The hunting camps have a warm feeling of camaraderie and many
friendships are made that last for years to come. We are very proud
of what we provide and hope that you too will become a part of our
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Jim
& Melony Roche
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Your hosts, Jim and Melony Roche are experienced veterans in the guiding and outdoor industry. Jim is a Commercial Instrument Rated Pilot, New Mexico Guide/Outfitter, and veteran Texas Hunting & Fishing Guide/Outfitter of 32 years. His personal hunts have taken him to six countries and seven states. Jim has been on 7 safaris to Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa hunting four of the "Big Five." In addition to having a full-time guide service he is also a wildlife manager who manages several private ranches in Texas. While Jim presides as President of Magnum Guide Service, LLC, he still manages to follow his dream by personally guiding many of the hunts each year. Jim is also a certified tropaeologist (scorer) for Trophy Game Records of the World.
Melony started her hunting career 18 years ago when she met Jim. Since that time she too has traveled to many states and countries in search of trophy game. She has been on 4 safaris to Tanzania and South Africa. She is the Vice President of Magnum Guide Service, LLC and is in charge of managing the office, overseeing the lodges, the chefs and their menus, purchasing of supplies, and she still manages to cook for many of the hunters herself. Melony has worked as an Assistant Guide in Alaska and is currently a licensed guide in New Mexico.
Jim and Melony recently traveled to Uganda as part of a world mission's team devoted to assist the local village of Goli located in the N.W. corner of Uganda near the Sudan and Congo borders with a Vacation Bible School and Women's Conference. They both feel extremely blessed to have been part of such an awesome experience and look forward to participating in future mission adventures. They have also hosted hunts for charitable organizations such as; "Hunt of a Lifetime," "United Blood Services," and "The American Heart Association."
Jim and Melony, along with their staff of 22 guides, chefs and lodgekeepers, are dedicated to making your trip the best ever for they fully understand the fact that you have a choice in where your next outdoor adventure will be!
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"Attached are photos of my
antelope. I am very proud of him, a real nice
goat. As always, you all put on a fabulous
hunt. Thank you so much for everything. Can't
wait for the elk hunt! See you next month."
Bob
Karel, FL
"We really enjoyed our time at the ranch. It was a more relaxed setting than we had pictured. You both made us feel right at home. Don't know what we were expecting, but it was nice to know that you seem to be really down to earth people and we thank you for that. So many times people try to be above you and you just weren't that way and I think that is why we enjoyed being there. We also wanted to express how much we enjoyed Dean & Sharon. Thank them again for letting us stay in their home. Food was great and if you are ever over in Alabama, give us a call."
Lynn and Cathy Jordan, AL |
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| United
States |
325-853-1555
(lodge) Central Time Zone |
| International |
001-325-853-1555 |
| Fax |
325-853-1556 |
| E-mail |
jroche@magnumguideservice.com |
| Office
Address |
707
N. US Hwy 277, Eldorado, TX 76936 |
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