Places
Each place is named for where it is. Hunt Oregon runs the hunting from whichever one is its base.
Butter Creek, south of Pilot Rock
The ranch house on Butter Creek, and Hunt Oregon's base for hunting parties.
The house stands near Vinson, named for George Vinson, who in 1852 took the first wagon up Butter Creek. It sits in the creek bottom with the barn and corrals beside it. Hunting parties stay here now; when Hunt Oregon moves to the French Place it becomes a whole-house rental for families and groups.
Big Butter Creek, Morrow County
The main lodge and cabins, and the future home of Hunt Oregon.
Four generations of the French family ranched this ground on Big Butter Creek, from the first land patents around 1900 until 2023. The county road ends at the ranch house. It is planned as the main lodge, with cabins, for upland and big-game hunters and for guests who come for the country.
Battle Mountain, north of Ukiah
A small lodge high in the timber, where the open country ends.
Battle Mountain stands where the ranch's open country meets the Blue Mountain timber, above the ground where the last major fight of the Bannock War took place on 8 July 1878. Cupp Cabin sits at the top. The lodge is planned for small groups who want the timber, the elk and the quiet.
The Umatilla River at Nolin
Cabins on the river, for families and couples.
The river ground at Nolin: the headquarters buildings, the grain elevator and irrigated fields along the Umatilla, with dryland wheat and canyon draws running south. Cabins here are planned for families and couples who want the river.
Meacham, in the Blue Mountains
An old Forest Service guard station for weddings, retreats and reunions, with room to stay.
The old Forest Service guard station at Meacham, on the Oregon Trail's crossing of the Blue Mountains: a main house, two bunkhouses and the outbuildings, beside the meadow where the runway was and the pond. It is planned for small weddings, team retreats and family reunions, with the party staying on site.
Nelson Meadows, on Camas Creek
Cabins in a mountain meadow, with hot springs next door.
Nelson Meadows lies along Camas Creek in the Blue Mountains. The creek is named for the camas lily, which turns wet meadows in this country blue in spring. The cabins are planned for guests who come to slow down: a soak at the neighbouring hot springs, quiet days in the meadow and dark skies at night.
Storm Mountain
A camp on country that runs from rimrock to timber.
Storm Mountain runs from open rimrock and bunchgrass up into Blue Mountain timber. The camp is planned for hunters and small groups who want big country and few people.