Auburn Gold Country Rotary & Stewart's Ninety-Six Ranch
The Silver & Gold
Paradise Nevada Slam
Attention hunters seeking Nevada Private Land Turkey tag permission slips for Spring 2027, a truly unique opportunity awaits!!!
The Opportunity
The Gold Country Rotary Club of Auburn, CA has received the donation of landowner permission slips for a single party of two hunters on Paradise Valley, Nevada’s historic Ninety-Six Ranch. The donation specifically includes exclusive access for a party of two to hunt the nearly ten thousand acre private property for the opening weekend (March 27-28, 2027). The landowner has also graciously offered to allow the hunting party to stay at the ranch’s private bunkhouse at the center of the property (March 26-29).
Nevada is currently ranked as the third most difficult state to take a wild turkey, with lack of access cited as the top problem.
With outfitter hunts topping $5,000 per hunter in Paradise Valley and available hunts very rare, this one time landowner donation represents a unique opportunity for you to check Nevada off your list of 49, and benefit a very worthwhile cause. 100% of the winning bid will directly benefit Gold Country Rotary of Auburn, CA and help fund projects including the Alan Young Bootstrap award to help high school seniors start their careers, local community projects as well as international projects such as the Puerta Hermosa orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico.
The Experience
The Ninety-Six Ranch has participated in the private land hunt for 29 of its 33 years, returning in 2027 after four years off. It carefully manages the wildlife within its boundaries and never issues more tags than its bird population can support and sustain. Its nearly 15 miles of meadows and pasture ground along Martin Creek are considered some of the Valley’s premier turkey habitat. The ranch has never before sold a tag or access. It prefers to simply give a very limited number of tags to respectful residents and nonresidents who contact them in advance each year.
The ranch will be conducting spring branding during the same weekend and Hunters are welcomed to join the family and crew in the branding and share in our hosted branding dinner.
The Ninety-Six Ranch is Nevada’s oldest ranch still in original family ownership and management (1864). For more information about the history of the ranch, enjoy Buckaroos in Paradise on the Library of Congress’ website.
This one-time donation to our Rotary Club came about because the landowner has a longtime friend in Rotary leadership and supports its local philanthropic mission.
==TOP BIDDERS==
First: $1,000 D.M.
Second: $500 S.M.
Third: - None -
Check this page frequently and update your bid via email to secure your position!
Updated 11/08/2026
Bidding Process
The Auburn Gold Country Rotary Club will accept bids via email and post the current high bidders to this page. Check this page often and email us to secure your first place bid!
Email bids must be sent to goldcountryrotary@gmail.com and the subject line must start with “Bid $[amount of bid]”. Include your name, phone number and mailing address in the body of the email. The minimum bid increment is $100. We will post the amount and initials for the three highest bids below. Depending on volume, we may not be able to respond to email. Thank you for your understanding.
We will accept bids received via mail until November 27, 2026. The top qualifying offer will be contacted via phone on the day following the close of bidding and the winning bidder will have ten days to make secure payment. If payment is not received within the ten day deadline, the second highest bidder will be contacted and so on.
Rules and Details
Bidders must be private parties - the hunters themselves. No outfitter or third party offers will be allowed or considered. Permission slips must be used directly by the hunters. Landowner reserves the right to reject bids from any unacceptable person or entity. Further, it accepts no liability for any accident, injury or loss caused by participating in any activity on the property.
Successful bidders are responsible for the purchase of valid Nevada hunting licenses and for sending in completed permission slips and fees by deadline to purchase Turkey tags. They are responsible for obeying all applicable State regulations related to their hunt. They are also responsible for cleaning up after themselves if using ranch’s bunkhouse or paying for housekeeping services at the rate of $100. Landowner highly recommends that successful bidder have ONX hunt or similar landowner boundary application loaded on their cell phones to avoid illegal trespassing of neighboring properties.
Successful bidder/hunters are expected to treat landowner and private property respectfully and to clean up after themselves if utilizing bunkhouse accommodations. Further, successful bidders accept that opening weekend is also a holiday weekend, and ranch expects and intends to conduct spring branding on same dates. Gathering cattle on horseback may scatter wildlife including turkeys, although the historic effect has been minimal and many times actually moves birds toward hunters.
Common areas (kitchen , bathroom and living room) of bunkhouse may be shared by buckaroos and branding crew during daytime hours while hunters are present.
Should weather or other complications preclude the party’s ability to hunt and fill their tags the opening weekend, all reasonable efforts will be made to allow them non exclusive hunting on the property during the final two weeks of the season. (April 23-May 7). No access will be granted at any other time and no additional guarantee of bunkhouse accommodation can be promised; but, if available, landowner will attempt to accommodate the party.
Landowner reserves the right to revoke hunting privileges and remove hunters from property for disrespectful or dangerous behavior, illegal conduct or violation of bidding rules - without any compensation. All donations to Rotary are final and non refundable. Failure to fill tag(s) or removal from property for unacceptable behavior or violation of bidding rules is not cause for refund.