Jonathan Bailey
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Will many guides/outfitters provide clients "doe-only" hunts upon request?
My advice would be, get back into deer hunting now. Find some public land close to your home and scout it out this winter, because there's no better time to see where deer travel than midwinter, then the next fall you shoot them there. Its like fishing, you have to memorize where the deep fishing holes are in midsummer when the water is low, then the next spring you catch the fish there even though you can't see where the hole is. If you go hunting close to home right now you will gain valuable practice that will enable you to enjoy your guided hunt ten times more. And the more experience you have the better your hunting guide help fill your tags and your meat locker.Thank you, sir. That's good information to know. That's going to be my game plan in the future when I get back into deer hunting again.
My advice would be, get back into deer hunting now. Find some public land close to your home and scout it out this winter, because there's no better time to see where deer travel than midwinter, then the next fall you shoot them there. Its like fishing, you have to memorize where the deep fishing holes are in midsummer when the water is low, then the next spring you catch the fish there even though you can't see where the hole is. If you go hunting close to home right now you will gain valuable practice that will enable you to enjoy your guided hunt ten times more. And the more experience you have the better your hunting guide help fill your tags and your meat locker.
My advice would be, get back into deer hunting now. Find some public land close to your home and scout it out this winter, because there's no better time to see where deer travel than midwinter, then the next fall you shoot them there. Its like fishing, you have to memorize where the deep fishing holes are in midsummer when the water is low, then the next spring you catch the fish there even though you can't see where the hole is. If you go hunting close to home right now you will gain valuable practice that will enable you to enjoy your guided hunt ten times more. And the more experience you have the better your hunting guide help fill your tags and your meat locker.
PA has a million acres of public hunting land, and with proper scouting techniques hunting spots can be found that are as good as private land. You just have to be able to hike in to where they are at, which should not be an issue for young guys like you.About 95% of the land in OK and TX is privately-held. I would think most of PA (my grandfather's native state) land is private as well.
PA has a million acres of public hunting land, and with proper scouting techniques hunting spots can be found that are as good as private land. You just have to be able to hike in to where they are at, which should not be an issue for young guys like you.
There’s great hunting on public land East and west of the Mississippi.
As far as dragging deer goes, I recommend learning how to debone in the field if it’s legal where you hunt. A 120 pound doe might yield 40 ponds of boned meat.
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And a lot of those are either sex rifle or doe only rifle...Oaklahoma has multiple drawings for public land hunts not counting just hunting on public land
I said "young guy" tongue in cheek, you're my age, and I'm only young at heart. Anyway, you're getting a lot of good ideas on here now for hunting in your home area, in the US there's probably good public hunting opportunities within a 2 hr drive for anybody in any state. And, if you want to drive to places like Kansas there's public land with some pretty nice trophies taken every year.Young guy at age 55? Well, arthritis has crept into my middle-age bones and joints. I'm no strong warhorse as I was in the army 100 pounds less and 25 years ago. I can maybe hike within a mile from the truck to a tree stand or a ground blind , over FLAT ground, but probably go much longer on an ATV, horse, mule or burro. I would need a wheelbarrow or a good deer cart to get my doe from the stand to the pickup. Too old and beat for all this draggin' crap. I don't smoke or drink, but still...