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    Guided Outfitter Bow Hunt Recommendation, anyone?

    Does anyone have a recommended Outfitter for a Guided Bow Hunt?
    Looking to book next season....

    160-200 for the deer
    over 375" for ELK

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    I'm flexible about how I hunt.. .i'm good with spot and stalk.... and ambush (stand, etc..). I'm good with either High Fence (on large acreage) or Low Fence and understand that HF will cost more. I'm just looking for a good hunt. The last hunt in Arizona was a waste of time. I prepared by shooting three times a week out to sixty yards for nine months....and not one shot opportunity....In fact, very few animals...and only two within 1000 yards....On one day alone, I hiked six miles up and down mountains and saw nada. I'm looking for "BETTER" than that...(that hunt cost $7500)

    I'm not necessarily looking for a guarantee; but, the ranch or public land has to have the size I want or there is no chance to get the size I desire... For example, for my ELK, I went with Forbes Outfitters out of Kaycee, WY for bowhunting spot and stalk because of their reputation for quality animals and GOD gifted me a 325" ELK -- shot at 48 yards, that was the largest harvested in my group. Are there bigger somewhere else, sure. However, Forbes had a high shot opportunity rate and for my prep and vacation time, it was worth it.

    For those, that think, go back to Forbes... I would if I thought there was even a 25% chance of getting one bigger that one I already harvested in 2017.​
    Last edited by The Sicilian; 12-28-2024, 11:18 AM.

    #2
    For deer? Elk? What are you looking for?

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      #3
      Deer? How big?

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        #4
        Budget?

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          #5
          Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer.... 160-180s
          ELK if only bigger than my one in the house (>375?)

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            #6
            well......... 160-200 for the deer

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              #7
              160" Free range WT might be tough but doable. 160 MD not so hard. Now a 200" WT free range may take you several years to find and get a shot at 1 that big. High fence can be done in no time, but it will cost you in excess of 20K

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                #8
                any outfitters that you would recommend?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by PYBUCK View Post
                  160" Free range WT might be tough but doable. 160 MD not so hard. Now a 200" WT free range may take you several years to find and get a shot at 1 that big. High fence can be done in no time, but it will cost you in excess of 20K


                  if high fence is fine with you go to timber ghost in Iowa. I’m going next year. Up to a 240 is 10k

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by The Sicilian View Post
                    any outfitters that you would recommend?
                    The Buck Horn Ranch in San Saba, Tx for WT if you’re looking for a HF place.

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                      #11
                      Cactus jack? Never been but have watched Levi Morgan’s and Lee Ellis videos from there

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by CreedXS View Post
                        Cactus jack? Never been but have watched Levi Morgan’s and Lee Ellis videos from there
                        They’ve been hammering some toads this year! Lots of them with stick and string as well.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by CreedXS View Post
                          Cactus jack? Never been but have watched Levi Morgan’s and Lee Ellis videos from there
                          I’ve got that ranch saved in my favorites as a place I’d like to book a hunt on sometime. Looks like an awesome place and I’d bet they’re booked for the next few years.

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                            #14
                            Check with Malone Outdoors. Central Texas ranches and good prices. Mostly high fence ranches.

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                              #15
                              Plenty of good high fence options here in Texas for the 200”whitetail and definitely not $20K+. Can get that done for half that. Elk will run about the same or a touch more. Look at Duncan Fraser’s new place in Oklahoma for the elk. Venator USA. Would be better scenery than shooting one at a feeder here in Texas.

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