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I know this is a sore subject in the mid-west lately with outfitters leasing vast amounts of properties. But I have always wanted to hunt in the farm country of the mid-west.
I live in SC and our hunting is managed more for quantity than quality. We have unlimited bucks with rifles from Aug. 15 thru Jan. 1 plus baiting and dog hunting is legal in the half the state. We only have two deer entered in B&C. I would guess over 80% of our 1 1/2 yo bucks are taken every season. Our soil is poor compared to that of the mid west so even the few mature deer we have do not reach the size of most mid-west deer.
Having said that I'm planning Iowa hunt as soon as I can draw a tag. I plan to hunt public land only, doubt I could get permisson in a week period. Hunting with an outfitter is just not for me, and that's not even considering the cost. If I spend $3000+ for a trip I would take a cruise with my wife, or take the whole family to Disney.
Plus I not sure that outfitting is good for our sport, some are some aren't, but I would love to make a living at what I love, if it did not turn into a job. But anyway I just don't care for a guided whitetail hunt.
I'm very aware of the problems that some out-of-state guys can cause. We have several doctor,lawyers,exec,etc. that come in an lease more land than they ever could hunt let alone effectively manage. I just hope to come hunt on public land for one week in the fall, and along weekend in the spring. Spend a few dollars at a hotel and restaurants and just see at least one P&Y class deer. I have bowhunted in SC for 15 years and only seen one! But of course 125pt will get you in the SC record book.
Most hunting articles and books are read geared toward hunting the mid west. I guess that helps drive my desire to hunt out there. Plus we have no exiting farms in the county I live in, excluding a few cattle farms. Pine trees are the major cash crop in SC now.
Any advice that you can give would be appreciate. I'm kind of methodical about hunting and like to research as much as I can. I hope to come out in the spring the spring before I hunt. So I have a lot to learn, I hear the corn being cut is a major influence and the rut is typically very eventful. (here our does are breed from late sept. to early jan., so we have no define rut.) I use a climber a lot, but from what I have seen you guys have very few trees suitable for climbing. I shoot a compound now for hunting but I'm working on the transition to a recurve. I hope to be converted before I make the trip.
So here's the one major question, what about the public land? Is it pressured bad, are most of the hunters courtesy? is it farmed also?
So do we have any takers? SC DNR has a board and several of the members would respond to keep your !@#$ in your own state, but some are helpful.
I would offer an trade a hunt, but I could not see for the life of me why anyone from Iowa would want to hunt in SC, unless you like to hunt turkeys, that is one plus to our state. We are home of NTWF!
I look forward to reading and learning from this forum. The photo gallery under "Timing is Everything" is amazing.
Thanks in an advance and good hunting.
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I live in SC and our hunting is managed more for quantity than quality. We have unlimited bucks with rifles from Aug. 15 thru Jan. 1 plus baiting and dog hunting is legal in the half the state. We only have two deer entered in B&C. I would guess over 80% of our 1 1/2 yo bucks are taken every season. Our soil is poor compared to that of the mid west so even the few mature deer we have do not reach the size of most mid-west deer.
Having said that I'm planning Iowa hunt as soon as I can draw a tag. I plan to hunt public land only, doubt I could get permisson in a week period. Hunting with an outfitter is just not for me, and that's not even considering the cost. If I spend $3000+ for a trip I would take a cruise with my wife, or take the whole family to Disney.
Plus I not sure that outfitting is good for our sport, some are some aren't, but I would love to make a living at what I love, if it did not turn into a job. But anyway I just don't care for a guided whitetail hunt.
I'm very aware of the problems that some out-of-state guys can cause. We have several doctor,lawyers,exec,etc. that come in an lease more land than they ever could hunt let alone effectively manage. I just hope to come hunt on public land for one week in the fall, and along weekend in the spring. Spend a few dollars at a hotel and restaurants and just see at least one P&Y class deer. I have bowhunted in SC for 15 years and only seen one! But of course 125pt will get you in the SC record book.
Most hunting articles and books are read geared toward hunting the mid west. I guess that helps drive my desire to hunt out there. Plus we have no exiting farms in the county I live in, excluding a few cattle farms. Pine trees are the major cash crop in SC now.
Any advice that you can give would be appreciate. I'm kind of methodical about hunting and like to research as much as I can. I hope to come out in the spring the spring before I hunt. So I have a lot to learn, I hear the corn being cut is a major influence and the rut is typically very eventful. (here our does are breed from late sept. to early jan., so we have no define rut.) I use a climber a lot, but from what I have seen you guys have very few trees suitable for climbing. I shoot a compound now for hunting but I'm working on the transition to a recurve. I hope to be converted before I make the trip.
So here's the one major question, what about the public land? Is it pressured bad, are most of the hunters courtesy? is it farmed also?
So do we have any takers? SC DNR has a board and several of the members would respond to keep your !@#$ in your own state, but some are helpful.
I would offer an trade a hunt, but I could not see for the life of me why anyone from Iowa would want to hunt in SC, unless you like to hunt turkeys, that is one plus to our state. We are home of NTWF!
I look forward to reading and learning from this forum. The photo gallery under "Timing is Everything" is amazing.
Thanks in an advance and good hunting.
[email protected]
