Ohio Deer Hunting - Ohio Whitetail Deer Outfitters
If you are considering hunting deer in Ohio, you have several good options. If you are lucky and have friends or family with access to good areas, that´s a great scenario. You also have a fair amount of public access property for hunting deer in Ohio and even through public areas get a lot of pressure, they still produce a lot of good bucks. If you want to improve your odds and you don´t have the time to scout and do the things necessary to increase the opportunity, then you might consider Ohio deer hunting outfitters.
There are a lot of good outfitters specializing in Ohio Whitetail Deer hunting. You should do your homework to see if the prospective outfitter has the land holding to draw and keep enough deer on the property, and if they offer the type of hunting you like to do, such as Rut, Pre Rut, Baited areas, natural funnels or hot does. There are a lot of options. It depends on the time of year, weather and local topography and certainly the experience level of the outfitters and guides. Ohio deer hunting outfitters do not have to be licensed by the state of Ohio.
I always recommend calling the outfitter and asking questions that pertain to the type of hunt you are interested in. But first be sure to read all of the outfitters website to get the information they put out there for you. Read it before you call, and make sure you call. There are a lot of very good Ohio deer hunting outfitters available and with good management and experience level growing each year, it just keeps getting better for the Ohio whitetail deer hunting public.
BULLET POINTS
Last year (09) we had over 800 deer pictures on one camera in a 30 hour period, all does. It was early season on a feeding station, most people say "shoot the does, you have too many", I disagree, when the does started to come in heat the big buck presence will change over night. All of a sudden you had trees 3 to 5 inches in diamiter tore up, scrapes all over the place, 3 to 5 feet in diameter, one client seen 4 "Book" bucks in one day last November. When you have that many does you can attract, and Hold higher numbers of Bucks, not to mention the obvious, those does produce dozens of new baby bucks every spring.
Cell phones are mandatory! After I get the clients settled in the lodge and show them the stand location I might not see you again for a day or two, but I can be reached by cell phone It is mandatory for any single hunter to have a cell phone with them and check in with me so I know they are O.K. we all know you can fall out of a tree or twist an ankle or the like, so I want to know that all my clients are safe at the end of the day. If there is a group of two or more then I need to hear from at least one of them that all is O.K. If there is a problem, an emergency or a deer to recover and you need help then use that cell phone. If I don´t hear for someone a hour after dark then I am coming to your stand, so don´t forget to check in!
While hunting you can hunt any legal game that is in season and you have the appropriate tags, this year clients either harvested or passed on three color phases of squirrels, coons, red fox, coyotes, turkey. Coyotes killed on my property earns a $100.00 bounty.
If you have the time, click on to www.WhiteOakHunting.com and read that website. It will help you to see the level of experience and investment I have put forth in hunting and guiding clients.
I know a lot of deer hunters that look down on high fenced hunting, (and sometimes for good reason), but when it´s done right, it´s as good or better or harder that free range. When they have enough acreage and food and cover, and they have lived there entire life avoiding hunters, then a mature animal inside a fence has more experience at avoiding hunters than free ranging animals, but I emphasize, it has to be done right, large acreage, good food and cover and resident, reproducing, healthy herds.
I am not trying to change anyone opinions at the moment, but I am asking if there is a hard core anti-high fence hunter reading this, than give me a fair shake on my free range hunts, don´t hold the high fence against me.
Although, to many people it seems to be two different types of hunts, they are in fact, really the same hunt, just in two different environments, the deer are the same, the guide had better do his homework and the client better not make any mistakes. It doesn´t make any difference which side of the fence your standing on. The players are the same. The game is played the same. I am just a guy that loves hunting deer so much that I do both types for a living.
