Outfitter Guidelines at Ohio Whitetail Deer Outfitters

We do allow the use of 4-Wheelers on your lease, but we do limit the use. Some of the parcels are large with some big hills so a 4-Wheeler will come in handy for taking in the stands and pulling them, it also will come in handy for recovery of deer. A two man crew can drag deer off any of our leases, but a 4-wheeler will do it a lot easier and if you have one anyway you might as well bring it, one of our barns is used just for clients to park their bikes inside.

Each parcel will have multiple trees and shooting lanes prepared ready for you to set your stand. Some parcels will have stands already there for you to use if you wish but not all of them, also because of current weather, wind direction etc. there could be a variety of better stand locations each day, so we suggest the clients bring a ladder stand to put up, maybe for the morning hunt, and bring a climber for last minute moves and sometimes the afternoon hunts. Remember, these are my suggestions, you will decide what is needed each day and do as you wish. But I will offer a common sense pointer here, there is a lot of deer in the area, sometimes they are close, so, on those super quite mornings when sound carries a great distance I like to be able to silently climb up in a preset ladder stand and not try and climb with my climber, I always make too much noise, now if it is breezy or raining, the noise factor is not as important. But if these deer hear something it could cause a lot more caution on their part. There could be some old does that have busted hunters before on these corn feeders, so obviosly it´s important that they do not know your there, these same old does really enjoy the dependable food source each day, so if you are camoed, scent free and quiet, they will take advantage of that consistent food source not knowing you are about. Those does will keep the bucks in the neighborhood. The timed feeders reduces the amount of nocturnal feeding by these bucks, the trail cams show that is when most bucks hit a "corn pile".

Many parcels receive a week of rest between hunts, but this is not "etched in stone" for every parcel, for example, the funnels areas during peak rut, there is such an influx of bucks on the properties that last weeks hunters are not a factor on this weeks sightings.

The parcels are well defined on the line fences, the property is adequately posted, and all trespassers are arrested and prosecuted, not just warned. This has been standard procedure for years, therefore you will not find other hunters wandering around on your parcel, this not only improves your ability to see deer, but just as importantly safety, and peace of mind is improved. We take our property rights and hunting very seriously.

Some parcels have a maintained, automated corn feeder that feeds adequate corn volume to hold the local deer. It is important to "feed" them, not just offer a snack. The typical feeding time is one hour after daylight and one hour before dark.