New Whitetail Hunt Destination ???

Stillwater165 · Mar 17, 2024

Looking for a new whitetail destination. With the mule deer hunting at what seems like an all time low all over the west I’m looking for new ideas ? I’ve hunted whitetail in Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri so far. Looking for somewhere different, and definitely a rifle hunt. Somewhere with a growing population of decent deer. No cwd, ehd, blue tongue b.s. outbreak areas ! Where would you go ??? Got to be some good hunting left somewhere !!! I’m wondering about south possibly ???

heywouldya · Mar 18, 2024

Alberta is a fun hunt!

Stillwater165 · Mar 18, 2024

heywouldya said:
Alberta is a fun hunt!

Canada is definitely on the radar also ! I don’t hear a lot about hunting there, but what I do seems positive

Mallardsx2 · Mar 18, 2024

What size of deer are you hoping to kill?

If you want to hunt GA for the chance to kill 2 bucks, 10 does, 3 bears, and all the hogs your backpack can hold, shoot me a PM. You won't be killing any monster bucks but you should have a good time hunting the north GA mountains.

SS! · Mar 18, 2024

Stillwater165 said:
Looking for a new whitetail destination. With the mule deer hunting at what seems like an all time low all over the west I’m looking for new ideas ? I’ve hunted whitetail in Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri so far. Looking for somewhere different, and definitely a rifle hunt. Somewhere with a growing population of decent deer. No cwd, ehd, blue tongue b.s. outbreak areas ! Where would you go ??? Got to be some good hunting left somewhere !!! I’m wondering about south possibly ???

Great idea. For years the flatlanders have headed west. Should send a wave of westies back east.

Stillwater165 · Mar 18, 2024

SS! said:
Great idea. For years the flatlanders have headed west. Should send a wave of westies back east.

Lol !!! Dang whitetails will live and thrive just about anywhere from what I’ve seen ! I know there’s places left I don’t think a person could recruit enough to shoot em out ! That’s where I’d like to go next …….

heywouldya · Mar 19, 2024

Stillwater165 said:
Canada is definitely on the radar also ! I don’t hear a lot about hunting there, but what I do seems positive

I went this year for the first time, it was well worth it. PM me if your interested in more info.

bergy · Mar 19, 2024

Consider Oklahoma. Its overlooked in my opinion

TheWhitetailNut · Oct 3, 2024

bergy said:
Consider Oklahoma. Its overlooked in my opinion

SSSHHHH!

treedagain · Oct 4, 2024

bergy said:
Consider Oklahoma. Its overlooked in my opinion

Now they just jacked up the price? Went from cheap to....crazy $$$

Stillwater165 · Oct 7, 2024

My other half has a cabin in Oklahoma….. I’m well aware of what lives there, just don’t like the new price tag to get one !

Vincent Vieau · Wednesday at 12:57 PM

Mallardsx2 said:
What size of deer are you hoping to kill?

If you want to hunt GA for the chance to kill 2 bucks, 10 does, 3 bears, and all the hogs your backpack can hold, shoot me a PM. You won't be killing any monster bucks but you should have a good time hunting the north GA mountains.

Please contact me, I am highly interested. Thanks Vince ([email protected] )

3TOE · Friday at 5:23 PM

NW Oklahoma is my personal favorite. I haven’t personally killed any giants there, but an opportunity at a 130-140” buck is very likely. 150”+ deer are obviously there, but if you wait until rifle season, they are usually busted up pretty bad from fighting.
Maybe 5-6 years ago I had a (10 point) buck come in that was busted off on his left side roughly 2” before his G2. Technically making him a 7pt. Had he not been busted, I’m sure he was in the 165+ range.
You said you don’t like the new price tag to get a tag, consider what you have to spend to apply in any western state as a non-res.
The cost of a license & applying for multiple animals that you most likely won’t draw a tag for.

Stillwater165 · 2024-11-04T21:03:38-0700

Cabins on Lake Eufala

3TOE said:
NW Oklahoma is my personal favorite. I haven’t personally killed any giants there, but an opportunity at a 130-140” buck is very likely. 150”+ deer are obviously there, but if you wait until rifle season, they are usually busted up pretty bad from fighting.
Maybe 5-6 years ago I had a (10 point) buck come in that was busted off on his left side roughly 2” before his G2. Technically making him a 7pt. Had he not been busted, I’m sure he was in the 165+ range.
You said you don’t like the new price tag to get a tag, consider what you have to spend to apply in any western state as a non-res.
The cost of a license & applying for multiple animals that you most likely won’t draw a tag for.

i just have a much easier time spending the money on mule deer I guess ! I’m into the phase in the whitetail game that I want cheap, easy, and fun ! We’ve got close to two dozen 130 to mid 160’s whitetails over the years between the kids and I so I’m kinda over the horn hunting deal. The cabins on Lake Eufaula, we do see some that push into that 150 category each year. Seems the state has a healthy population.

3TOE · 2024-11-04T21:51:59-0700

Stillwater165 said:
Cabins on Lake Eufala

i just have a much easier time spending the money on mule deer I guess ! I’m into the phase in the whitetail game that I want cheap, easy, and fun ! We’ve got close to two dozen 130 to mid 160’s whitetails over the years between the kids and I so I’m kinda over the horn hunting deal. The cabins on Lake Eufaula, we do see some that push into that 150 category each year. Seems the state has a healthy population.

In that case I would recommend SW Kentucky. You will see a ton of deer. They are a good bit bigger than your average southern deer & there is a possibility of seeing a Booner. They have changed the regs since I last hunted there, but it’s a great place to hunt.