Guided VS Semi-Guided
09-07-2009, 05:19 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: SouthEastern Massachusetts
Posts: 7
Guided VS Semi-Guided
So I am debating which way to go here.......trying to decide...so I will ask for opions on this one......
I have never hunted the mid-west....and I am somewhat of an experienced hunter.....
If you had the choice of guided.....early season.....say around...Oct.5th......
or semi-guided.......rut....say around Nov.5th......
which would you choose.......
guided offers more stands...and all the nuts and bolts that come with your typical guided hunt.....lodging, food, scouting done, more stands hung...guide working with you..( not sitting with you )...ect....
semi-guided.....lodging, no food (that part doesnt concern me ).....you get a farm to hunt, around 5 stands pre-hung....and the rest is on you....
now keep in mind that I have never hunted like this before....I have set-up my own stands, but where I hunt is NOTHING like this type of hunting....I dont get to hunt big farms and such....
Price is almost the same either way....so that is not a determining factor....Thanks, Jay
I have never hunted the mid-west....and I am somewhat of an experienced hunter.....
If you had the choice of guided.....early season.....say around...Oct.5th......
or semi-guided.......rut....say around Nov.5th......
which would you choose.......
guided offers more stands...and all the nuts and bolts that come with your typical guided hunt.....lodging, food, scouting done, more stands hung...guide working with you..( not sitting with you )...ect....
semi-guided.....lodging, no food (that part doesnt concern me ).....you get a farm to hunt, around 5 stands pre-hung....and the rest is on you....
now keep in mind that I have never hunted like this before....I have set-up my own stands, but where I hunt is NOTHING like this type of hunting....I dont get to hunt big farms and such....
Price is almost the same either way....so that is not a determining factor....Thanks, Jay
09-07-2009, 06:11 AM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 549
i would go with the semi guided one. First off its a better time to be hunting and you have a good chance to see bucks on their feet during daytime. Deer hunting is deer hunting pretty much. Be mobile and set up on fresh sign. I think the satisfaction of the do it yourself hunt will far outweigh the drop you off at a stand fully guided hunt. Wheres the sport in that?
09-07-2009, 06:13 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Idaho,Stationed in Ludington,Mi
Posts: 1,324
I am doing a semi guided northern missouri deer hunt this year. It was cheaper, and honestly, I really don't want someone sitting over my shoulder telling me what deer to shoot. 120" minimum, that is what I will have to work with..
Honestly for your case, I would go guided early season. The guides know what is up, and food sources and travel routes will be your friend.. Go for it..
Honestly for your case, I would go guided early season. The guides know what is up, and food sources and travel routes will be your friend.. Go for it..
09-07-2009, 03:38 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Dover, De
Posts: 1,125
SEMI-GUIDED...Woods is Woods imo, the mid-west has more hills and bigger Hardwoods, thats about it , Not to mention hunting OCT.5, or NOVEMBER in the RUT. you dont have to ask me twice, even if it ment takeing one of my days scouting it out and the hanging your stand that day..But the Semi-guided hunt would be the best imo..
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