Kentucky Hunting Lodge Use:
Kentucky Deer Hunting Plan after Booking
As you lease our land for your Kentucky deer hunt (8 point 125' minimum no does to be shot during a trophy hunt), here is a list of basic things to remember.
1) We hope you get a chance to visit prior to booking or even after you are booked; during the summer, you're more than welcome to come out and see the grounds. Bring a quad or ride with me on a Ranger.
2) Feel free to arrive can arrive the afternoon before your morning Kentucky deer hunt.
3) There is a home lived in on the property for year - it is sectioned off away from the hunting grounds. Please respect that privacy.
4) Do I consider myself an “outfitter”? I manage the property with year-round food plots, summer plantings, and fall kill plot plantings. I keep the 5 corn feeders going and full. Everything is fertilized and limed to be the most attractive "buffet" within a 10-mile radius. Mineral sites, of course, are fun and cheap to do as well. I've bought every imaginable management tool from sprayers, cultipackers, tillers, discs, bush hogs, tractors to backhoes, and bulldozers.
My prices are lower because I don't cook food for you, walk you to stands, or anything like that; I am a school teacher to pay the bills. Upon booking, you'll be mailed maps of trails, 7+ food plot locations, what's in each food plot, where the ladders stands are located, where the elevated box blinds are located, 5 auto-feeder locations, etc. I'll offer my suggestions for the opening morning of your hunt based upon what type of hunt you are doing, but I am a school teacher. You are leasing my land for a few days instead of all season. I don't even let relatives ride ATV's on the land in the off-season - I just don't let anyone on the property.
Common sense prevails. Nobody has been granted permission to come on my property to track a deer. If a neighbor had to do this, I’d expect a phone call, but at the very least, they would do it under cover of darkness and a few hours after hunting times so that it doesn’t disturb the deer. If you feel you need to track a deer and it was shot late, I’ve never asked permission to trespass before, nor can I give you permission to go onto someone else’s property. Use good judgment!
5) I have neighbors that don’t come on the property, but they will stop you from entering and exiting the property (as a courtesy to me). It has nothing to do with the fact you are hunting deer; they just know I don’t allow anyone back there. If you’re stopped, just be nice and tell them your friends with “Jamie” and you have permission to be there. They help keep all poachers away!
6) If there is a storm or a random tree falls down, “life happens.” I won’t be coming out there to clear trails during hunting season. You’ll have to figure it out. I keep that hunting ground free of pressure as much as I can.
Generator: I personally wouldn't even use a quiet one. The deer will hear it and disrupt their pattern. You have food plots and auto-corn feeders buried deep in the woods - don't mess with their patterns. There is battery lighting, enjoying being unplugged a bit gives you some time away. Now, there are hotels about 20 miles away to mix up your stay.
Shooting A Deer:
You can “Telecheck” your deer at 1800-245-4263 or call 1800-858-1549 for Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife information. Remember to fill out your Harvest Log and attach it to the horns.
7) Take a map with you. There are trails throughout the property sparingly. Some people like branches and limbs around them; others don't. Take out a saw to trim back what you need to. I have a larger "pole saw" kept at the cabin if you'd like to use it as well. Bowhunters will be placing some of their own stands in planned ambush areas. They know what they need to bring.
8) Kentucky Gun hunts -if you are in groups of 4, you want to have at least 2 tower blinds hunted in at all times. You’ll see the most deer here. However, we all know hunting has a lot to do with skill, preparation, and luck. Depending on your expectations, you may try to scout out a corridor where you believe you can ambush the big one, timing his appearance to feed just at dark. The property has plenty of great places to put ladder stands. Us the map to plan your strategy. I like to go someplace “thick” and take a chance while letting others cover the obvious spots deer will be. Kentucky Bow Hunts - You’ll have to be more strategic. Look at my notes on the different food plots and the surroundings to plan your hunt. Opening morning is the toughest because you simply don’t know your way around yet.
9) Hunts are to be paid in full 60 days prior, but 30 days prior is the hard deadline. Your Kentucky hunting date could be sold to someone else, and your deposit forfeited if you are not paid before arrival - I have had checks bounce. In all honesty, call me and say, "I need another week," and I'll allow that, but just don't show up with money in hand because I won't always be on-site during your Kentucky deer hunt. "Life Happens" and you can certainly cancel, but that needs to be done 60 days prior to your hunt. If that is done, your deposit can be used towards a future hunt of equal value at near the same time.
10) If you are the type who wants to hold Kentucky outfitters accountable after they promise you the world, make sure you create a lot of texting and emailing dialogue. I am more than willing to put everything I say in writing.
Bring your quad for assistance pulling out a deer, or I do have a deer cart at the cabin if you need help. It's like a dolly with big tires you can use to pull deer out of the woods.
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