re: Paid/guided deer hunt suggestions.

We don't go on guaranteed deer hunts. That takes all the fun out of it. That would be a shoot.

Giles Island would be awesome.

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I've never been, but isn't Giles pretty much naturally high fenced being an island?

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I've never been either, but it's not a small place and there are other large blocks to the north and open country west of the levee, too.

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take my son to blast a big buck.

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Blast?

And guaranteed

Why not just go drive a nail in a cows head

You go buy you a cow. They may let you sledge hammer it. If not just take it home and do it there

If it were me and I know you said within driving distance of Baton Rouge I would make the drive to the brush country of South Texas and hunt those deer in the Golden Triangle. I have been hunting in Mexico now going for my 7th year and it is an unbelievable experience to kill these deer with a bow.I have killed a 155 and a 153 in Mexico. The 153 was 28 inches wide.

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Mind if I ask why you want to do this? How old is the kid?

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Kid is 13. I just bought a camp in Franklin County and took up deer hunting a few years ago. He loves it, but has only gotten one doe over three seasons - mainly because we can't get there too often and I'm a crappy hunter. I think he's getting frustrated that he never sees any bucks (except on our neighbor's trail cams) and I want to keep him excited about hunting. He also doesn't like it when we pass on the does in hopes to see a buck. If I can get him a decent buck every couple years to put on the wall, I think he'll be happy taking the occasional doe at our place until we get lucky.

P.S. I also like this idea of hitting a cow in the head with a nail. Sounds like a blast.

Two of us hunt on a friends ranch in south Texas about an 8 hour drive from BR. We are on a meat hunt, cull bucks and does. We each see on average 10 deer per hunt with several quality bucks. Besides us, only 2-3 other family members hunt the ranch. If I remember right it is just under 350 acres low fence. He was discussing last year about selling a few hunts for the 2016/17 year but he hasn't done so yet.

It's not upscale by any means, but a fun time seeing a lot of deer and often hogs. If you are interested leave some contact info.

He has a place to stay but you provide your meals. There is a BBQ pit so we usually cook outside. There is nothing like sitting outside on a clear night with a full stomach looking at the stars smoking a quality cigar and drinking some fine wine talking about the deer we saw.

There is a lot of good info in here so I didn't want to start a new thread, but I am fairly new to deer hunting especially with a bow and I am trying to find some local (Louisiana) outfitters to try and go on a doe/meat shoot. What is a reasonable price for a hunt? I have been quoted $600 for a whitetail doe and and $775 for an Axis doe hunt but those are a tad more than I was hoping to pay. Was hoping to get in the $300-$500 range or is that too unrealistic?

I am lucky enough to get to fish and duck hunt, but I want to put some venison in the freezer. I figured an outfitter hunt would be a better route than trying to invest in all of the means necessary to start hunting on my own. Would appreciate any info.

It you just want the meat i can shoot you a deer . My kids have moved on and I only need one . Being retired i just go sit in the stand and let them walk .