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Kansas hunt produces high success on big bucks |
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| One of our customers owns a highly successful accounting firm in Texas, and he has used his money in the past few years to buy and lease farms in Kansas. He has been hosting friends and business clients, taking some tremendous bucks. Last year, for example, they killed 11 bucks that averaged 165 B&C, including a 186 and a 181 and an 18-pointer that scored 177.
"Those weren't the biggest bucks we saw, either," my customer said. "We have at least two truly world class bucks on us right now. To give you an idea of what is possible here, one of our guests wounded a buck two years ago, and it was killed later during the rifle hunt on a neighbor's land, and that buck scored 254 and was the fourth biggest killed in North America that year. We have killed a buck that scored over 191. We are not interested in taking a lot of hunters because we don't like shooting small and medium-size bucks; we like the 150s growing up to be 180s." This year, citing increased costs, the outfitter has decided to accommodate four paying customers -- two during each half of the early December rifle season -- to help him cover his expenses. You must apply for a license by June 2, so call immediately if you're interested.
Click on the photo for a larger image This is not a semi-guided hunt. House accommodations and home-cooked meals are included in the price of the hunt. "We will show the hunters bucks for sure," the hunt provider said. "We have an excellent deer herd, and we don't overhunt. Last year we videotaped two bucks bigger than our biggest bucks that we killed last year. We have a huge number of deer. If hunters want to shoot some does, they're welcome. You're allowed five deer in our area, which is Unit 7. We have some great property scattered over the area, probably 8,000 acres or so if I added it all up. Last year we had a 181 buck shot on a little 40-acre place that borders us by a bowhunter from California. got off our property and got shot on the neighboring 40 acres, and he got killed on the second day of bow season. The guy didn't even know what he had. "I have 70 or 80 stands set up. You never have to hunt the same spot twice unless you want to hunt a particular deer. I have 20 places that I either own or lease, so we have plenty of ground. I don't put food plots on every place, just on those I have long-term leases on. That's another reason I'm selling a few hunts. I used to pay $1,250 for one of my leases, and this year it's $5,000 and the owner wants more next year. "It is a draw hunt, and hunters must apply for tags by the end of May, but they got rid of landowner tags and put them in the nonresident pool, so everybody should draw a tag this year. "The rut is over by the time the rifle hunt ends. We usually kill the big deer during rifle season if it snows and the deer come to the food plots and feeders. The rifle hunt starts Dec. 3. Last year it started Nov. 28. The secondary rut might start about Dec. 1. The little ones by then have their butts whipped by the big bucks. If you see a hot doe you'll see a big buck. |
"The guy who helps me and looks after my property counted 245 deer in one afternoon last year in a 10-mile circle. "It's a fun hunt. It's not like hunting in Canada, where I've sat and froze my ass off to see two or three deer and sometimes you don't see any in Canada. You're gonna see deer. "We have two houses, nice houses. The hunters will have their own private bedroom, shower, and TV. These aren't cabins' these are regular houses. " All these pictures on this page and the accompanying photo page (click here) were taken in 2007.
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