Kansas ranch provides excellent trophy whitetail hunting


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Hunt outsize whitetail bucks on Kansas farms and ranches

Shawn Baker's buck gross-scored 196 Boone and Crockett points.

This hunt takes place in two units that are well known for producing some of the finest whitetail bucks in the U.S. The outfitter, with whom we've worked for several years, has produced many wall hangers, including some excellent typicals and non-typicals scoring between 160 and 200 B&C and P&Y points.

A pest control agent who is intimately familiar with the best properties in this area, he leases the best 15 farms and ranches that he has found. The leases vary from a few hundred to a few thousand acres. You can book a hunt with muzzleloader, rifle or bow. The outfitter prefers the bow hunt because it takes place during the peak of the rut in November, when the bucks are more likely to be active during daylight. He takes limited numbers of hunters on his leases, and that conservative management has improved his trophy quality over the past five years.

"If a guy holds out, he has a good chance of taking a buck in the 150 class, and there are some bucks in this area that score 170-200 every year," the outfitter said. "I don't want a guy to shoot a young buck the last day just to fill his tag, and so I give a $1,000 refund to hunters who don't shoot or wound a buck."

"My success rate would be better, but some of my hunters are getting very selective," he said. "And some are so afraid of shooting a sub-par deer that they've let some great animals go. Also, I use trail cameras to check out some of the stand locations, and I've caught some great bucks on my Cuddybacks. When a hunter knows he's hunting a specific big buck, you can't blame him for holding out."

Hunts.Net customer Keith Bryan of California: "This was a great hunt," he

said. "The outfitter runs a good operation. I didn't shoot a deer, but I'm still happy. In six days of hunting I saw 18 bucks and eight does. Five of those were 10-points, and I missed a 155 to 160 class. I'm planning to go back."

Ron Young with his bucks taken in 2005 and 2006.

Another fine 2006 trophy.

One of the bowhunters and his fine trophy.

A Pope and Young caliber buck killed by Jimmy Flees.

Hunt WD3422
Hunt, guide ratio	Price per person
Bow, 6 days, 2x1	$4,000, including deer tag, with $1,000 refund if you don't kill or wound a buck
Rifle or blackpowder, 5 days, 2x1	$4,250, including deer tag
Lodging/meals	Trophy fees
Lodging in a bunkhouse and meals prepared by the outfitter's wife are included in the hunt price.	$500 for any buck scoring 150 to 169 7/8 Boone and Crockett points before deductions. $1,000 for any buck scoring 170 B&C points or more before deductions.
Hunter success	Trophy size
Bow: 50% success in 2005 and 2006 and average of 50% the previous five years. Muzzleloader: Averages 50% success. Rifle: 6 for 7 in 2006.	In 2005 and 2006 his best bucks scored 196, 171, 170, 167, 162, 162, 157, 154, and 152 points. Hunters have passed on or missed many excellent bucks scoring 150 to 170.
Not included	Landowner permits
Meat processing and shipping, taxidermy, $71 hunting license, lodging, meals	Not required if you draw a whitetail tag. If you don't draw or don't apply, then you can buy a landowner permit. The permit includes the whitetail tag but not the hunting license.
	Travel and licenses
Dense, tall grass, timbered draws (cottonwood), small springfed creeks, winter wheatfields, alfalfa fields, riverbottom with hedge, mulberry, cottonwood, elm	Airport pickup at Wichita is included in the price. Hunting license ($71) is not included in the price of the hunt. The landowner permit, which is included in the price of the hunt, includes a non-resident deer tag.

Trail camera pix. Most of these bucks are still alive

Archery.

Chuck Beatty's fine buck.

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Archery trophy.

Another fine archery trophy.