NWWI
5 year old buck +
I love to read Google reviews on things. This is one for a high fence deer farm “hunting” trip. Sounded like a good time!
I made a reservation for my wife and I in January for a "hunt getaway" for October of last year and throughout the correspondence I realized the now owner was still advertising the old owner and did not lead on until brought to his attention that something was not right. He assured me it would be the hunt of a lifetime and that my wife and I would be the only group hunting which was my number one concern so I booked the hunt and asked what days in October would be best for his schedule so I could book the flight, rental car, etc. He gave me the days that would work and I booked the flight, etc. Once we arrived ten months later in October on the days he requested I realized we were DOUBLE BOOKED with a guy that ended up staying in the lodge with my wife and I who seemed nice enough but was about 300+ LBS a big burly man. Needless to say I was really upset and called the owner (living next door) voicing my concern that first evening that I was not comfortable leaving my wife (who was just wanting to get away to relax and not hunt) alone with a stranger while I was out hunting so I did not hunt that next morning. The guy that was double booked did not leave until late afternoon the next day so I did not hunt that evening either. I did not get to hunt until the morning of the next day and felt rushed to harvest a deer. I did get a deer but not the one I truly wanted because again I was in rush mode do to what the owner subjected us to. The owner said that part of the hunt was scoring the deer which I had to keep reminding and requesting for weeks after my return home, when I received the score it looked odd enough for me to have it looked at by a legit scorer who verified it was made up. It amazes me when people will step over dollars to make cents, the place was nice and the owners family where very nice (even the owner) but I feel he purposely double booked our stay for revenue purposes so it was a miserable hunt due to his inability to be honest and his lack of integrity. We would have booked at least one hunt a year with him but will not because of our experience. Please, beware, no matter how much research you do this can happen and it is unfortunate. My wife and I have moved on to better hunts we just want folks to know.
I made a reservation for my wife and I in January for a "hunt getaway" for October of last year and throughout the correspondence I realized the now owner was still advertising the old owner and did not lead on until brought to his attention that something was not right. He assured me it would be the hunt of a lifetime and that my wife and I would be the only group hunting which was my number one concern so I booked the hunt and asked what days in October would be best for his schedule so I could book the flight, rental car, etc. He gave me the days that would work and I booked the flight, etc. Once we arrived ten months later in October on the days he requested I realized we were DOUBLE BOOKED with a guy that ended up staying in the lodge with my wife and I who seemed nice enough but was about 300+ LBS a big burly man. Needless to say I was really upset and called the owner (living next door) voicing my concern that first evening that I was not comfortable leaving my wife (who was just wanting to get away to relax and not hunt) alone with a stranger while I was out hunting so I did not hunt that next morning. The guy that was double booked did not leave until late afternoon the next day so I did not hunt that evening either. I did not get to hunt until the morning of the next day and felt rushed to harvest a deer. I did get a deer but not the one I truly wanted because again I was in rush mode do to what the owner subjected us to. The owner said that part of the hunt was scoring the deer which I had to keep reminding and requesting for weeks after my return home, when I received the score it looked odd enough for me to have it looked at by a legit scorer who verified it was made up. It amazes me when people will step over dollars to make cents, the place was nice and the owners family where very nice (even the owner) but I feel he purposely double booked our stay for revenue purposes so it was a miserable hunt due to his inability to be honest and his lack of integrity. We would have booked at least one hunt a year with him but will not because of our experience. Please, beware, no matter how much research you do this can happen and it is unfortunate. My wife and I have moved on to better hunts we just want folks to know.
