Guided predator hunt?

Spurchaser said:
I’m simple…I’d just like to go somewhere like I see on here, where you can see coyotes coming from a mile away. Most of the time here it’s more of a surprise and you better be ready to shoot.
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Yup. That's why I said "out West". Also somewhere I can have good success during the day light ours. I like night hunting, don't get me wrong, but.... you know what I mean.
 
I went predator hunting in South Africa and had a good time calling jackals and foxes. Saw all kinds of other critters. I posted a hunt report here 20 years ago that may still show up.

I would travel for a good wolf or mountain lion hunt. Both are bucket list critters for me that I would very much like to pursue with good chances of success. I keep a lion tag in my pocket at all times here and in AZ "just in case," but odds are very long...
 
I went on my first “guided” hunt this year. Met up with some teammates from Georgia—we hunted on my ground in Oklahoma, then crossed into Texas on the last day to hunt some of theirs. I wanted to get there early and scout, but they told me not to worry—we’d be meeting a guy who already knew the land and had the spots picked out.

It was the first time I’ve ever hunted like that. We’d pull up, get out, and set up right next to the truck while he called. I had fun, no doubt, but it felt like half the hunt was missing. There was no picking the setup, no building the stand, no calling on my part.

I guess I’ve had enough failures on my own that I’ve come to find a weird sense of fulfillment in the mental side of it—the strategy, the figuring it out. There’s more to the hunt for me now than just pulling the trigger. I guess I could never pay someone to go on half a hunt.
 
Infidel 762 said:
I guess I’ve had enough failures on my own that I’ve come to find a weird sense of fulfillment in the mental side of it—the strategy, the figuring it out. There’s more to the hunt for me now than just pulling the trigger.
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I so agree with this point. I have a better sense of accomplishment for me when I have put my own touches on any hunt. An invite to hunt a buddy’s place to hunt deer where I’m told to sit a tree stand that someone else hung just makes me feel like a slug. More like a thief if I’m being honest. I understand that I should be happy to be hunting with friends and appreciate the thought, but I would feel so much better if they’d cut me loose and let me figure out the property and the sign. My sense of success has more to do with my overall experience than just pulling the trigger. In most cases like these I would rather just appreciate the time and success of my friends.
 
hunt0168 said:
I so agree with this point. I have a better sense of accomplishment for me when I have put my own touches on any hunt. An invite to hunt a buddy’s place to hunt deer where I’m told to sit a tree stand that someone else hung just makes me feel like a slug. More like a thief if I’m being honest. I understand that I should be happy to be hunting with friends and appreciate the thought, but I would feel so much better if they’d cut me loose and let me figure out the property and the sign. My sense of success has more to do with my overall experience than just pulling the trigger. In most cases like these I would rather just appreciate the time and success of my friends.
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1000% agree on the deer. I’ll have landowners call and ask me to come hunting because they have a “big buck” picked out for me. I have yet to take any up on the offer. I WILL NOT shoot someone else’s buck that I haven’t put in the work for.
As for coyotes, I’d look as a guided trip as a learning experience mainly because I still have a LOT to learn.
 
I hate to think(or attempt to add up) about time spent scouting compared to actual hunting. But it has to be triple or more. That's the guides job, he's your forward scout. I've only been with a guide once(3 day upland hunt). My dogs were better but he knew where to drop them.
 
I've been on one guided hunt for coyotes, I won the hunt and I only had to travel a couple hundred miles so I didn't have a lot invested. Conditions were horrible, high winds. We saw coyotes and killed one. So the hunt ended up more like hunting with a buddy than a paid for hunt. It was fun to see his decoy dog in action that was a first for me.
 
IlliniFan said:
I'd be tempted to travel to Canada for a wolf hunt although I'd prefer to stay within the US as my 'anywhere'. Mountain lion and alligator hunts would be on my bucket list as well.
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for an alligator hunt try red bluff lodge allendale south carolina. they usually go out at night, on a boat with a crossbow. the line is attached to floats "jaws movie" style. my son got a 10 footer but missed a much larger one. you can also hunt hogs, deer at the right time of year too.

my sons hunt starts around the 3:19 mark

2013 Alligator Season Highlights - Red Bluff Lodge

redblufflodge.com
 
jmeddy said:
Spur, you bring up a very valid point. There would be a LOT to learn by hunting a few nights with Jeremy, Kino, or Kirsch to name a few.
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I think for anyone with a base knowledge of coyote hunting the best guided trip would be hunting them in completely new terrain! For me I'd love a new mexico hunt with tony tebbe or super close shotgun stands in Illinois with Joe wirth.
There is always something new to learn. I once guided some Illinois waterfowl guides on Saskatchewan geese and ducks and despite being great callers I had to tell them to stop as they were scaring away birds. Sask birds take way less calling and despite being certified killers the way they did things didn't work up here.
 
Infidel 762 said:
I went on my first “guided” hunt this year. Met up with some teammates from Georgia—we hunted on my ground in Oklahoma, then crossed into Texas on the last day to hunt some of theirs. I wanted to get there early and scout, but they told me not to worry—we’d be meeting a guy who already knew the land and had the spots picked out.

It was the first time I’ve ever hunted like that. We’d pull up, get out, and set up right next to the truck while he called. I had fun, no doubt, but it felt like half the hunt was missing. There was no picking the setup, no building the stand, no calling on my part.

I guess I’ve had enough failures on my own that I’ve come to find a weird sense of fulfillment in the mental side of it—the strategy, the figuring it out. There’s more to the hunt for me now than just pulling the trigger. I guess I could never pay someone to go on half a hunt.
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You nailed it IMO!
Hunting means 1st you have to find the animals and second require pulling the trigger.

We’re hunters so, 1st we have to find the animal. Whether you start with a harvest report, chat with a game warden and or biologist, choose a county, choose land access, and then the foot work, its hunting. Hunting starts LONG before you get in the field.

I’ve been on 2 guided hunts, one was successful and one wasn’t. I didn’t like either and wouldn’t do it again. Hunting starts LONG before I ever get to the field.

I remember telling a neighbor (a new hunter) where the deer were and what time they would be there … and now he’s a hunter! Same fellow then done a guided mule deer and elk hunt. The stories he spins! I did him a dis-service!
 
Paying for a guided hunt makes me feel dirty. It would be like paying a prostitute for sex.

The thrill of coyote hunting is finding them yourself and calling them in.

That applies to coyotes and the other thing I mentioned.
 
If it was a once in a lifetime type hunt, I'd pay for a guide....if I could afford it.
Thought I'd do it when I drew a Nevada bull elk tag, but didn't.
Worked a hard 2 weeks and got luck with thos one. But i'd still consider hiring a guide if i ever draw a desert bighorn sheep tag....if i can afford it.
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What I do like is a drop hunt, where you pay a guide to drop you off for 10 days or 2 weeks. If there’s a critter in there, I’ll find him by the 2nd week. It’s rewarding and doesn’t costs mega bucks.
 
Costs more than you think. Had a friend do that for his bull elk hunt. Still cost him over a couple grand per person and the horses were only there to pack camp equipment and animals. Hunters had to hike in and out.
Im sure not all are like this instance.
 


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