Beagler282
“Rabbit Man”
Looking into heading west next year for a Merriam hunt and wondered if anyone has used any outfitters out that way and has some recommendations?
I will add this, I have looked into a place in new Mexico that seems like a decent deal. SNM hunts. It's a semi-guided deal I believe. You are basically paying for a place to stay and general knowledge of seemingly good public ground. This could be a cheaper alternative.
Kansas has too many WIHA’s to pay an outfitter. Went for the last 8 years and turkeys are always brought home. Only one year that I ate tag soup but everyone I took limited.
Nebraska outfitters go by the color, lol. If it’s white tipped they call it a Merriam. If it’s buff, they call it a Rio. If that was the case I’ve killed Merriams in Kansas, lol.
I would say the same for South Dakota, the black hill's has too much public land with turkeys on to pay an outfitter. Maybe I'm just too cheap though ?
To each his own, but as a die hard turkey addict, a guided hunt just didn't do much for me. What I like about turkey hunting is finding them myself and getting into their living room on my own and shooting them in the face. The guide I used on my only guided hunt was great. My wife and I each killed a bird by noon on the first day. I didn't feel like I had accomplished anything though. Spent the next two days figuring out local public land (only paid the guide for 2 turkeys) and killed a bird about an hour before having to head to the airport. That felt like an accomplishment and was exponentially more fun than being put on birds by someone else. To each his own though. Just my .02
We've got a group going to the Black Hills this spring actually. Hoping the weather cooperates while we're out there.
I need a guide in FL. I like my chances out westYou should look into a guide, you need all the help you can get