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Outfitter Review - Trophy Class Outfitters

Submit Date: Jan 2, 2008

Outfitter Information

Outfitter Name: Trophy Class Outfitters

Outfitter / Contact: RL

Location: ILLINOIS, USA

Hunt Information

Animals Hunted: WHITETAIL

Game Quality: FAIR

Game Quantity: POOR

Accomodations: AWEFUL

Camp Condition: MOTEL

Food Quality: FAST FOOD

Guide Experience: POOR

Other Personal Experience: AVERAGE

Review Information

Hunter: Anthony Finn

Phone:

Email:

Would Recommend: NO

Overall Impression: POOR

THE MOTEL BOOKED FOR US BY THE OUTFITTER WAS SO FILHTY I HAD TO BUY A SHOWER CURTAIN AT WALMART AND CUT IT INTO PIECES TO PUT ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR,IN THE SHOWER AND A PIECE TO USE AS A CURTAIN IN THE BATHROOM.THE GUIDES WERE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCE. OUT OF THE 15 HUNTERS IN CAMP ONLY 3 BUCKS WERE KILLED ON THE 7 PROPERTIES IN PIKE COUNTY? AND ONE WAS KILLED BY A GUIDE!I WAS BURNED OUT IN 1 STAND FOR 3 DAYS,NEVER GIVEN A LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY,STAND LOCATIONS,BEDDING AREAS,FEEDING PATTERNS,TRAVEL CORRIDORS ETC. ,THERE WERE ONLY 7 STANDS ON THE 400 ACRES WHICH ONLY THE GUIDE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE. HE HAD THE CHOICE OF STANDS FIRST.STANDS WERE NOT SETUP TO PLAY THE WIND!,EVERYTHING WAS LEFT FOR CHANCE,SHOOTING LANES WEREN'T TRIMMED,EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITIONS WERE WARM I SEEN ONLY A TOTAL OF 10 DEER(DOES AND BUCKS) FOR A 5 DAY HUNT AND NONE WERE IN SHOOTING RANGE.MY BUDDY DID SHOOT A 140 CLASS ON THE 3RD. DAY BUT THAT WAS BY "CHANCE".OVERALL NOT MUCH OF A EFFORT BY THE OWNER TO PUT ME ON ANY DEER PERIOD!HIS % SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! 3 OUT OF 15 ? IN MID NOVEMBER ON 7 PRIME PROPERTIES IN PIKE COUNTY!

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