Thunder Ridge Outfitters
Thunder Ridge Outfitters
Rated 4.25 out of 5.0 based on 46 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Tony Sehman
Location: Dallas Center, Iowa
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
State(s) Hunted: IA
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Submitted by: Private Hunter
Review Submitted: Jan 14, 2011
Hunt Date: Dec 15, 2010
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Days Hunted: 5
Hunt Type: Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Muzzleloader
Price Range: 3000-3999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
I have not been on many hunts, but it was the wors
I don't have many hunts to compare this too, but it was a terrible experience.. They don't hunt mornings, and you sit around all day waiting till your 2 hour evening hunt to see a couple does.. No effort from the guides at all.. It seems they outfit the properties to fund there own trophy hunts on properties they are guiding you... They charge less to certain hunters for the hunt and talk trash on everyone in camp.. They are supposed to be a service business, they are taking hunters for a ride while they put their buddies and themselves on the deer!! Hunt was booked through Cabelas and I am truly disappointed.. I don't know if I would ever book another hunt because of it.. They tell you to pass up 150" deer and their friends are allowed to kill 130" deer on the same property you are hunting.. Total waste of money! Tony the guide is a complete jackass, talks about other hunters behind their back... I think this outfitter has great ground to hunt and guide hunters on if he ave a crap about you.. He has no business being in the industry.
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Submitted by: Anonomous Hunter
Review Submitted: Jan 14, 2011
Hunt Date: Dec 15, 2009
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Days Hunted: 5
Hunt Type: Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Muzzleloader
Price Range: 3000-3999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
Totally Screwed, fed up with outfitters that don't
This hunt was totally f#cke! up.. Only thing positive was the food.. Guides were brothers that talk behind each others back, constantly lying between them, they couldn't keep the lies straight... Special treatment to certain hunters. No effort at all from them.. Just a total disgrace to the outfitting business.. DO NOT BOOK HERE!!!
note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.
outfitter review submitted by: Chris Walker on Oct 7 2009
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Good
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Recommended
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: Went on a late season muzzleloader hunt with Thunder Ridge in January, 2009. Standing crops were left in the field for late season hunting and this brought in a tremendous amount of deer. There is a 140" minimum on bucks and we filled 2 out of 3 tags. Had the weather been colder i'm confident we would have tagged a third buck. Great hunt. Great guides. Highly recommended if you want an opportunity at a trophy deer.
outfitter review submitted by: Chris Walker on Mar 10 2009
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Very Comfortable
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Great Hunt
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: We hunted the late muzzleloader season and it was an evening only hunt. This may seem strange but the owners are absolutely correct in staying out of the timber during the day. Your best odds are hunting food sources in the evening. We were a group of three and each of us saw over 60 deer per night and an average of 15 to 20 bucks each. The weather was unseasonably warm but we still went 2 for 3 on great bucks. This is a top notch outfit that offers tremendous trophy potential to its hunters.
outfitter review submitted by: Darrell Prentice on Dec 22 2008
Species Hunted: whitetail deer
Game Quality: exceptional
Accommodation Quality: excellent
Camp Condition: excellent
Food Quality: better than home
Guide Experience: great,work very hard to give y
Other Personal Experience: good
Overall Impression: my first trip to iowa, and it was great
Recommend: yes
Reviewer Comments: this was my first trip to iowa and it was unbelievable. i cant wait to go back. i own a sporting goods store and hear a lot of horror tales from my customers about their experience with outfitters, it leaves you wondering. i have been on serveral hunts in other states and this was the best one i have been on. the accomodations were excellent and the hunting was tremendous. i did not harvest my deer til the last minute and my guides never quit working for me the whole hunt. i am looking forward to next year now and would recommend thunder ridge to anyone looking for not only a chance at a trophy whitetail but an overall relaxing and quality hunting experience.
outfitter review submitted by: John Alvino on Jul 20 2008
Species Hunted: WHITETAIL DEER
Game Quality: POOR
Accommodation Quality: POOR
Camp Condition: POOR
Food Quality: GOOD
Guide Experience: GOOD
Other Personal Experience: FAIR
Overall Impression: NOT IMPRESSED
Recommend: RELUCTENTLY
Reviewer Comments: First of all I should say I hunted the late muzzleloader hunt. The outfittter reccomended the hunters not hunt in the mornings as to not disturb the bedding areas as the deer are pretty much exhausted at this time of year..or at least that is what he claimed. The weather was unseasonably hot with cold weather coming in the last 2 days but it didnt help much. I stayed in the back of the taxidermy studio which one of the owners owned, it was comfortable except for the out house...One of the major problems with this outfit is one of the owners hunts the stands he places hunters on. Even though he has a farm in zone 5 which he also hunts on. I know there is internal friction with the other brother/owner in this regard. But it seems as though nothing can be done about it at this time. He even had a photo on the wall of a 180 class buck he took just 3 weeks before I arrived in camp which by the way is the stand he had me in...Most of his ground blinds are set of for nw winds...if the wind changed your pretty much out of luck..I suggested enclosed elevated blinds to help elevate that problem to which I was told they might do that.. I really believe this could be a great place to hunt if they take this guiding business serious, but as of now I believe that for at least the one owner it is only a place to finance his own trophy hunting..And to add insult to injury I booked this hunt 2 years prior with Cabelas for the first gun hunt in december where my chances would be improved, they applied me for the late season for which I had the bad luck to hunt. I would never reccomend cabelas to anyone either. Email me if you would like further info.
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Contact: Marty Brown
Location: Corpus Christie, Texas
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
State(s) Hunted: TX
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