Bent Creek Lodge
Bent Creek Lodge
Rated 0 out of 5.0 based on 4 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: John Lanier
Location: Yantly, Alabama
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Turkey Eastern
State(s) Hunted: AL
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note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.
outfitter review submitted by: Brad Boyles on Dec 19 2007
Species Hunted: Deer
Game Quality: Fair
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Great
Guide Experience: Just Drivers
Other Personal Experience: Poor
Overall Impression: Bad
Recommend: No
Reviewer Comments: 2 friends and I hunted Bent Creek Jan 07 for 4 days. We saw maybe 14 deer between the 3 of us and 1 friend shot a nice 8 pointer. The food was great and the guides were friendly but the owners limited their input. You could not set the same stand twice and do bring your own ATV or stand. The owners were not friendly and did not care about our hunt.
outfitter review submitted by: Jim Hoekstra on Feb 1 2006
Species Hunted: Whitetail
Game Quality: Extremely Poor
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Were not guides
Other Personal Experience: Good
Overall Impression: Very Bad
Recommend: No way
Reviewer Comments: The areas hunted were being used way to often. The morning hunts were a waste of time, they put us in bow blinds and any deer walking through that area was probably lost. I saw 15 does, 4 spikes in my time there. One person in my party never saw one animal. (He did see a pack of wild dogs) Amazing though, Mosey Oak people showed up to film a hunt and on both nights they went out the shot a nice 8 point and an old six point. It must have been a miracle because we sure didn't see anything worth shooting. Makes you think that we were set up. If you want to waste your money, book this hunt.
outfitter review submitted by: Steve on Jan 19 2004
Species Hunted: Whitetail deer
Game Quality: Extremely poor
Accommodation Quality: Fair
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Good
Guide Experience: Extremely poor
Other Personal Experience: Extremely poor
Overall Impression: Extremely disappointing
Recommend: Absolutely not
Reviewer Comments: I've hunted quite a few places down south and Bent Creek was by far the worst. Guides and staff had little to no interaction with hunters (until it was time to pay our balance). They never shared any information about where we would be hunting, famaliarized us with the geographic location, or gave us any tips for the particular stands or blinds we would be stationed in. They were chauffeurs, not guides. It was also obvious that the stands and blinds were not being rotated and they were being used day after day. This was evident by the garbage and shell cases left in and around every stand and blind i occupied. One hunter in my group lost his drivers license one afternoon and a hunter from another group found it in the blind he was in the next afternoon. During my 3 day hunt i saw 1 button buck, 4 does, and one buck with 3 points on one side an 1 spike on the other. I don't rate an outfitter by success alone, but the lack of game we saw combined with the unprofessional attitudes of guides and staff made my experience at Bent Creek extremely disappointing.
outfitter review submitted by: Casey Johnson on Nov 6 2000
Species Hunted: Whitetail deer
Game Quality: Poor
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Poor
Other Personal Experience: Fair
Overall Impression: Not Impressed
Recommend: No
Reviewer Comments: My friend and i were expecting to kill at least a 13 or 14 inch wide buck, but we didn't even see one. i saw 3 deer and he 7 in three days.They put me in a stand one morning that was on the edge of cut over that had been freshly burned. I was not impressed with their stands, or their guides.
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Contact: Justin Johns and Ben Harris
Location: Hotchkiss, Colorado
Species Hunted: Elk, Mule Deer, Black Bear, Bobcat, Mountain Lion
State(s) Hunted: CO
Wyoming Hunting Information
Wyoming is a great state for hunters! It offers a wide variety of good big game, turkey, small game, upland and predator hunting.
New Mexico Hunting Information
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