Eastern Carolina Taxidermy
Bostick Plantation
Rated 2.25 out of 5.0 based on 65 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Joe Bostick
Location: Estill, South Carolina
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Wild Boar, Turkey, Quail
State(s) Hunted: SC
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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: Phillip Loughlin on Sep 9 2003
Species Hunted: Whitetail deer/Feral Hogs
Game Quality: Fair
Accommodation Quality: Fair
Camp Condition: Fair
Food Quality: NA
Guide Experience: Mediocre
Other Personal Experience: NA
Overall Impression: Good time
Recommend: Yes - conditionally
Reviewer Comments: I have few complaints about my experience. There were tons of deer, and I saw several hogs. I was with the archery-only group. Of 10 hunters, there were three hogs and two deer taken. Caveats? The tree stands were freshly erected and poorly covered. Most ladder stands were completely exposed, and set directly on top of bait piles. It was hardly conducive to trophy-quality bucks, especially between the opener and the rut. I'd be interested in going back during the rut, or at least after Sept. 15 when does are legal game. Plenty of hogs if you're in the right place and time, but the guide's focus was to get us on bucks, so, in my opinion, we missed out on some prime hog hunting. Take your own stand, and INSIST on getting the guide to help you set it out.
outfitter review submitted by: John Joseph on Mar 5 2002
Species Hunted: wild hogs
Game Quality: only 1
Accommodation Quality: old
Camp Condition: old
Food Quality: on you own
Guide Experience: lots of stories
Other Personal Experience: n/a
Overall Impression: moves #'s of hunters
Recommend: not really
Reviewer Comments: You can kill 2 hogs per day according to the brochure. We thought we would see lots of animals. Well this was not the case. I saw one the first hour the first evening in the stand. I almost didn't shoot thinking I would see more. Thank goodeness I did shoot... It was the only hog we saw. That was 6 hunters in 3 days!!There was lots of sign around the bait. The area had been hunted hard!!! Saw very few deer also, they knew right where all the stands were and went by quickly. I did shot a great boar hog but the place had been hunted to death. We were very dissapointed at the number of hogs we didn't see.
outfitter review submitted by: Gregory Sojka on Jan 14 2002
Species Hunted: Deer/Hogs
Game Quality: NONE
Accommodation Quality: We stayed at a motel
Camp Condition: n/a
Food Quality: n/a
Guide Experience: very little
Other Personal Experience: same
Overall Impression: A JOKE
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Reviewer Comments: We four went there bow hunting expecting to have a good time hunting and see some deer not trophy bucks we saw nothing there tree stands were used more then the door at 7-11.There were more human tracks to the stands then deer tracks on there trails.Then on the outside of the bow only area was rifle stands FULL of rifle hunters.I could go on SAVE YOUR TIME and MONEY. 15 bowhunters 0 deer 1 hog
outfitter review submitted by: MIKE RAPP on Nov 8 2000
Species Hunted: WHITETAIL DEER / HOG
Game Quality: FAIR
Accommodation Quality: GOOD
Camp Condition: GOOD
Food Quality: GOOD
Guide Experience: GOOD
Other Personal Experience: GOOD
Overall Impression: FAIR
Recommend: YES
Reviewer Comments: THIS WAS FIRST RIFLE HUNT I HAVE BEEN ON SO I WAS NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT,I USUALLY BOW HUNT.THE WEATHER WAS WARM SO NOTHING WAS MOVING . ON THIS THREE DAY HUNT I SAW FIVE DOES NO BUCKS AND NO HOGS. THERE WERE ABOUT FOURTEEN HUNTERS IN CAMP,A MIX 8 GUN HUNTERS 6 BOW HUNTERS.OUT OF THIS MIX THERE WERE 3 BUCKS AND 2 HOGS TAKEN.THE LODGE WAS A OLD FARM HOUSE,IT WAS CLEAN AND COMFY. THE FOOD WAS GOOD,HOT,AND PLENTY OF IT. THE STANDS WERE GREAT,THEY WERE MOSTLY MADE OF METAL AND VERY STRONG.WE COULD OF USED A LITTLE COOLER TEMPS. OR MAYBE SOME RAIN TO GET THE CRITTERS MOVIN. EVERYONE DID WHAT THEY COULD BUT NOTHING WAS MOVIN SO I CAME HOME EMPTY HANDID.
outfitter review submitted by: Paul Marion on Nov 5 2000
Species Hunted: Deer
Game Quality: very poor
Accommodation Quality: poor
Camp Condition: Old
Food Quality: Fair
Guide Experience: Poor
Other Personal Experience: poor
Overall Impression: Bad Experience
Recommend: Definitely NOT
Reviewer Comments: 29 hunters in the camp and not one hunter killed a buck.
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Contact: Matt Brewster
Location: Latham, Ohio
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Turkey
State(s) Hunted: OH
Utah Hunting Information
Utah has recently been outstanding for trophy elk, but the best tags take many years to draw. Utah does have conservation tags available for purchase that allow hunters to bypass the drawing. Given the high demand for these premium tags prices can be high. In the past Utah has been a top trophy mule deer state but recently only a handful of units consistently produce B&C caliber deer.
Iowa Hunting Information
Iowa is one of the best Midwestern states for monster whitetail bucks. Non-residents must apply for a tag in their annual drawing. Archery tags are the most sought after and depending on what units you apply for generally take 2-4 years to draw.
Kansas Hunting Information
Kansas is one of the top producing monster whitetail buck states in the country. It also has some excellent turkey hunting and a few big mule deer in the western part of the state. Kansas has an excellent reputation as a top notch destination for upland birds. It has excellent populations of pheasant and quail due to the vast expanse of suitable prairie and grassland type habitat.
