Hidden Valley Outfitters
Hidden Valley Outfitters
Rated 3.75 out of 5.0 based on 42 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Tracy Weyer
Location: Wibaux, Montana
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Elk, Mule Deer, Black Bear, Pronghorn Antelope, Bighorn Sheep, Bison, Rocky Mountain Goat, Turkey, Pheasant, Mountain Lion, Coyote
State(s) Hunted: MT
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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: Neil Wells on Mar 20 2009
Species Hunted: Whitetail
Game Quality: Very Good
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Very Good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Awesome
Recommend: Absolutely
Reviewer Comments: I have hunted with Tracy once in Montana and twice in North Dakota. Shot nice bucks on every trip.The guides and cooks are top notch folks who work hard to get you a trophy and to make sure you have a memorable hunt. This year I am not hunting out west because of the economy. You can bet next time out will be with Hidden Valley Outfitters.
outfitter review submitted by: Heath Baxter on Mar 20 2009
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent ,Worth the time
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: If my group ever goes mule deer hunting, we will always go back to Tracy. Very Knowledgable staff and great hunting. I would recomend Hiddden Valley Outfitters to anyone.
outfitter review submitted by: Edward Haage on Jan 1 2008
Species Hunted: Elk
Game Quality: No Huntable Game
Accommodation Quality: fair
Camp Condition: fair
Food Quality: fair and in short supply
Guide Experience: First time in our area
Other Personal Experience: only part-time other personnel
Overall Impression: overpriced and over-rated
Recommend: NO WAY!!!!!!!
Reviewer Comments: All huntable elk that were seen were on a private ranch that could not be hunted. My guide tried very hard but was not familiar with the area prior to our hunt. This was supposed to be a hunt on ATV's and our guide had to use one of ours as he said there were none available to him. Food was in short supply(one box hamburger helper for four grown men)and we paid for gas for the ATV that the guide used. The location of our hunting camp was changed by cell phone when we were three hours away and we were the only two hunters and little planning was put into our hunt. The guide that we were supposed to have left shortly before we arrived for personal reasons and we were left with a very nice young man who tried. It was as if Tracy had to do something to take care of us in order to keep all the money we had given him. We learned that all that you read cannot be believed and if we hunt again, we will do much more aggressive research.
outfitter review submitted by: Robert Wiggins on Dec 1 2007
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: very good+
Accommodation Quality: good
Camp Condition: very good
Food Quality: excellent
Guide Experience: very good/mine excellent
Other Personal Experience: very good
Overall Impression: very good
Recommend: yes
Reviewer Comments: Tracy is an on hands outfitter who has alot of the same leases for years. He is in his early 40's in excellent shape and full of energy to help his hunters have a successful hunt. My guide, Donny, has been with Tracy for some 20 years and they know their properties and have a knack to locate the animals. Tracy's mom is the cook and she is an incredible cook/lady. Family operation and a nice ranch to stay at.
outfitter review submitted by: Bud Meadows on Nov 19 2007
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: excellent
Accommodation Quality: primitive, but comfortable
Camp Condition: excellent
Food Quality: gormet quality
Guide Experience: excellent
Other Personal Experience: top notch
Overall Impression: Simply the Best
Recommend: ABSOLUTELY
Reviewer Comments: I hunted in mid November 2007 with HVO for the SIXTH time in 9 years. Of the 15 guys in camp, 15 tagged out with nice muleys. We saw over 100 deer on a couple of days, and at least 2 or 3 shooters each day. Both my partner and I tagged out with nice bucks, and the food, as always, was unbelievable. We hunted with a new guide named Troy, and he made up for his limited experience on the two ranches we hunted with his enthusiasm and desire to go the extra mile to spot big bucks. We hunted hard, from first light to last light, which is just the way we like it. We even hit a monster 8 point whitetail our first morning while driving 60 MPH to our hunting area. Talk about excitement!!
outfitter review submitted by: Chad Hutmacher on Oct 29 2007
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: Lousy
Accommodation Quality: OK
Camp Condition: OK
Food Quality: Good
Guide Experience: Poor
Other Personal Experience: OK
Overall Impression: A Joke
Recommend: Never in a million years
Reviewer Comments: This was the worst, most overrated hunting trip, I have ever been on in my life. We were promised 10 to 15 shot opportunities a day inside of 200 yards at mule deer in the 24" to 30" range. As it was a so called trophy exclusive hunt, what a joke. We seen one deer after dark the guide wanted to shoot and another at the end of the week at almost 500 yards away. A great way to flush $5,000 down the toilet, I would be more than happy to give all the details to anyone who wants them on my email address it will certainly save you a ton of money.
outfitter review submitted by: Mike Benefield on Sep 11 2007
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: A++++
Other Personal Experience: na
Overall Impression: Outstanding
Recommend: Absolutely
Reviewer Comments: My hunt was an early season archery hunt. I was in awe of every aspect of the hunt. The scenery, knowledge of the guides, and most of all, the quality of the mulies. I connected with a Pope & Young 4x4 with brow tines on the 3rd morning of the hunt. This was the 5th buck I had stalked to within less than 40 yards. Talk about an exciting way to hunt. Terry & Chris worked hard to get me my trophy and took great care of me. And Terry can do some GOOD cooking.
outfitter review submitted by: Gerry McCoige on Nov 12 2006
Species Hunted: Muledeer
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Good
Guide Experience: Good
Other Personal Experience: Good
Overall Impression: Good
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: I was fortunate enough to harvest a 25" 5x6 muledeer the first morning of my rifle hunt near Wibaux. Tracy runs a quality outfit & everything about my hunt was well thought out. Tracy asked me to move my hunt to this location as i was booked in another. He thought i would have a better hunt & he was right! My muledeer is awesome & i can't wait to get it back from my taxidermist.
outfitter review submitted by: Sean McCoy on Oct 3 2006
Species Hunted: Mule deer
Game Quality: fair
Accommodation Quality: very poor
Camp Condition: substandard
Food Quality: non-existant
Guide Experience: what guides ?
Other Personal Experience: no other personnel
Overall Impression: not worth while
Recommend: no!
Reviewer Comments: All prior arrangements were disregarded. Game and accomodations were exaggerated. Guiding was non-existant. A very poorly run outfitting experience. Does getting the "guide" out of bed 3 of 5 mornings say anything? Translated means, no breakfast as promised and the sun was up before getting to the hunting area.
outfitter review submitted by: Ronald & LaTrisha Hough on Sep 26 2006
Species Hunted: Mule Deer/Antelope
Game Quality: fair
Accommodation Quality: good
Camp Condition: good
Food Quality: not much variety
Guide Experience: great
Other Personal Experience: good
Overall Impression: not the best
Recommend: no
Reviewer Comments: If you are thinking about going to Hidden Valley for a Combo Hunt my husband and I wouldn't recommend it. Tracey promised us a lot on the phone and once we showed up it was a completely different story. Also our guide informed us that we were being taken where the deer weren't the best because we didn't offer more money for the bigger bucks. My husband and I were under the impression that Tracey gave us that we were going to be hunting nice bucks. Also when Tracey showed up at the camp he didn't really talk to the hunters that were there unless you got a deer and he wanted a picture of them for his collection, his brother does all of the work for him. Please feel free to contact before you would book a hunt with them, we hate to see you loss a lot of money and not be happy with the outfitter we had to learn the hard way. Now, we are going to go on another hunt but we are asking the outfitter all of the questions and make sure that we have them in writing so this doesn't happen to us again and hopefully it won't.
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Contact: John Cherkauskas
Location: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
State(s) Hunted: SK
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.
Alberta Hunting Information
Alberta is a large, diverse province with rolling prairies, farmland, river bottoms, Boreal forests, and large expanses of the northern Rocky Mountains. Many species of big game, waterfowl, upland game and predators inhabit Alberta. Long known for monster whitetails, Alberta also is home to big mule deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, black bear, cougar, Canada moose, and bighorn sheep. In fact, 7 of the 10 largest bighorn sheep in Boone and Crockett record book are from Alberta. In addition to big game, Alberta offers some top notch bird hunting. Serious waterfowlers know about the large flocks of ducks and geese that call Alberta home or migrate through.
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.
