Howell Taxidermy

note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.

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outfitter review submitted by: Luigi Gaglia on Dec 21 2006

Species Hunted: whitetail deer

Game Quality: excellent

Accommodation Quality: very good

Camp Condition: very good

Food Quality: very good

Guide Experience: very good

Other Personal Experience: very good

Overall Impression: great

Recommend: without a doubt.

Reviewer Comments: I ve been on whitetail hunts in Kansas and Illinois and I never seen the quality of game on those two hunts combined as I did on this hunt.Bouldercreek is a top notch hunting guide with plenty of quality game and service. Luigi Gaglia N.Y.

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outfitter review submitted by: Randy Coyle on Oct 5 2006

Species Hunted: Elk/ deer

Game Quality: Great for elk, no deer

Accommodation Quality: good

Camp Condition: good

Food Quality: good

Guide Experience: Wade - excellent

Other Personal Experience: only guides in camp

Overall Impression: great

Recommend: yes

Reviewer Comments: On this hunt we had 2 great guides and went into a very remote area with lots of elk. 3 0f 4 hunter shot bulls. Tim's head guide, Wade, is amazing. All of Tim's experienced guides work very hard to ensure a great hunt. It would be nice to have a cook/wrangler in camp but then the price would be higher. I hunted with Tim last year and we got 1 bull with 4 hunters. 2 other hunters got shots but didn't connect.

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outfitter review submitted by: Jim Pex on Sep 25 2006

Species Hunted: Elk

Game Quality: Good

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Good

Food Quality: Good

Guide Experience: Good

Other Personal Experience: N/A

Overall Impression: Good

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: Success was very weather dependant, we fortunately hit it just right with cooling temps and ended up scoring with our elk, but others previously did not. Tough country, but has some good bulls in it if you search hard enough.

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outfitter review submitted by: Bruce And Jason Cifelli on Jun 16 2006

Species Hunted: black bear

Game Quality: good

Accommodation Quality: great

Camp Condition: great

Food Quality: excellent

Guide Experience: excellent

Other Personal Experience: great

Overall Impression: great time

Recommend: yes

Reviewer Comments: the guides worked their tails off for us. the bears were not cooperating as well as they could have, but that was not the guides fault.my son and i had a great time in the pettibone wilderness camp. it was a great experience in some of the countries most beautiful areas.we will do this again and next time maybe the bears will cooperate. thnks for a great time and thanks to jake and shane for a 100% effort.

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outfitter review submitted by: TIM WHITEHOUSE on May 21 2006

Species Hunted: black bear

Game Quality: 0

Accommodation Quality: ranch house so-so

Camp Condition: n/a

Food Quality: ok

Guide Experience: not much

Other Personal Experience: no one else

Overall Impression: not good

Recommend: no

Reviewer Comments: our hunt was set up 8 month in advance.We are avid bow hunters so we signed up for a bow hunt for may 1st to may 5th.when we arrived at the ranch our guide told us he had no baits set up for bow hunters and that we should hunt with rifles.He also said that 2 of the stands could not be moved and the other might be ok for a bow stand if we were comfortable shooting 30 to 40 yards.just by chance I had thrown in a rifle before I left home but our guide didnt know that until I told him.So why he wanted us to consider rifle hunting was mute at this point. but after a coin toss me and my partner decided that we would switch off rifle and bow.Well I ended up the first evening at the bow stand which was 30ft up a 12" dia tree 30 to 35 yards from the bait hole.The wind was really whipping that nite so the stand was moving back and forth about 3 to 4 feet.I ask my guide to move the stand down and alittle clser to the bait and he flipped out saying the stands are where they are because thats where thy have to be and if he moved them the bears would spook and not come in to the bait hole.I told him I didn't feel comfortable with that stand location so he said he would move it the next morning but if he did it was to be my stand for the whole week which ment my partner would be stuck in a rifle stand the whole week.My partner got put in a rifle stand that our guide said a sow and two cubs were hitting every nite which they did 20 minutes after getting in the stand and cleaned all the bait out.I dont know whether he intended him to shoot the sow or a cub but there was no other sign around the bait I dont know.The next morning tim craig called our guide to see what was going on.I dont know what was said there but our guide said tim must have had a brain fart because he knew there was no bow stand set up on the ranch.He continued to push us to rifle hunt. a few minutes later tim craig called back and wanted to talk to me.HE WENT INTO A TIZZY ASK ME IF WE WERE A BUNCH OF COMPLAINERS OR WHAT?I said we just wernt getting what we paid for and he replied that it sound to him like we had bad attitudes and said we werent much of a bow hunter if we couldnt shoot 30 to 35 yards from a moving tree.So after that conversation we decided we werent going to get a word in edgewise so we exited the ranch and drove 5 hours home to Washington. After the fact I found out tim craig had a buckmaster video on the ranch we were supposed to hunt so we got moved to public land on the other side of the river. About the time the video people left he called and wanted us to come back to finish our hunt on the ranch we were supposed to hunt in the first place. But my partner and I had used up our week vacation that was planned for eight months and just cant take another week at the drop of a hat.So the moral of this story is you should find out where you are hunting and make sure there are no t.v. people scheduled for the same time.When he called at the end of the week we should have been hunting he promised good close bow stands with cameras and videos of bear hitting the baits. WOW I THOUGHT THATS WHAT I PAID FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. GO FIGURE.

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outfitter review submitted by: Byron Sheets on May 17 2006

Species Hunted: Black Bear

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Very Good

Food Quality: Excellent

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Very Good

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: yes

Reviewer Comments: Great hunt lots of game, the guides were knowledgeable, worked hard and got your game. I was after a color phase bear and got a brownish red one first day - 1 hour into the hunt. Camp and food were excellent. Also saw many elk and deer whils at camp. I will be going back for an elk/mule deer hunt.

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outfitter review submitted by: Brad Rodenberger on Dec 14 2005

Species Hunted: Elk/mule deer/whitetail

Game Quality: Outstanding

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Very Good

Food Quality: Excellent

Guide Experience: Excellent

Other Personal Experience: Very Good

Overall Impression: Excellent

Recommend: Very much

Reviewer Comments: I have been on a number of guided hunts, both Elk and Mule deer. I found Boulder Creek Outfitters to be right up there with the more expensive hunts you can find. There was plenty of game to choose from and the guides never proded you to take shots at the first animals to show just to fill your tag. I would recommend this outfit to anyone that want's a good time for a resonable price. I had some much fun this last year I am going again.

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outfitter review submitted by: Jeremy Loveridge on Nov 10 2005

Species Hunted: Mule deer / Whitetail

Game Quality: average

Accommodation Quality: good

Camp Condition: poor

Food Quality: great

Guide Experience: non-existant

Other Personal Experience: good

Overall Impression: low class

Recommend: never

Reviewer Comments: My brother and I were very excited to book a hunt in Idaho since we had heard of the good bucks up there. We were promised a 2 on 1 guide service. From what I gather, this seems to be a common promise in Tim's contracts which he rarely fulfills. I was lucky enough to be paired with other hunters,and with Tim's son and we saw plenty of game. The promblem is that they only hunt the easy deer which are right by the beaten path. I guess the hunt could be considered sufficient to a hunter who had never hunted mule deer and had never seen a normal amount of deer during the hunt. The guides are very content in driving the same circuit of roads, never varying, and trying to talk inexperienced hunters into shooting very average deer. A 24" 4X4 buck is not what I consider a trophy buck. I was able to glass up some bucks further down ridges or on top of hills which I could not convince Tim to even make an attempt at. I got the impression that they couldn't care less if I was satisfied with my experience. They have a good ranch, but are too lazy or not prepared to hunt it properly. Maybe if they would have had the sufficient amount of guides for all the hunters , we might have been able to go after some of the better deer, or actually hunt. My brother was forced to hunt with Tim's brother who had a cow elk tag he was trying to fill. For three days they went into areas looking for a cow elk with my brother and another hunter, most of the time seeing no bucks the entire day. This was while the bucks were all over the open ridges chasing the does in full rut. Needles to say if was frustrating. Tim needs to wake up from his Buckmaster fantasy. This so called Jackie Bushman experience is a hoax. He probably receives the royalty treatment that Tim's booking agent and his wife received on the hunt we were on. The sad thing was that even with Tim's personal help Butch, the booking agent, still only killed an average buck. I would just caution any inexperienced mule deer hunters especially to be wary of going there. They will shown the same two dozen easy deer which others have probably passed on. If you do book a hunt try get comments from the other ten hunters in camp during the November 24-29 '05 hunt. I know you won't get many positive responses.

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outfitter review submitted by: Shaun Nelson on Apr 6 2005

Species Hunted: Black Bear

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Very Good

Camp Condition: Very Good

Food Quality: Very Good

Guide Experience: Very Good to Superb

Other Personal Experience: Excellent

Overall Impression: Had a great time will go back

Recommend: Absolutely yes! Everything we

Reviewer Comments: Tim Craig showed us a wonderful time on our bear hunt. We saw lots of bears. After I killed out I was taken coyote hunting, I went fishing in the snake river, and had a wonderful time while my friend went after his bear. The country is some of the most beautiful I have ever hunted. And I have hunted in the western states, Canada, and Texas, as well as across the South. I am going back and taking 5 new people with me. This is an awesome experience.

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outfitter review submitted by: William D Rosier on Mar 24 2005

Species Hunted: Bear

Game Quality: Excellent

Accommodation Quality: Excelent very comfortable

Camp Condition: Excellent equipment in in tip

Food Quality: Excellant and plenty of it

Guide Experience: Excellant extremly knowledgeab

Other Personal Experience: Highly Experienced

Overall Impression: Very Impressed top quality

Recommend: Yes

Reviewer Comments: The Guides were top notch they would share their years of experience with you. This was more than just a hunt.After the hunt you will be a better more knowledgeable hunter.The scenry is breathtaking and the quality and the amount of game you see right up there.I have been on several guided hunts and this was the best.They made sure that my hunting trip was more than just going out and pulling the trigger. Thank You Tim for a great time Bill

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