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JUNE 20TH, 2023 Each week here at Hunt Nation, we assign one of our hunting and fishing experts to handle your phone calls. We encourage you to call and ask ANY questions you might have about our hunting and fishing trips. We want to help!
This week call Don Sangster at 307-637-5495. He has broad experience and he will happily answer your questions and offer helpful advice. Talk to our friendly experts to learn about any trips, or to just ask for advice.
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ALBERTA #21
HUNT NATION EXCLUSIVE: TROPHY ARCHERY MULE DEER
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WE ADVERTISED THIS HUNT RECENTLY AND QUICKLY SOLD THE 2023 HUNT. HOWEVER, THE HUNTER HAS HAD TO CHANGE HIS HUNT TO NEXT YEAR!
This outfitter is part of one of the best-known outfitting families in western Canada. He is a small, family-run operation and takes very few hunters per season. This guy is the real deal when it comes to big mulies.
Hunting is by spot (mainly by vehicle) & stalk, with plenty of glassing. He hunts both public “leased land” and hard-to-access private lands (including his own) in Zones 202, 203, and 232. Expect to see 170”-class deer, but he has the 180+” as well. He usually has a couple other guides out with him scouting and searching, to give you the best chance of bagging a whopper. This is a 10-day hunt, and is geared to the serious trophy bowhunter! Not everyone will succeed, but almost everyone will see some big bucks, and most will have a crack at one.
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Due to the exceptional trophy quality, the price of muley hunts in Alberta has skyrocketed in recent years, but he is offering this hunt at a special price exclusively to Hunt Nation client. HE IS TAKING ONLY 1 ARCHERY HUNTER IN TOTAL FOR THE YEAR! This 10-day archery hunt is $8,000 USD per person 1x1. Meals, lodging and pick up from Edmonton Airport are included; licenses/tags are extra.
DATE: October 21-30, 2023 (1 spot)
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ARGENTINA #33
CANCELLATION TROPHY RED STAG
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Argentina is a land blessed with a huge variety of hunting and fishing opportunities, including big red stags roaring in the hills, incredible wingshooting for doves, docks, perdiz and pigeons, along with many other big game animals. It’s simply one of our favorite places to send clients because they always come back happy. World-class hunting, awesome hospitality, reasonable pricing and virtually 100% success…it just doesn’t get any better than that!
This outfitter has his own hunting ground in the Province of La Pampa, which is the very best stag area in Argentina. They hunt approximately 45,000 acres of century-old scrublands. These free-range stags will be mature animals with very good mass and have 6x6, 6x7 or 7x7 racks averaging 300”-350” SCI (estate hunts for stags up to 600” are also available – ask for pricing), and you can shoot the biggest one you see, with no trophy fees! We have sent many clients here, and Hunt Nation President Ed Manasse has also hunted here.
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$5,000 USD per person (NO TROPHY FEE!) for a 5-day hunt. Packages include 1x1 guiding, with all meals and lodging in a 5-star lodge. A second red stag, blackbuck, water buffalo, fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar and other species are available for extra charge.
2024 DATES: March 11-15
March 29-April 2
April 4-8
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NEW MEXICO #319
CANCELLATION TROPHY ARCHERY BULL ELK
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At Hunt Nation, we book more elk hunts than anything else, and we book more elk hunts in New Mexico than anywhere else. This highly-regarded outfitter has been in business close to 20 years and enjoys about 80% repeat clients. Although he hunts a variety of species (including big antelope and also big aoudad in Texas), elk are his bread & butter.
His main elk area is Unit 34, where the bull-to-cow ratio is the best in the State, and they have a unique opportunity this season to conduct a few rifle hunts in January. The 10,000-acre ranch they will be hunting typically produces 280”-320+” bulls, with a possibility of bigger.
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The price of these 5-day hunts is $12,000 per person 2x1 or $14,000 per person 1x1, including meals, lodging and a guaranteed access to purchase your State license/tag (approx. $700), so no draws to contend with. Tax of 5.125% is extra.
DATES: September 1-5, 2023 (2 Spots)
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ALASKA #275
WORLD CLASS SALMON, HALIBUT & MORE
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This outfitter has two different fishing lodges, both centrally-located on the Kenai Peninsula. Fishing is equally-good at both lodges, but prices differ based on the level of luxury. The original lodge is extremely clean and well-kept. You can have your own room, or you can get a cabin. They provide a breakfast and a sack lunch, and you cook your own dinner in the cabin’s fully-stocked kitchen or on a BBQ, or dine out nearby (some packages also include buffet dinners). The second lodge is the luxury lodge, located on Cook Inlet, which is well-known for great halibut fishing. It combines the same top-quality fishing with the amenities of a 5-star property and all-inclusive gourmet meals (including seafood) and wines. It has 7 bedrooms (including 3 suites) and 8 bathrooms and can accommodate up to 17 people (for large groups, the 10th person goes for free!).
Both lodges have freshwater guides and saltwater skippers who can choose from over a dozen different salmon runs and resident fisheries during the course of the season. This means you can fish for salmon, halibut and trout from late May through September, including in the Kenai River, and they even offer fly-in trips. You decide!
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Remaining dates for summer 2023:
Original Lodge – Packages from 4 nights for $3,990 per person to 7 nights for $5,190 per person
· June 17-30 (several spots)
· First two weeks of July (several spots)
· August 9-19 (1 couple only)
· August 24-September 2 (party of 4)
· August 27-September 2 (several spots)
All-Inclusive Luxury Lodge – Packages from 4 nights for $4,890 per person to 7 nights for $5,990 per person
· June 17 for 7 nights (party of 3)
· June 18 for 7 nights (party of 3)
· June 29 for 3 nights (4 spots/2 rooms)
· August 5 for 7 nights (party of 2)
· August 6 for 5 nights (party of 4)
· August 15 for 5 nights (party of 4)
· August 20 for 9 nights (party of 4)
· August 21 for 4 nights (party of 3)
· August 27 for 7 nights (party of 2)
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INDIANA & GEORGIA
YOUTH HUNTS
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We at Hunt Nation believe that the next generation of hunters – our youth – are the future of hunting, and are vital to maintaining this great tradition. So we are always on the lookout for great opportunities to offer young hunters. We are pleased to work with some fine outfitters and feel the same way and offer special youth hunts or pricing. Here are two examples:
WHITETAILS – INDIANA #104
With access to over more than 12,000 acres of prime whitetail habitat in southeastern Indiana, this outfitter provides an incredible opportunity for hunters to experience excellent hunts at reasonable costs. They offer a special 2-day youth hunt the last weekend of September for only $1,750, including meals and lodging.
HOGS & BASS – GEORGIA #58
These adventures take place in the woods of east-central Georgia. This outfitter hunts approx. 5,500 acres of private property across 4 counties that are closely managed with crops and food plots prime for birds and game. They also have some very good bass fishing in 5 private ponds. All packages include the hunt, lodging, transportation to and from the stands, and quartering of the game. The price does not include licenses or meals, but you can cook at the lodge in their fully stocked kitchen or eat in town (approx. 5 miles away).
Hog hunting here is all free-range wild boar and hogs. No high fences! You can hunt day or at night, virtually year-round. Hog hunts are semi-guided, meaning guides will pre-scout, transport you to and from your baited stand/blind, and provide tracking/recovery assistance if needed.
Youth under 16 are 50% off the following prices, when hunting with a paying adult:
HOGS – $475/day per adult (minimum 2 days). Limit of one hog per day per hunter.
CAST-N-BLAST – $800 per adult for 2 days (includes one hog per day day). Enjoy 2 evenings of hog hunting, with trophy bass fishing on stocked private lakes during the day. May 15-September 1 only.
Group and military discounts also available.
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ALBERTA #283
TROPHY CANADIAN WHITETAILS
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Any serious whitetail hunter knows that Alberta is one of the premiere destinations for big-bodied and big-racked bucks. If you’ve been dreaming about chasing these monsters of the Canadian north woods, this fine multi-species outfitter in the heart of the Peace River area of northwestern Alberta may have just what you are looking for.
The Peace River area is known for big whitetails. These hunts take place around the rut, maximizing your chances of shooting a heavy 140”-160” buck, with the possibility for a true top end deer. An experienced hunter who puts in a solid effort can expect 75% shot opportunity at a 150”-class whitetail. Hunting is mainly from ground blinds and treestands on both private agricultural land and Crown land forest areas, overlooking travel corridors. The outfitter’s zones have a good mix of prime “edge” habitat that whitetails prefer, with large sections of Boreal forest that butt up against farm fields.
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Due to a cancellation, there are 2 spots available for this fall. Choose your dates from below. This hunt is a full 9 days of hunting, to really give you a chance of finding that buck you are after.
Price is $8,750 USD per person 1x1, or $7,750 USD per person 2x1, plus deer/wolf license (approx. $500) and 5% tax. Includes guiding, meals, lodge accommodations and pick up from Peace River airport (or you can fly into Grande Prairie and rent a car).
DATE: November 12-21, 2023 (2 spots)
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NEW ZEALAND #248
BIG RED STAG, TAHR, CHAMOIS
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This outfitter has possibly the biggest and best free range red stags anywhere on the South Island (seeing 6-10 mature stags a day is common), and giant estate stags up to 600+ inches SCI are available too. Outstanding tahr and chamois hunts as well, either alone or in combination with red stag. 90%-100% success on all 3 species. Elk, fallow deer, whitetail deer, sika deer, sambar deer, rusa deer, feral goats, Arapawa rams, wild boar, American bison, small game, waterfowl, upland birds, wild turkey, and great fishing also available. Hunt some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth (much of the Lord of the Rings movies were filmed here), with lots to see and do for the whole family. What a great adventure and vacation!
We have sent dozens of happy clients here, as he has simply some of the best deals in New Zealand:
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Silver Medal Stag up to 350” SCI only $6,000 USD for 3-day hunt. GREAT DEAL! You get your lodging, your meals, 1x1 guiding, and your trophy fee for your big stag all included. Any stag up to 350”, and most will be 330+”. We honestly feel he offers the best deal in New Zealand. This is cheaper than most high-quality elk hunts in the U.S.
Silver Medal Red Stag/Tahr Combo $12,000 USD. This hunt is for 5 days and it includes red stag (expect 320”-350” class) and tahr. This price is for a walking/hiking tahr hunt. If you prefer, you can add a helicopter to get to the tahr at extra cost.
Free Range Stag, Tahr and Chamois Combo ONLY $15,000 for all 3 species! This hunt is 7 days. You may take one trophy red stag 300”-350” SCI (equivalent to a High Silver medal). Also included is one trophy tahr hunted on foot, no helicopter required, so reasonably good fitness is a must. And then you hunt for your chamois on foot, but you get dropped off at the higher elevation by helicopter into the hunting area. Includes guiding, meals, lodging and trophy fees.
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CALIFORNIA #182
BIG TULE ELK
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Tule elk tags are the hardest elk tags to secure, as they are found only in California and very few opportunities exist to hunt them. But if you want the North American 29 or the “Elk Slam”, or just plain want a free range Tule, here is your chance, as prices are always on the rise.
We just got word that this outfitter has 1 of these coveted tag still available for 2023. Big bulls are plentiful on the various private ranches this outfitter hunts. The terrain is rolling with oak brush, barley and alfalfa, and clients regularly see 10 to 20 bulls a day! Clients have been 100% on big Tules (even archery!) with this outfitter over the last 7 years, and many tag out on the first day! Bulls will run average 270”-330”. Hunts take place as early as mid-July and go into early September. The outfitter scouts and locates the best bulls prior to your hunt. These hunts take place near Paso Robles.
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Price is $50,000 per person 1x1 for a 5-day hunt (rifle or archery), including food and lodging. This area also offers a huge blacktail deer population, with lots of big bucks, and you can add a blacktail buck on a trophy fee basis.
2023 DATE: Best time is mid-August thru September
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SOUTH DAKOTA #298
PRESERVE TROPHY BISON, ELK & DEER
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Are you looking to put some delicious and nutritious elk meat in the freezer for your family to enjoy next winter, and have some fun at the same time? How about a high-success bison, elk or deer hunt in South Dakota?
This outfitter operates a 3,500-acre high fence private preserve in southwest South Dakota. The terrain is a mixture of prairie, timbered-covered ridges, and rocky canyons (9 miles of canyons!) – you will EARN your trophy here. You will be hunting out of 4WD vehicles in most cases. The most common hunting method will be spot and stalk, but they may also use ground blinds or natural cover stands. You will hunt the entire day, if you wish, and they attend to all of the field care of your trophy.
If you’re tired of spending money on fruitless hunts, these GUARANTEED SUCCESS hunts may be just what you’re looking for!
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Bison
Mature Cow Meat Hunt – $3,995
Caramel Colored Cow – $4,500 (limited availability)
Meat Bull Hunt – $5,995
Trophy Bull Hunt (4-8 years old) – $7,995
Elk
300”-320” $8,495
321”-340” $9,695
341”-360” $10,795
361”-380” $11,995
381”-400” $13,495
401”-415” $14,995
Over 415” Call for pricing
Cow elk $3,495 ($2,995 for groups of 4 or more)
Whitetails
Up to 150” $3,995
151”-160” $4,995
161”-170” $5,995
171”-180” $6,995
181”-190” $7,995
191”-200” $8,995
Over 200” Call for pricing
Mule Deer
Bronze (up to 160”) $6,495
Silver (161”-180”) $6,500 + $275 per inch over 160”
Gold (181”-200”) $12,000 + $400 per inch over 180”
Platinum (201”-220”) Starting at $20,000 (only one or two available per year)
6% SD sales tax applies to all hunts. Group discounts may be available. Guiding is 1 guide for 1-2 hunters. Hunts are 3 days. Meals and accommodations at a beautiful lodge are included. Meat processing is not included. No hunting license required.
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ED MANASSE - President
P: 307.637.5495
BUTCH MANASSE - Vice President
P: 307.630.9390
BRIAN STECKLEIN - Senior Agent
P: 307.421.7969
DON SANGSTER - Agent
P: 416.988.1562
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EDDIE DEUSER - Agent
P: 636.443.5223
DEREK AMADIO - International Specialist
P: 307.462.9652
JOHN POMAZI - Agent
P: 503.539.3836
Administrative Support
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Hunt Nation
3020 Bear Bay Road
Myakka City, FL 34251
Phone: 307-637-5495
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