Best OTC/Freelance States/Hunts for 2024. Quick Opinions?

[WCB]

Just watch The Hunting Public shows on Youtube....Don't even have to ask, they just blow up states, counties, hell individual public sections.

 

[Maverick1]

Well I ate the $50 so I could get busy on here. I tried going back through old threads but couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for. Backstory. I'm 27, live in Northern New York. Uncertain on career going forward, no wife, no kids. Spontaneously trying to put together a trip west to do some hunting and feel out other areas of this country where I may jive better. In simple terms, not a fan of the policy in NY.. I'm thinking I'd be able to do a 2-3 week road trip sometime around last week of November, first week of December. Would like the area of focus to be mostly between the Rockies and the Mississippi, top to bottom. I know it's short notice. What freelance big game hunts would you guys recommend and why? I have enough connections I should be able to grab some waterfowl and upland hunts along the way. The big game hunts are foreign to me. No preference to Whitetail/Mulie, archery/muzzleloader/gun etc....just looking for an experience. All recommendations are welcomed. Should be able to PM as well. Thanks

You’ve been watching a lot of YouTube, haven’t you?

I went white tail deer hunting in Antarctica and had a great time.

I went white tail deer hunting in Antarctica and had a miserable time.

What do you get from either of those statements?

 

[SloppyJ]

If you're coming through Arkansas and you don't book a duck hunt around the central/eastern part of the state (Stuttgart) at the end of December, you're doing yourself a disservice. Do that on the way back to cap off the trip.

 

[Liberty]

You’ve been watching a lot of YouTube, haven’t you?

I went white tail deer hunting in Antarctica and had a great time.

I went white tail deer hunting in Antarctica and had a miserable time.

What do you get from either of those statements?

Pretty ignorant response. I've hunted whitetail my whole life in NY. Waterfowl since my buddies and I could start driving. I've run traplines, predator hunted, etc. Caught just about every fish NY has to offer both open water and through the ice. I don't live in the midwest/west. I was simply looking to hear suggestions of hunts people have had good experiences doing themselves. You might be bent out of shape by my post but I've had plenty of suggestions made on this thread that gave me some good ideas as well as numerous PM. So I guess I got that from my original post, well worth it.

 

[MNGrouser]

Pretty ignorant response.

You can ask for people's opinion or get offended by it-not both.

Maverick made a pretty good point. What is a great experience for one person might not be for another...or for you. I posted on a hunt that I was excited about taking with my father. Someone commented that the area we were going wasn't very good. (That person has clearly never hunted with my dad; it doesn't take a Boone & Crocket entry to make a good hunt.)

 

[Liberty]

You can ask for people's opinion or get offended by it-not both.

Maverick made a pretty good point. What is a great experience for one person might not be for another...or for you. I posted on a hunt that I was excited about taking with my father. Someone commented that the area we were going wasn't very good. (That person has clearly never hunted with my dad; it doesn't take a Boone & Crocket entry to make a good hunt.)

He never gave me his opinion. He just simply went at my original post with sarcastic comments. I've valued every opinion people have given me so far. I actually have a lot of good leads to work with now from good, like minded people.

 

[bozeman]

Nebraska.