Gohunt

[cgasner1]

Anyone else spent the money on this I just did and not quite sure what to make of it did a little bit of reading into some stuff we hunted this year and it was very wrong about access points and the amount of private in that unit

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[BackcountryMT]

Very worth it for anyone looking to hunt out of state or travel IMHO. Some of the profiles can be somewhat "basic" but they are going through and revamping many units across all of the states at this time as well. Been researching WY deer all night. Have had to do very little external research past what I can find on goHUNT.

 

[wncbrewer]

I've found it to be worth it too, I have spent hours on that site. I was previously a member of huntin' fool and I liked it also but feel like gohunt is A little less "trophy hunting" driven. Not saying that's good or bad necessarily just one mans observation.


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[cgasner1]

My buddy had a elk tag in wyoming last year and I checked to see what they said about it 0 private great access off of a road and the unit is a sub unit and that road is private we got ran out by a outfitter trying to get to public land and I'd say half of the unit was private access was near impossible without horses once the snow set in

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[wapitibob]

Go check your odds for an Elk hunt in WY with 11 points....

 

[tyeager2964]

I think it has pro's and con's just like all information sources. I think it is important to remember it is only an information source. It will give you draw odds, % private land, some ideas as to lodging, weather, etc.

Anyone looking for one stop shopping for how to go kill an animal and where to do it will probably think its lacking and I'm sure with the amount of information total there are some inaccuracies; but if it is used in conjunction with state game and fish sites, google earth, public/private maps, etc. then I think it can be a good resource.

The contest have decent prizes and the application and strategy articles aren't bad.

Overall, it is a useful tool to help narrow focus and research.

 

[Chad E]

I bought a membership to Gohunt last year. I have been buying points for out of state hunts but decided to actually apply last year so I figured I would benefit from the subscription. I used it and several other sources to help me on what units to apply for. Overall I was very happy with Gohunt and its a great source for understanding the draws of western states and different nuisances to each. My word of caution to on it is I didn't exactly agree with access and public lands assessment for the unit I ended up drawing. It is listed as a limited public access area by most sources including GOhunt but I think the picture they painted was way rosier than the actual situation on the ground. A couple of the public areas they highlighted were in no way accessible. I still had a great hunt and think it was valuable information but take their access info with a grain of salt.

 

[cgasner1]

Kind of what I'm thinking I got it to help me plan a Colorado hunt I may spend the 30 bucks for onx before the draw to help find out the real public private issues in the unit

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[DEHusker]

Don't know about anyone else but I've found the actual draw odds in some units that I've researched to be way off. Some of their numbers don't add up. However, overall I've been very happy with the site. I think sites like these are bittersweet because it puts everyone on the same playing field with regards to research and can make it really hard to find that "little something extra" that gets you to a sweet area without everyone and their dog knowing the same info. It can make some tags that were easy to draw in the past due to a niche and easily overlooked to now something hard to draw because everyone knows about it.

 

[MuleyFever]

I find this thread interesting. People are paying good money for a site and they say some information is wrong and to take some info "with a grain of salt". So what is it that actually makes you feel like you are getting your moneys worth.

 

[Yankee]

I used it last year to research GMUs in Idaho. To be honest, I'm a bit of numbers geek and ended up using the primary data from Idaho State rather than GoHunt. I'm not sure I'm going to renew again, as I don't think I'm going to be playing the points games in multiple states.

 

[Chad E]

I find this thread interesting. People are paying good money for a site and they say some information is wrong and to take some info "with a grain of salt". So what is it that actually makes you feel like you are getting your moneys worth.

Since you quoted me I will try to respond to this. I did spend good money on this product and even though my experience with that particular units access I though didn't match(at least to me) what was on GOhunt I think its worth the money. To be honest a lot of the draw odds and unit information is on the web at various locations like Fish and Game sights etc. Gohunt just puts it all together in an easy to understand format. If you only plan to hunt one species or one state you can probably get plenty of good info on your own searching the web. If you want to hunt multiple states and species and start comparing where to spend your money time etc. I think GOhunt is a great tool.

Access information is somewhat subject so its understandable that there might be differing opinions. Part of my gripe was that specific pieces of ground highlighted by the go hunt unit profile(chunks of national forest ground) were not accessible.

It is certainly not the end all be all product for draws and scouting new areas but its a great tool to have and I feel that the $100 dollars is well worth it.

 

[Randy11]

There is a LOT of misinformation on that site.

I signed up for a free trial this spring, and was blown away at how wrong some of what they printed was. I hunted an elk unit in Wyoming last year that they had the season dates wrong on by over a month, and recommended hunting a mountain range what was 2 units over.

Think about how many units/species there are in the west, they'd need hundreds of hunters on staff to have on the ground information in each unit.

I've heard their odds calculator is solid, maybe they should stick to that.

 

[cgasner1]

I grew up in Oregon chasing Rosie's and the success rate on those is very low the gohunt success rate seems through the roof to me in those areas compared to what I saw

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[jpuckett]

I think it's worth it as an out of stater in my opinion. I feel like not having boots on the ground it at least gave me confidence to get to know my unit before I hunted it. I at least feel like it gave me the foundation to work off of. And I got a nice public land muley diy because of it. When we spend so much on gear on x maps, gas, etc. an extra $100 was worth it for me


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[cgasner1]

Ya my worry with it is i bought it to help plan a Colorado hunt this year and I noticed how off Oregon was sucks to spend the time on thst researching a unit and have it not be what it's supposed to

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[R_burg]

I grew up in Oregon chasing Rosie's and the success rate on those is very low the gohunt success rate seems through the roof to me in those areas compared to what I saw

Ya my worry with it is i bought it to help plan a Colorado hunt this year and I noticed how off Oregon was sucks to spend the time on thst researching a unit and have it not be what it's supposed to

Doesnt goHunt get success rates from your states game and fish? Its hard to see how their data being different from what you are seeing means its definitely wrong, or that it isnt the best publicly available data out there.

For me its not a magic tool, but it definitely helps to see what is going on, not only in my state but all over the West. I think if anyone thought they were going to spend 100 bucks and that would be their one stop shop for research, thats unrealistic.

I dont know... to me, 100 bucks is pretty cheap compared to how much gear and tags cost. I dont know if I will use it in a few years when I really have this stuff down, but right now its a pretty valuable tool.

 

[FreeRange]

You're essentially paying them to organize data you could get on your own, sometimes relatively easy. I worked without it for a couple years but just started this past fall in looking towards 2017 hunts. To my mind it makes learning a new state especially easy and has helped me organize my big-picture strategy much better. Especially because I'm pretty much the tag application service for a number of my family members and friends in the interest of making sure we can all go on good out of state hunts together each year.

 

[MuleyFever]

I think it's worth it as an out of stater in my opinion. I feel like not having boots on the ground it at least gave me confidence to get to know my unit before I hunted it. I at least feel like it gave me the foundation to work off of. And I got a nice public land muley diy because of it. When we spend so much on gear on x maps, gas, etc. an extra $100 was worth it for me


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Can you explain more of how it gave you confidence to get to know your unit and how the service led to you deer? What did it offer that you couldn't have got from Google Earth as far as getting to know the unit?

I have thought of signing up but just not sure.

 

[cgasner1]

I thought they would but a 30% success rate in most elk hunts in Oregon seems ridiculously high to me

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