Looking to take a trip out west with a teenager for a first out west hunt?

[hereinaz]

I like an adventure and live in the eastern states in the blue ridge mtns.

DIY is doable, but won’t get much specific advice directly here for your DIY. But, your question about guided will get more.

Pick the different species and you can find enough information in the Rokslide threads. I have done it for states and general locations. Then the calls to game and fish and biologists.

My sisters live in the TN mountains and it’s so cool there. I did a diy hunt there and had an adventure. Didn’t kill but learned a ton and I will go back to hunt again. They are recent transplants so I didn’t get any direct help from them. And, I found public land.

Soooooo much easier out west of course.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I'll go against the grain and say don't do bear unless guided. There is a pretty steep learning curve with bears and there's just not as many on the landscape compared to other game animals. Pronghorn or deer a very doable DIY.

 

[BuckSmasher]

I’ve looked up some various trips and seem to find some age restrictions. New on this forum so I thought I’d throw it out there. Looking for an exciting and decent priced hunt to try and make it an enjoyable and memorable experience for my son.

I went on first elk hunt at 16, saw some elk but all cows. Drew late season cow tag as a 17 year old and shot a cow. Still my favorite hunting memory of all time is getting that cow out with my dad.

My recommendation would be cow elk hunt.