Hadley Creek?!
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Stickit232
19-Dec-24
Looking to hunt this outfitter. Does anyone have any information on them? I'm seeing some questionable information about them on the internet. Doing my homework before I send them $20k (4Hunters x 5,000 = 20,000) Rut Hunt. Any helpful information would greatly be appreciated.
From: Zbone
19-Dec-24
20 grand to hunt whitetails.... WOW!
From: t-roy
19-Dec-24
PM me. I know a small operation in Iowa that will treat you right for 20K!
From: grizzley21
19-Dec-24
check the outfitters review.. there is one at the top of the page
From: JTreeman
19-Dec-24
That’s a hard pass for me…
—Jim
From: Quinn @work
19-Dec-24
Is this a troll post? ...check out their reviews here if not.
From: Chief 419
19-Dec-24
Run as fast and far as you can.
From: Dale06
19-Dec-24
$20 grand, no way.
From: midwest
19-Dec-24
For $20K, you must be hunting the whole month of November.
From: bghunter
19-Dec-24
I am hoping the 20k is a typo. If not, that is just insane.
From: btnbuck
19-Dec-24
Maybe he's paying for 4 people... OUCH!!
From: Iowa booner hunter
19-Dec-24
4 day hunt 3800, 5 day hunt 6000. Put in a little effort and you can lease a whole farm all year for 6000, get a really good farm for two full weeks for 6000, for a couple of hunters
From: Grunt-N-Gobble
19-Dec-24
Damn...... they've dropped a day on most hunts and really jacked up the price. You could go on a guided elk hunt at some places for that money
Myself and 2 friends hunted there in the early 2000's. PM me if you want more info.
From: JG420
19-Dec-24
Their reviews are horrible. One review on here said 3 camps had 45-50 guys total hunting! No friggen way. I hunt out of state every year, and I will only hunt where my crew is the only guys there, and we drop about 3 grand a man. Do your research man, that’s horrible!!!
From: Bou'bound
20-Dec-24
He is doing his research
From: Michael
20-Dec-24
If I remember right the Drury’s hunted some of their ground back in the 90’s.
Haven’t heard much about them lately but what I did hear was lots of hunters ran through in a season. That is never a good thing if you’re looking for a mature deer.
I am assuming when you say 20 Grand this is for multiple people. The only place I have heard of prices that high are in Texas on some of the famous ranches. To be honest I think you could find a lot better options than that place.
From: Stickit232
20-Dec-24
Sorry!!!! I am taking 3 other hunters with me, so 5k per.
From: Stickit232
20-Dec-24
LMAO! Reading some of your posts. That conversation went in the WRONG direction. lol... So, back to my original question... If you have hunted there, what was your experience? My gut is telling me this operation is set up to help pay for hunting land, and all of the deer shown on the website is mostly pic's of the land owners. But, who knows.
From: deerhunter72
20-Dec-24
I’ve heard of the place, but no experience. Seems awfully expensive for a deer hunt that will probably have a bunch of other hunters.
From: loprofile
20-Dec-24
Not including mine, one in 18 responses answered his question.
From: c5ken
20-Dec-24
Try Shermoe Adventures Llc You will not be disappointed. 586 212 4319
From: Ricky The Cabel Guy
20-Dec-24
"My gut is telling me this operation is set up to help pay for hunting land, and all of the deer shown on the website is mostly pic's of the land owners."
In my opinion, there is a certain amount of truth to both statements.
I hunted with HC about 25 years ago and it was pretty nice. Good hunting, good service, attentive guides and great food. Went back about 5 years later and it was completely different. Pretty much turned into an assembly line. I wouldn't go back. YMMV
From: Mule Power
20-Dec-24
I used to have dinner with those guys after doing outdoor shows. The guides talked about saving the big bucks for repeats and guys with the most money. Also shooting them themselves. I’d pass.
From: Stickit232
20-Dec-24
Thanks guy's. All I needed to hear. Unfortunately, too many outfitters operate like this.
From: Quinn @work
23-Dec-24
Go with a bowsite sponsor that has had bowsiters hunt with them and can provide references. These outfitters get vetted pretty hard here.
From: spike78
23-Dec-24
For 5k I’d lease some land
From: Bou'bound
23-Dec-24
Isn’t hat a normal rate for deer in a deer state like Iowa or Kansas or Illinois. Not out of line in industry is it.
From: KHNC
23-Dec-24
Nowadays, ANYONE who hunts with Hadley Creek or Cody Carr deserves exactly what they get.
From: PECO2
23-Dec-24
You do know this site has an outfitters review section? If you do know and checked them out, why would you even remotely consider them?
From: ILbowhntr
23-Dec-24
Someone has to pay for the 6 pickups, 2 JD tractors and spray buggy that they showcase on the website.
From: Lee
23-Dec-24
Hell $650 or so for an IA tag. Close to $500 in IL - no experience with these guys but wouldn’t think 5k would be out of line for a week rut hunt in. Good area. With that said I’d spend it on something I can’t hunt all the time. Been wanting to try spot and stalk Mulies for awhile!
From: KHNC
23-Dec-24
Heartland Lodge is pretty much the same as Hadley Creek. If you go to HL, better just duck hunt. Deer hunt is just a money grab. Made the mistake once in the late 90's.
From: Stickit232
27-Dec-24
Hadley Creek runs 200+ hunters through their operation a year. WOW!
From: SteveB
27-Dec-24
Good friend that went some years back and had nothing good to say. Buyer beware.
From: grizzley21
27-Dec-24
on hadley creek photo gallery .. 78 bucks where taken in 2023,,,,,,,,,
