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Originally Posted by bowed up
Based on the prices of those two, you better hammer the mallards. I understand that we will be spending some money, but Slicks is $620/hunt and Five Oaks is $700+/hunt. We are looking to spend somewhere in the $300-$450/hunt (or cheaper).
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With lodging and meals included, gonna be hard to find a good place to hunt for $300-450. Now you could stay in a hotel and then drive to the lodge for the hunts in the mornings and spend that. But bad thing about that is they gonna put you in the crappiest spot cause you not spending the money the other guys are. Had the same thing happen to me on an Arkansas hunt. They put us in a crappy spot without a guide (they just showed us how to get there) and we only shot like 3-4 woodies. We were going to hunt public land the rest of the trip, but I ended up finding a old guy in Clarendon, AR that owned some property and would let me and my buddies hunt for $50/gun. We didn't hammer them but had a very good trip. Shot mallards, specks, snows, woodies, and greys. Went back to same place following 2 years for like $450 for the whole trip. (3 hunts mornings and afternoons) Just stayed at a little motel in Clarendon. This was 5 years ago probably and the old man we hunted with was in bad shape. He prob isn't even living anymore.