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Velvet Hunt 2011

3rd Week Sept Velvet

Larry's 180 7/8 inch Snipe Creek Giant

21pt Snipe Creek Monster

2011 KILLS

Snipe Creek Video Footage

Mature Pair - 3/13/12 0:15 min Developing Drops - 2/06/12 0:15 min Heavy Bone - 2/02/12 0:15 min Daylight Dudes - 1/25/12 0:15 min The Boss - 1/24/12 0:15 min Buddy Bucks - 1/24/12 0:15 min Quality Buck - 1/24/12 0:15 min Wall Hanger - 1/24/12 0:15 min Sunshine Shooter - 1/24/12 0:15 min Moose - 1/19/12 0:15 min Scratcher - 1/19/12 0:15 min Please Email Me - 1/19/12 0:15 min Snowy Buck - 1/19/12 0:15 min Day Break Monster - 1/19/12 0:15 min Wide Wonder - 1/17/12 0:15 min Licking Branch - 1/9/12 0:15 min To Be Tall - 1/6/12 0:15 min Shoot Me Now - 1/6/12 0:15 min Unique Rack - 1/6/12 0:15 min Stud Buck - 1/6/12 0:15 min Nosy Tall Rack 0:15 min Solid 10 0:15 min Wide Rack Rascal 0:15 min Big Buck Discussion 0:15 min Big Buck Dominance 0:15 min Big Buck StandOff 0:15 min Impressive Bachelor Group 0:15 min Pair of Mature Shooters 0:15 min

KENTUCKY DEER HUNTING ---IT'S 100% AN ODDS GAME !!!!!!!!!!!!

Kentucky deer hunting for aged mature whitetails with consistent results is all about Odds. "Odds" at seeing and killing mature bucks are created and increased by the outfitters annual hunt plan.

An outfitters hunt plan should and must be completely and thoroughly displayed through out the outfitters website. A running multiple year history (very important) of a solidly thought out hunt plan , documented via website pictures and descriptions is critical.

You will give yourself much greater odds at the desired goal of killing big bucks to chose an outfitter that vividly displays his outfitting hunt culture. Odds at killing mature whitetails can and should be manipulated - scout snipecreeklodge.com website and you will see many tactics that are consistently used to create the greatest odds at seeing and killing mature Ky whitetails.

Additionally to have the greatest "odds" its a must to hunt locations that contain big deer in big numbers. You will be hunting a very high density of aged mature bucks in Snipe Creeks hunt zone. The buck to doe balance is a free range 1 to 1 ratio , creating and offering explosive rut action that is difficult to duplicate or even to imagine. The hunt zone of Snipe Creek is exclusively conducted in the vast  Kentucky Lake  river bottoms and all 100 deer stands and 50 scent-free shooting houses are 15 minutes and less from  your last sip of coffee.

Hunt camp experience and camaraderie are an ingrained element of our hunt culture. The camp fire, skinning shed and good food are always the center piece after the hunt. 

Snipe Creek , is serious about game management and hunt style, which results in game manipulation , which greatly alters the odds in favor of the hunter at having a successful Kentucky trophy deer hunt. Created is the perfect habitat for promoting productive deer life and a dedicated 12 month hunt plan based on experience which together equates to greatly increased odds of a successful hunting experience for you.

Expect to be impressed!  Through this extremely detailed website we show and prove all that is said to any one that takes the time to thoroughly scout this web site.

I am Carl Doron , owner  and take the marketing strategy of promoting Kentucky deer hunts at Snipe Creek by showing and conveying , via solid documentation , the hunt substance and hunt culture offered that consistently ranks us as the most successful free range Kentucky deer outfitter in the state.  Choosing any outfitter that lacks multiple year history of displaying solid facts and details about the full scope of what goes into a Kentucky outfitter deer hunt is a shot in the dark.

Odds will be with you at Snipe Creek ,
Carl

Acreage Hunted

Very important to consistently seeing and killing mature bucks on any Kentucky outfitter whitetail hunt, is the habitat ratio of the properties that will be hunted. Total acreage hunted is meaningless, if much of the land lacks habitat.

To achieve and hold a high density of mature bucks on any property, a high ratio of various types of habitat is required. Mature bucks will only allow so many other mature bucks to co-exist in any given amount of habitat.

A high ratio of habitat to total acreage will always equal a much higher density of aged mature bucks on any given property or general hunt zone. Small amounts of habitat and large open crop fields will yield a very limited number of mature bucks to co-exist with each other. Additional, lack of cover prevents bucks to "age" ; basically deer are sitting ducks without a high ratio of cover/habitat. At the same time does flourish as few does will be shot and the result is often an out of balance doe to buck ratio---not good for a paid Kentucky outfitter deer hunt.

Huge fields will yield huge herds of does and yearlings. Deer sightings will be great, but the lack of mature bucks that exist in such a low habitat ratio will equate to low odds of matures being seen and killed.

All of Snipe Creeks hunt zones have an advantageous habitat to acreage ratio. When hunting Snipe Creek properties you will easily notice that 85% of the hunt zone is vast and varied whitetail habitat--rich jungle like river bottoms , mature oak ridges, dense clear cuts, and native wild-grasses --all of which will have multiple mini crop fields of corn, soybeans and food plots that are small (1 to 20) acres connecting the 1000's of acres of habitat---the result can be seen in my historical trail camera surveys and the kill gallery. Also around the camp fire, repeat clients will be quick to discuss their past explosive hunt experiences with multiple mature buck sightings on a Ky deer hunt at Snipe Creek.

I asked the hunter who arrowed the 160 inch on our 2011 Sept KY velvet hunt why he booked a hunt at Snipe creek in one 5 minute phone call. "Your Inventory" was his quick reply. I call it "mature buck density" which skews the odds greatly at the desired goal of seeing and killing the rascals. 

Oppositely, on a Kentucky deer hunt if you find yourself  hunting vast open crop fields with marginal cover, expect to see lots of deer with no antlers. Mature buck density will be low, offering weak odds at seeing and killing mature bucks. 

Snipe Creeks fall 2011 Kentucky deer hunt calendar.

Outlined below are the actual and only days that will be hunted on Snipe Creek hunt properties.

1) Early September Ky velvet hunt. (Applies no pressure to the November rifle hunt.)

2) November rifle --16 day Ky rut hunt. (Going into this hunt - totally pressure free..ranks us consistently as the Number one Ky deer outfitter in the state , based on 100 % free range results.) 

3) December second rut, Kentucky black powder / muzzle-loader deer hunt. ( A local favorite for older aged matures.)

No  hunts will be conducted on all other dates. Every outfitter in the nations big buck states , including Ky outfitters offer and sell a lot of "pre-rut" and "rut" bow hunts. These high pressure bow hunts are almost exclusively conducted prior to the fire arms rut hunt.

Snipe Creek will not hunt on any dates that give low or even marginal odds at harvesting mature bucks. Hunting  (particularly bow hunting ) all of October and bow hunting early November prior to the November rifle season tarnishes the November rut rifle hunt by a huge amount. Basically the does are largely to blame. All does have 2 or 3  fawns ,and the does are very protective of their young and vulnerable fawns. The protective does when pressured move their young family extremely rapidly to other feeding and bedding zones.

If you go into the rifle rut hunt with non hunted deer on non hunted property, the does and bucks have and will completely commit to rutting on these properties ;  does and bucks have spent all summer foraging in the food plots on managed hunt properties and then the last 28 days before rut, the relaxed herds of deer are laying out scrapes , rubs , scent branches and other love markings, known only to the whitetails, on the wildlife enhanced managed land.
 
What makes or breaks great" hunt odds" is not the number of hunters in camp during the rifle season----what kills a rut rifle hunt is when deer are disturbed on properties during the 28 days prior to the actual rut. Those 28 days is a critical period of time when the herd is laying out their rut plan and intentions ....Deer disturbance of the slightest degree during this 28 day "critical"  period of pre rut behavior , alters the herds rut plan to other habitat zones which will become the new rut zone and certainly decreases the odds at a successful hunting experience. SNIPE CREEK DOES NOT BOW HUNT ANY OF THIS 28 DAY "CRITICAL" PRE RUT PERIOD OF TIME..

When herds of free range deer are left completely undisturbed during the 28 pre rut days, the herds will continue to stay in Snipe Creeks hunt zones. ---Much could be discussed about the "rut disturbance" and its effect on odds at seeing deer in general, as well as seeing aged deer. 

Its truly amazing to watch the herds of deer move to our non-pressured hunt properties in the fall as the other "local" October and early November bow hunters send many herds of deer to the hands of Snipe Creeks Ky deer hunt plan.

This very disciplined hunt calendar ensures that every hunter hunting, on any hunt offered, at Snipe Creek is hunting "high odds" dates at seeing and killing mature Ky bucks. Also important to note, is that the "high odds" hunt dates that are offered exclusively at Snipe Creek have not been tarnished by useless hunting prior to the prime dates. This fact along with other key components of our hunt culture and hunt plan, consistently ranks us as the number one Kentucky outfitter in the state , as well as the Mid West.

Ky whitetail outfitter , Carl Doron

The impact of 100+ well maintained and strategically placed rich and nutritious food plots, combined with vast habitat enhancement has changed the positioning, travel routes, bedding areas and feeding zones of most herds of deer in a 5 mile square. (Snipe Creeks hunt zone)
 
Each summer, it is ubiquitous to see herds of 10-20 bucks in every bean field around and on Snipe Creek's Properties. Most often half of said bucks are 3.5 and older with 130-175 inch racks. When the green fields dry, most all the bucks head for another known food sources - food sources on Snipe Creek Properties.  Deer season comes and out of town hunters looking for a Kentucky deer hunt get their moneys worth. Snipe Creek Properties consistently puts the smack down on a lot of big Western Kentucky deer (bucks).

Every summer there seems to be even more and bigger deer in those visible green soybean fields. Again as the beans turn yellow and waxy those big bucks will b-line it to their known food sources on Snipe Creek Properties. 2012 will be another record season at Snipe Creek Properties.
 
Consistently successful Western Kentucky deer hunts are strongly correlated to food source and habitat improvements. Hunt plans that consider such improvements will offer what any hunter seeks. A moment with nature that will explode with that hunt of a lifetime.
 
After 20 plus years of planting and maintaining numerous food plots in this region, Snipe Creek Properties has vastly improved the Western Kentucky deer herd. Due to our Snipe Creek Quality Deer Management Program, the deer herds have become "imprinted" and are "hooked" on the best food sources available. We exclusively hunt 3�+ year old, 130"+ bucks and are working in cooperation with local landowners to improve the herd for all of Western Kentucky. Proof can be seen in our post-season 2011 trail cam photos, 2010 trail-cam photos, 2010 velvet trail-cam photos, 2009 kills, 2010 kills, and 2011 kills!

Carl H. Doron
10,000 Active Stand Hours
5,000 Bow and 5,000 Gun