Thread: Recommended Outfitter

Originally Posted by SanDiegoHntr

Hi,

I live in San Diego, and would like to come out there and hunt for red stag with a friend of mine. My friend has been researching outfitters/guides, and has found a few he thinks are decent, but it's hard to tell objectively without experienced input.

Can anyone recommend an outfit that has a decent reputation, and may be reasonable price-wise?

We'd like to do a public land hunt after that at some point, but would learn more about it while there doing the guided thing. We're more interested in meat quality than trophies, and have been told that the early pre-rut season in best for that objective.
So we're thinking mid-Feb to early March of 2024.

We're planning on doing bow for a few days, and then rifle if we're not able to get close. We'd bring bolt-action, as I understand semi-auto is not legal.

Any feedback is appreciated!

Thanks,
Dave

Slightly confusing what your after mate. Long way to come for meat you probably can’t take home? Best to just shoot hinds if that was truly the case.

In terms of stags, simply do you want to shoot one behind a deer fence or actually wild? I would hazard a guess that 90% of overseas hunters coming for a guided hunt here for red stag will shoot one behind wire, just the way it is. If you want an actual wild stag the size will be considerably smaller, possibly cost more and your chances of success will reduce. You need to be very clear to the outfitter what you expect.