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[swain39]

Swain Farms, located in west central Illinois offers low pressure, high quality guided trophy Whitetail hunts. Besides our popular rut hunts, we offer excellent early and late season hunts due to the amount of food we leave. Follow us throughout the year on facebook..  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swain-Farms-Outfitting/177240925619388 for tons of pics, giveaways, deer news and more. Check out our YouTube video for some highlights from our first handful of years.  Giant Whitetails... www.swainfarmsoutfitting.com

Thanks,

Brandon Swain

www.swainfarmsoutfitting.com

[Geno C]

WOW those are some impressive bucks!

[swain39]

Thank you sir

[SplitG2]

How many acres and is it all one block?  What's the minimum for archery, 130" and is that net or gross?

[swain39]

We have been right at 1000 acres for the past 5 years, but are looking to add a few farms for the 2011 season. Its not in 1 block of timber, but the farms are from 150-400 acres which are big enough to manage them properly.  Thanks

[Geno C]

prices on hunting / lodging? whats included. tell us alittle about yourself 

[swain39]

Our early season and rut archery hunts are priced from $1,550 to $2,250 and vary in length from 4 1/2 to 6 days. We also do 5 1/2 day late season hunts for $1,250. Our gun hunts are priced from $2,250 to $2,450. We also offer combo bow/gun hunts..non-residents are allowed 2 bucks. The hunt price includes lodging, trophy preparations, assistance with game recovery and a bunch of pre-scouted stands to hunt. Our archery hunts have a 130" minimum(gross). Having some mortgage free family farms is why we can do hunts cheaper than most outfitters.

[BizCT]

Meals included?

what about transportation to/from airport?

Lastly, regarding gun hunts.....shotgun or rifle?

[swain39]

No food or transportation at this time. Illinois has 2 shotgun seasons, a 3 day and a 4 day. As well as a late season 3 day muzzleloader hunt. Guys can use a muzzleloader during all 3 firearm seasons

[BizCT]

so you have to rent a car right? to get from the lodging you provide to places to eat 2 times a day.

[swain39]

right

[letinmfly]

so you have to rent a car right? to get from the lodging you provide to places to eat 2 times a day.

Or you can drive out there with your own vehicle.  That's what me and my partner do.  That way we know everything that we take is making it out there with us. 

Swain,  where are you located in IL?

[swain39]

so you have to rent a car right? to get from the lodging you provide to places to eat 2 times a day.

Or you can drive out there with your own vehicle.  That's what me and my partner do.  That way we know everything that we take is making it out there with us. 

Swain,  where are you located in IL?

Usually everyone who hunts with us just drives out. Cant really justify raising rates just to provide a taxi cab service like some do. We are located in Morgan Co. in west central Illinois. Just across the illinois river from Pike.

Thanks,

Brandon

[letinmfly]

You're almost a stone's throw away from where I hunt.  I hunt in Christian county.

[BizCT]

1,000 mile (16hr) drive each way.  So 2,000 miles at 20 miles per gallon = 100 gallons of gas x $4/gallon = $400 right there....why would I spend 32 hours driving when I could fly for less money anyway?

[WNYBuckHunter]

Where are you gonna get a round trip airplane ticket (with the extra fees for the bow or gun and all of your gear) plus a rental car for $400? And where are you paying $4 a gallon for gas?  ;D

[BizCT]

probably not including the rental car....but I live 50 miles north of NYC, so I can get cheap flights from LGA, JFK, or even HPN (westchester county).....Its $3.89 for premium right now, probably over $4 soon.....but my main point was that if the $$ is close to the same, why waste 32 hours driving? 5-6 hours each way is 1 thing, but thats an extra 2 days of just traveling that you have to use as vacation days from work.

[WNYBuckHunter]

True. I started getting interested until I saw the price of an Illinois tag.  ???

Guys in NY need to stop complaining about license fees lol.

[Dinsdale]

Where are you gonna get a round trip airplane ticket (with the extra fees for the bow or gun and all of your gear) plus a rental car for $400? And where are you paying $4 a gallon for gas?  ;D

I do know a few guys that mail out extra gear to there outfitter or drop address and then fly home with meat/racks/capes; mailing their gear home.

For $10 any UPS Store will hold a box for pick up at any location they have. I did this with some hiking gear for a trip.

But it is situational for cost of flights......

[swain39]

True. I started getting interested until I saw the price of an Illinois tag.  ???

Guys in NY need to stop complaining about license fees lol.

The state knows they have a good product to sell..non-resident tags are too high! Residents only pay $15

[Bballhunter11]

Yea i was going to go out to illinois this winter for deer until i saw the price of the non resident tag and i said no thanks.

[Geno C]

whats the tag price? around 300?

[letinmfly]

whats the tag price? around 300?

These are non-res prices...

$411 Archery Permit

$300 Firearm Permit E/S tag

$325 Firearm Permit E/S tag and Antlerless Only tag

$57.75 Annual License

$35.75 5 Day License

$5.50 Habitat Stamp

The Habitat Stamp and either one of the two license choices must be purchased along with the Permit in order to hunt.

[Geno C]

holy crap did someone break a window?! lol those prices are pretty steep...

guess thats the price you pay for out of state hunting in big buck states?

[WNYBuckHunter]

holy crap did someone break a window?! lol those prices are pretty steep...

guess thats the price you pay for out of state hunting in big buck states?

Not all of them. There are still places you can go that dont molest you on the Non-Resident tags.