Looking for a trad friendly Nebraska Whitetail Hunt

[DaveT1963]

Been wanting to take a Nebraska hunt for whitetails for a few years now.  Anyone have any suggestions for an outfitter/guide - or farm that has good animals and knows a litle about catering to traditional bowhunters?  Thanks

[Straightshaft]

It's tough around here since the EHD decimated the population a year ago.  Some guys have shot some nice bucks this year but many never saw a thing.  

Plenty of public land for a DIY hunt.

[J. Holden]

Hello Dave,

I can't give you an outfitter.  But I will say that the south western part of the state has both whitetail and mule deer.  They're in a zone where the two species meet.

The cool thing about that is your tag is either good for a mulie or whitetail buck and/or a whitetail doe.

The unfortunate part is that area is also in a mule deer conservation district as the state is trying hard to protect the numbers they have.  So there is a limited number of permits issued each year, usually around June.

There is public access, easy to find, all you need to do is look up Nebraska Game and Parks website.  They have a state wide map of all the walk-in areas.

Or you can give any of the offices a call and they'll help you along.

You may also want to throw a line out in the Nebraska state forum towards the bottom of the home page.  I'm sure some one will be happy to help you.

Good luck!

-Jeremy  

[tradlab]

I was out hunting turkeys on a friends ranch in the sand hills last spring where we usually see lots of whitetails and was shocked to see that every whitetail on the ranch had died of ehd. The neighboring ranch usually held about 30 whitetail but I only saw three there.Found carcasses every where including an impressive 8 pt. Very sad.

[awbowman]

X2 on minimum deer.  We were told that EHD was estimated to have killed 78% of the herd SE portion of state. I'd wait a couple of years.