First I would like to mention that the two gentlemen that helped were very nice and very eager to please and the area was beautiful. In addition to that the place was stocked (literally) with hogs.
There land is (if i remember right) 30 acres of high fenced off land that they stock with wild caught hogs. If you are looking for a hunt, this is not the place for you. But if you are looking for a place to shoot a big and not have a worry about being skunked out then this is your place. They guarantee at least a shot at a hog (you skill determines if you harvest or not), and I fully believe that anyone with any ability to wield a rifle (or weapon of choice) will walk away with what they want. However if you are looking for a hunt, then this is not the place.
Thats the end of the good points and now to bring it to the part that truly ruined this place for me...
I went to florida expecting open season on hogs, however when I got down there I find out that on public land they have a season and that I had just missed it. So after a few calls around I find this place so I decided I wasn't going to go home empty handed. When I called them they explained it such that it was a hunt as either a walk and stalk or they can set me up in a tree stand and go from there... Well that wasn't the case, they toted me around on their golf cart to find the pigs and would not let me stalk as they said I could over the phone. They then asked me about what sized I was looking for (which was nice of them as they were the guides and I had given up on the thought of having a real hunt at that point). My plan was to take advantage of their 3 hog deal and said it would be nice to get something around the 200-250 range and then 2 that were around the 100 mark. That way I had a reasonable trophy/something to show off. They brought me to a large boar that they had seen earlier that morning having out in his wallow. He was a BIG boy and they know him well as he has claimed that area for him. I asked them what their estimate was for his weight and they said he was around the 250-300lb range. So I said ok why not have a nice trophy! Lined up and one shot he was down nice and quick, he didn't even have the chance to leave his wallow. We get up to him and he was HUGE! And sadly they did not wait for me to even get a picture with him prior to moving him. They bring their front end loader around and we cart him out for processing (I asked his weight before chasing any more pigs). He weight out at 535 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!! They charge by the pound for anything over 100 so this hunt that was suppose to be between the $300-400 (maybe more like 500 since I did want one larger than the 100lb limit weight). I can understand if they were off a little on the weight and maybe he would have been 350... but off by almost 300lbs is NOT ACCEPTABLE. I was planning on getting three hogs and I left with one for over $700 and this now ruined my vacation as I had nothing left for anything else I wanted to do down there. Then without asking they started butchering and cutting him up. They did a half assed job of butchering, cutting up many of the prime cuts and ruining almost all of the chances of the roasts I was planning when I got home. They also hit the bladder as they were gutting it and that ruined a large portion of the meat. After they "skinned" it there were still large portions of meat on the hide that they threw into one of their garbage cans before I would tell them to wait. So I paid double what I was expecting, lied to about the weight, had a shit job with their butchering service (that I didn't ask for, but was charged for).
Last point that dropped this from a 2 star to a one... All of my boar's tusks were broken, which was sad because then even a head mount was a meh point now. It was later that I learned from the locals that they INTENTIONALLY BREAK ALL OF THE TUSKS from the larger animals so they don't hurt the smaller one.
So to sum up... Lied to about the weight, got a service that I didn't ask for, the service I received tore up almost all of the good roasts, ruined at least half of the meat with urine, didn't get a picture with him in kill spot, and they intentionally break tusks....
I will never go there or recommend there to anyone (which is a shame because I wanted to come again initially since the staff was very nice).
But I did get to pet a turkey so I have that going for me... which is nice.... read more