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Whitetail Deer Hunting (including meals and lodging)

All Hunts: A valid Georgia Hunting license must be provided by the hunter. Gopher Plantation personnel can assist in the purchase of hunting license on request. Request for assistance should be made at the same time of reservation. No hunting without valid license. No refunds due to invalid license.

Please see License Fees for more details.

Season: Archery, Sept. 8, 2012 thru Jan. 15, 2013.

Black Powder/Muzzle Loader, Oct. 13, 2011 thru Oct. 19, 2012.

Firearms, Oct. 22, 2012 thru Jan. 15, 2013.

Quality Deer Management Parameters

8 point buck or better with 14-inch minimum inside spread.

Harvest 1 Buck per three-day hunt maximum.

Doe--One for each two days hunting.  All legal hunting days are doe days for the 2012 -2013 season.

Gopher is offering a parent/child doe hunt for $325.  This includes lodging, and 2 meals for both parent & child.  The child must be 7 years thru 14 years old.  This is for 1 doe per day.

Pricing:       

                            $475.00/day thru Dec. 18

                            $425.00/day from Dec. 19 - Jan. 15

                            $325.00/half-day w/lodging and meals thru Dec. 18

                            $275.00/half-day w/lodging and meals Dec. 19 - Jan. 15

Any buck harvested with less than 8 points and a minimum 14" inside spread or doe harvested outside parameters noted above - $600.00/each

Any buck harvested in excess of one (1) on a 3-day hunt - $1,200.

Any buck harvested with less than 8 points or any 8 point, or better, buck harvested with less than 14 inch inside spread - $600.00/each   A "point" must be at least 1" long as measured from a line drawn along the edge of the main beam or vertical beam from which the point grows.  Points that may be missing, or less than 1", as the result of breakage or injury cannot be counted in the total. 

Wounded deer - up to the discretion of Plantation Management and may be treated as a harvested deer.

Prices noted for Whitetail Deer includes a 7% sales tax and $50.00 per day guide fee.

Combination Hunts

For any three (3) consecutive days of hunting booked at The Gopher Plantation, one hundred dollars ($100.00) may be deducted from the accumulative total price if at least one day is boar hunting.

MAKE YOUR OWN COMBO HUNT!!

Some example combinations are noted below:

a) 2-day deer hunt = $950.00 + 1-day boar hunt; (100 - 149 pounds) $350.00 - $100.00 = $ 1,200.00

b) 1-day deer hunt - $475.00 + 1-day quail hunt = $450.00 + 1-day boar hunt (100 - 149 pounds) $350.00 - $100.00 = $ 1,175.00

c) 1-day deer hunt $475.00;  1-day boar hunt (100 - 149 pounds) $350.00;  1-day boar hunt (150 to 249 pounds) $400.00 - $100.00 = $ 1,125.00

Lodging & meals for non-hunters with a hunting party = $95/day

    10 yrs and older                $115/day

    6 yrs - 9 yrs/old                 $50/day

    Under 6 yrs/old                    N/C

Prices noted for Whitetail Deer and combo hunts includes a 7% sales tax and appropriate guide fee.

Processing: 

Cape and Quartering    $30.00/deer

Whitetail Deer - Policy

A guide will transport the hunter to his stand. For safety reasons, the hunter is expected to stay in his stand, barring nature calls, until the guide returns. No scouting is allowed, unless accompanied by a guide. The quoted price includes an early morning hunt of approximately 3 1/2 hours and an evening hunt of approximately 3 1/2 hours. Half day hunts for either morning or evening hunts can be booked. Game may be taken with any legal rifle, muzzle loader, bow, or handgun. 

Lodging and meals for non-hunters accompanying deer hunters:   

    10 yrs and older                $125/day

    6 yrs - 9 yrs/old                $60/day

    Under 6 yrs/old                    N/C

Check-in---Whitetail Deer and Turkey Gobbler Hunt

Optional: Arrive Noon or later to start afternoon hunt or arrive after 4:00 p.m. for hunt next morning.

No noon meal provided on day of mid-day check-in. No evening meal provided with check-in after 4:00 p.m. Meals can be provided for $15.00 per person on day of check-in if noted at time reservation is made. Continental Breakfast is provided prior to early morning hunt. After the early morning hunt a Southern Home-Style Breakfast is served. Snacks are provided prior to the afternoon hunt. The Evening Feast, after the hunt, consists of Southern farm-hand type foods with a touch of the wild. Unusual game dishes are a part of the Gopher Plantation experience.

A rifle range is also provided to zero-in scopes and pattern shotguns at no charge.

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