I hunted with Perry Burdick in Smethport, PA last year for opening week of rifle and have never been moreDISAPOINTED in a hunt. I could have done better setting myself up if I had arrived a few days early and done my own scouting.We saw Mr. Burdick for a total of 2 hours over the course of the week and all of that time was spent rocketing through the woods in histruck. Hunted nothing but state lands and the stands were poorly placed with no place to sit. Ended up going to wally World for a couple of 5 gallon buckets as I just can't stand upallday.
I complained that he spent his time hunting with his children and not his sports. He said the kids get opening day off from school in PA for deer. I told him that was not really my concern if he was going to earn his living guiding. He also said he had to spend a couple of days with the PA game commision due to some poaching issue. Again that was not my concern.
He called me the Friday before the opener telling me the pipes in one of his camps had broken. Again, not my issue but when I got therehis uncle who owns thecamp told me they had broken 3 months prior.
The guy showed my partner and I three stands to use over the course of a full week. All of them poorly built platforms on well used tote roads.Sure saw alot more people than deer walking and RIDING by.
I shot a nice doe and a decent buck in MA last year and saw more deerin my back yard than while hunting with Burdick.
You get what you pay for I guess and $1000.00 is not much money for a full week of hunting but I would not go back there if you paid the grand!!!
70 treestands??? Food plots???1000's of acres of private land???? the only private land he has access to ishis back yard. I wish I knew he was a used car salesman before I got there. More doe tags than he needs cause no one fills them