I'm living proof that you CAN buy hunting success to a certain extent. I did it last year when I went to Illinois. A buddy of mine leases nearly 500 acres near Pike County Illinois. His farms are loaded with bucks. I paid him to hunt his property (technically I leased it). He already had the scouting done and the stands set up when I got there.

All I did was sit where he told me to from sunup to sundown. I did manage to rattle in a 120" 9 point that weighed 250 pounds. I shot him and now he's on my wall.

I am very proud of this deer. It's my biggest buck ever. However, I am MORE proud of the 90" bucks I've killed on state land here in MI because I DID IT MYSELF!