Bostick Plantation
 

Anyone else ever hunt here or know anything about the place? I am considering a hunt here for my son (13 Yr old) and I for deer and hogs. Any info. would be appreciated. Thanks!

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I went with a group (think there were 17 all together) only took 4 hogs (3 hunters ,one got 2).
I probably won't go back again,the last stand I set in the metal floor was broken if you had slipped and your leg went through it you would have bleed to death before they come back and picked you up.No one else seen any hogs.I bow hunted in the bow area one evening and saw 14 hogs but couldn't get a shot,if I went back it would be to bow hunt.
We went the first of May and it was getting hot but only 4 hogs out of a group that size,think it is hunted to death,the day we left there were 9 more hunters coming in to hunt.
They sure need to spend some money and fix the stands up.Every stand we sit in had wrote on the sides "No f------king hogs " should tell you something.
May have went a different time of the year and seen all kinds of hogs,don't know.
But we did see lots of deer.

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Yes I have hunted and guided many times to Bostic plantation, Joe Bostic is a hell of a nice feller, the accomodations are great, but I don't know that they have a geat population of Hogs , unless they have introduced some in there in the past few years.

I own 450 Acres just 2 miles from bostic and have lots of turkeys and deer but no hogs

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This is only a hog hunting preserve and is 105 acres fenced but is very wooded not 105 acre pasture,ladder stands and some good hogs. located 50 miles south of savannah

www.southgeorgiabadboars.com

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Is that close to Darien?

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There is a new law in SC that won't let an operation like Bostick to release any more Hogs on it's land unless it is under fencing. I guess they were wondering off to adjacent land and doing damage. Bostick is not under fencing and therefore, like many of the SC operations, can not add to their hog population. The numbers are down and hogs are hard to find. I used a place called Grahams Turnout that had two 800 acre parcels under fencing. They just closed, but they were great. If you go hog hunting in SC, make sure that it is in a place that is fenced so you know that there are hogs. Some have a problem with the fences, but thats hog hunting.

Mike

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I have three friends and their kidsthat have been going to this place every Sept. for the last 12yrs.


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this guy is down the street from me and you will trip over the hogs if your not carefull good folks to.

http://www.buckeyelodge.com/

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REBEL HOG--have hunted at cypress creek--never saw a HOG- and the attitude shown by the Harrel's leaves a lot to be desired. if you are not an Earnhardt or important celeb the attention is missing. also they are known to lose your deer off the van that they pick you up in after dark, with no retrevial.

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I hunted Bostick Plantation in November of 06 with several friends. It was some of the worst hunting I have ever experienced. I was disappointed from day one. After six seperate hunts my group of seven guys saw one hog (and killed it), a total of three does (all which were shot), and one legal buck (not shot).

Most of the stands were very old and in poor shape. My first day I sat in a stand that had a rusted out floor. I could not move without making a metalic squeak, I saw nothing. On other days I sat in old box stands that had a bar located behind my head so that I had to hunch over the entire time I sat. I thought I would be crippled before that hunt ended. They did have a few new totally enclosed stands, but there were not enough to go around.

I sat there the next morning and saw a cow horn, which I could not shoot (the deer must have at least four points on one side or have a 16" spread). I never saw a legal buck.

The only bucks that my group shot were under sized. Officially my friend was supposed to pay a $500 fine for each of his undersized deer. I think that there was some monkey business and the fine was avoided. This might account for the lack of deer.

I will never go back to Bostic plantation. In my opinion it has been overhunted, and underfunded. This is one cow that is being milked dry. My party felt the same. I should have taken my $1,000 and bought a new rifle for another day. I would have been much happier.

Enough of that, I am going to my hunt club with my ten year old to shoot something.

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I got news for you guys , the low country of SC has been commercialy hunted to death . I've hunted most of the commercial day hunts from Hardeville to Earhardt and Bamberg, Allendale countiesfor the past 20 years . The whole "fine " for shootin a small buck is a scam to put money in their pockets, the guys who run these "clubs" have no way of of justifying any kind of management . All they have are scattered tracts which are mostlty tree lines bordering plowed fields leased for the season.
When a tract goes up for a lease with no takers , usually a large club has had it for some time and exausted its resources.
They view out of state and especially Fl hunters as easy CA$H.

Recently,I was in a small town on 321 which will remain nameless for a hunt with a club i had hadnt hunted in 4 years.
A hunter from another group was charged a $200 fee for shootin a small buck, the only deer he and his group seen in 5days.
That money went right intotheguides pocket as a bonus , "management fee", total BS.

Its a scam ,stay out the low country in SC .
As for Bostic, its had a bad rep the last 12 years that I know of.
Save your money and go else where .

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Me and a few friends hunted Bostick Plantation Sept '07 and had a miserable time. We did not see anything in four days. This was supposed to be a "Trophy Deer and Hog" hunt. The only thing we saw was an ambulance come and pick up one of the other hunters after one of Bosticks' tree stands fell with him. He looked in bad shape. I think he broke his leg and some ribs.

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[:-] what a joke. I just came back from bostick plantation and my hunting days are over for the south because of this place. For one thing it is hunted to death the tree stands that our party used was in stable condition.That was the only thing stable about this place.The deer on this property was not seen by us or the hogs.I had no expectations of killing a wall hanger for 1000. but maybe a hog or a couple of doe. But this was not the case.The other hunters at the main lodge was just as upset.The deer know were the stands are located the stands have not been moved in a very long time.And yes they fine you for everything.The reason for this is by the third day of not seeing any deer or hog.If you do see something your ready to shoot.You must make quick decisions because the deer know where your located.They dont wait to let you get a scope on them.If you do see any.If you do go stay at the main lodge in the room 4 you have plenty of freinds to sleep with like roaches.No kiddin.If you like to eat good come here cooks were the best.Just save your money for another year and go on a good hunt.Just like the old saying you get what you pay for.I hope this helped.

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Hey rem 264 ,

I wish you would've read this thread prior to going out there. I havent been back to the region in 3 years or so , I see nothings changed . Your mentioning of how they deer are spoked brings back memories , not good just memories.

Hope the rest of your season goes better.

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I have also hunted at Bostick, if you can call it "hunting" there. Total waste of money! The lodge was a dump, stands unsafe, the food sucked and guides had noclue. Stay far, far away from that place.

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Once again, the stories roll in. Anyone wanting to hunt hogs in SC at a commercialoperation do check around and ask for references. As Virginia Mike stated, no hogs can legally be turned loose into the wild in SC any more, so to go on a pay hunt with good success you have to go to a high fence preserve. All unfenced areas have been hunted out or the hogs leave after hunting pressure has been put on them. You can imagine some of these places that have been advertised in the back of nearly every hunting mag out there for the last 25 years having clients year round shooting their hogs. Even hogs can be over hunted. And as was mentioned, you get what you pay for. The two hogs for one low price sales pitch sounds good until you not only don't get two but you see zero. And so does most everybody else in your party. It's a d!@# shame that there are those in the hunting community that will take advantage of other hunters who are just trying to enjoy going to someplace different to hunt. We have enough to deal with the antis. There are good places here in SC to hunt, just check them out before you spend your hard earned dollars.

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:D Me and my freinds us to say western maryland was going down hill for hunting.But i will take that statement back.What i should do is charge 1000. dollars and set the hunters on state land and at least they will see wildlife.No afence to the other outfitters in the south they are probably good.I cant speak for the others just Bostick was a bad plantation.My fault, little time to study and shop around and little money.Please learn off of me.

Bostick Plantation
 

I only wish I had found this discussion group before driving 1600 miles round trip from Baton Rouge, LA to hunt hogs at Bostick in January 2010. They had shut the corn feeders down and were throwing out only a few hatfuls of corn at what appeared to be random locations and times. My buddy from Raleigh, NC, and I saw no hogs and left before the last morning hunt. We asked for a partial refund for the hunt and they gave him $50.00, presumably because he was going to be talking at the Dixie Deer Classic in a couple of weeks. We found the equipment run down, the facilities run down but an excellent guide staff.

Although we were not deer hunting the only deer I saw were does and young bucks.

Although Bostick may have been something special in the past, I would not recommend a hunt there to any one.