Member Only Hunts
2025 ANNOUNCED MEMBERSHIP HUNTS
We have some awesome membership hunts planned for 2025 and hopefully can add a few more. These hunts are a great benefit of our membership; you are really missing out if you don’t attend one or more. We can use a few more – let me know if you are interested in hosting a spring turkey hunt, a bowfishing event, a ladies-only hunt, or a youth hunt in 2025. Contact me at [email protected] with questions.
ARIZONA JAVELINA, MULE DEER AND COUES DEER
january 10-19, 2025
This classic hunt has been going strong for 10 years now and will run from January 10-19, 2025 (or whenever folks decide to head home). This is a truck-camp type of hunt on public land, with host Rick Wildermuth doing his level best to make sure everybody has fun, eats well and gets some shot opportunities or at least sees some game. Usually the weather is darn good too! Contact Rick at [email protected] if interested.
DAVIS MOUNTAIN TX, HOG AND JAVELINA HUNT
JANUARY 11-19, 2025
Councilman William “Bubba” Graves puts on another classic membership hunt in the rugged Davis mountains of western Texas and it will happen from January 11-19, 2025. This is a backpack-in hunt on private land (the owner charges a small access fee) in some ruggedly beautiful country – snow is very likely with the hunt dates. Better be in shape for this one and know a little about backcountry hunting – contact Bubba at 907-712-7856 if interested (there were 2 openings at the date this was written).
JANUARY 11-19, 2025
Councilman William “Bubba” Graves puts on another classic membership hunt in the rugged Davis mountains of western Texas and it will happen from January 11-19, 2025. This is a backpack-in hunt on private land (the owner charges a small access fee) in some ruggedly beautiful country – snow is very likely with the hunt dates. Better be in shape for this one and know a little about backcountry hunting – contact Bubba at 907-712-7856 if interested (there were 2 openings at the date this was written).
FORT STEWART GA, HOG HUNT
JANUARY 17-20, 2025
Host Mark Poyner had a successful hog hunt at this army base in 2023 and is doing it again from 17-20, 2024. Mark has posted all the required info on the PBS website in the “Membership Hunt” section, but you will need a GA
hunting license and base license. You can get a motel room nearby or reserve a campsite at the base campground. Many thousands of acres to hunt but you do have to follow the base rules and can make this hunt as easy or hard as you want – this is a cool place and Mark has unlimited capacity, which is unusual for a membership hunt.
JANUARY 17-20, 2025
Host Mark Poyner had a successful hog hunt at this army base in 2023 and is doing it again from 17-20, 2024. Mark has posted all the required info on the PBS website in the “Membership Hunt” section, but you will need a GA
hunting license and base license. You can get a motel room nearby or reserve a campsite at the base campground. Many thousands of acres to hunt but you do have to follow the base rules and can make this hunt as easy or hard as you want – this is a cool place and Mark has unlimited capacity, which is unusual for a membership hunt.
NAMIBIA AFRICA HUNT
2025
Jerry Russell took two groups of PBS bowhunters to Namibia Africa in 2024 for awesome hunts, and will take two more groups there in 2025 - Contact Jerry at [email protected] for information on this adventure and to see if he has any openings.
2025
Jerry Russell took two groups of PBS bowhunters to Namibia Africa in 2024 for awesome hunts, and will take two more groups there in 2025 - Contact Jerry at [email protected] for information on this adventure and to see if he has any openings.
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS, BLACK BEAR HUNT
LATE SEPTEMBER 2025
Jerry Russell will again lead this public-land hunt in late September 2025 - you will learn how to do it from an expert in bowhunting mountain black bears but need to be in shape. The key is to find the right elevation where the white oaks are producing and be willing to get there for spot/stalk or to hang a stand on a tree that’s dropping akerns. The bears are there, so hopefully the weather will cooperate and some bears end up on the meat pole this year. Contact Jerry at [email protected] for more details or to get on the list.
EASTERN SHORE MD, SIKA DEER HUNT
LATE SEPTEMBER 2025
This new hunt was successful in 2024 and will likely occur again in 2025 at the end of September in the Blackwater National Refuge – contact Randy at [email protected] if interested. Size limit will probably be around 10-12 hunters.
WELCOMING WOMEN TO THE OUTDOORS EVENT
OCTOBER 9-12, 2025
PBS Women's Program
Are you a woman who is interested in learning more about the outdoors? What's this bowhunting all about? ? How do I shoot a bow? How do I cook over an open fire? How do I find my way around the woods? Or which of the myriad of outdoor related skills would you like to learn? There are many woman associated with the PBS family who would like to expand their outdoor knowledge, but don't know where to begin.
PBS has a motto of "Knowledge through experience" that defines the underlying mission of PBS, that of sharing knowledge and information amoung the members. There are a wide variety of outdoor related skills that are almost impossible in which to become proficient without the instruction of someone who is skilled in that area. Even a seemingly simple task like picking the right shoes for an outdoor adventure can be daunting without the experience of others. Where do you begin?
Members Dan and Ginger Brockman are opening their property in north-central Nebraska to up to as many as four women who are interested in expanding their outdoor skillset in the first WELCOMING WOMEN TO THE OUTDOORS event. The event is scheduled for October 9 - 12, 2025. While the session will be geared towards bowhunting, and there will be the opportunity to hunt if participants desire, this isn't a typical "Membership Hunt". The actual topics will be taylored to the participants but topics could include: Learning to shoot a bow; scouting a hunting area and finding animal sign; butchering, meat prep, sausage making; sharping arrows; selecting bowhunting and outdoor equipment; building a fire; outdoor cooking; canoeing; fishing; and other skills like gardening, canning, and harvesting wild fruit. There will also be plenty of time to relax around the firepit and enjoy each other's company while sharing experiences.
Lodging and meals are provided, but participants who want to hunt would need the appropriate licenses (information available from Dan & Ginger). A nonresident season Choice Antlerless permit cost $95.00, and a Nebraska Habitat Stamp cost $25.00 If you would like more information on the event, please contact Ginger Brockman at: [email protected] or 402-760-0904.
Are you a woman who is interested in learning more about the outdoors? What's this bowhunting all about? ? How do I shoot a bow? How do I cook over an open fire? How do I find my way around the woods? Or which of the myriad of outdoor related skills would you like to learn? There are many woman associated with the PBS family who would like to expand their outdoor knowledge, but don't know where to begin.
PBS has a motto of "Knowledge through experience" that defines the underlying mission of PBS, that of sharing knowledge and information amoung the members. There are a wide variety of outdoor related skills that are almost impossible in which to become proficient without the instruction of someone who is skilled in that area. Even a seemingly simple task like picking the right shoes for an outdoor adventure can be daunting without the experience of others. Where do you begin?
Members Dan and Ginger Brockman are opening their property in north-central Nebraska to up to as many as four women who are interested in expanding their outdoor skillset in the first WELCOMING WOMEN TO THE OUTDOORS event. The event is scheduled for October 9 - 12, 2025. While the session will be geared towards bowhunting, and there will be the opportunity to hunt if participants desire, this isn't a typical "Membership Hunt". The actual topics will be taylored to the participants but topics could include: Learning to shoot a bow; scouting a hunting area and finding animal sign; butchering, meat prep, sausage making; sharping arrows; selecting bowhunting and outdoor equipment; building a fire; outdoor cooking; canoeing; fishing; and other skills like gardening, canning, and harvesting wild fruit. There will also be plenty of time to relax around the firepit and enjoy each other's company while sharing experiences.
Lodging and meals are provided, but participants who want to hunt would need the appropriate licenses (information available from Dan & Ginger). A nonresident season Choice Antlerless permit cost $95.00, and a Nebraska Habitat Stamp cost $25.00 If you would like more information on the event, please contact Ginger Brockman at: [email protected] or 402-760-0904.
land-between-the-lakes (LBL) , whitetail hunt
early october 2025
This hunt for whitetail will be on the KY side in early October 2025. Thousands of acres of prime public land country to hunt. There are multiple cabins for rent but also tent camping available, and unbelievable cooking! Some nice bucks hit the ground here in 2022 and 2023. Contact Mark Wang at [email protected] if interested – there is a high capacity but the cabins fill up fast. This annual hunt has become a classic as the hunters figure out the area and fill some tags. Many of these hunts either have a low capacity or fill up very quickly, but this one is an exception to that rule.
catskills ny, deer and bear hunt
october 1-13, 2025
EXPANDED HUNT AREA FOR OCTOBER 2025 WITH SPIKE CAMP OPTION
Thousands of acres of “Big Woods” Public Land in the western peaks of the famous Catskill Mountains are available for this “do it yourself hunt”.
WHERE:
Little Pond Campground, 549 Little Pond State Campground Road, Off Big Pond Road, Andes, N.Y. 13731-Delaware County. 845-439-5480 general questions only.
Trail heads for both the campground trail and the Little Pond trail are located within the campground. These trails connect the campground to the 33 miles of foot trails located in the 27,000 acre Delaware Wild Forest, which borders the campground. Trail map #44, Western Catskills for Delaware county, Trout pond, and little pond are available. This map is published by the NY – NJ Trail Conference, Inc. Several other trail heads, with parking area, are located a short drive from the campground. These trailheads lead to different sections of the Delaware Wild Forest. New for 2025 we are including The Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest area adding 13,500 Acres to the hunt area, bringing the total area to approximately 41,000 Acres. Alder Lake is located within the Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest which is located approximately 5 miles from the little pond campground and features one public Lean to available on a first come first serve basis. This lean to is located approximately 2.3 miles INTO THE Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest and is accessible only by foot on the Millbrook ridge trail, yellow markers.
HUNT OPTIONS:
With the addition of the Balsam Lake Mountain Wild forest our members can either: A- hunt out of the Little pond campground on any of the state lands, B-go directly to the Lean To at Balsam lake mountain and hunt in that area, C-set up your base camp at Little Pond, hunt there and spike out for a few days at the Balsam lean to, then return to your base camp.
The campground sells firewood and ice, and they rent row boats, canoes and kayaks. The campground has restrictions pertaining to firewood, chain saws, building fires ETC. That information is listed on the rules and regulations information page listed on The Department of Environmental Conservation web site for Little Pond Campground. Each campsite has its own fireplace, and is limited to two tents OR one hard wheeled unit, however occupancy must not exceed six people per site. There is no water, electric or sewer hookup at each site, however water is available throughout the campground, which also has a shower house. There is also a trailer dumping station. The elevation of the campground is approx. 2,051 feet above sea level with some surrounding peaks exceeding 3,300 feet. However the lean to has no facilities except for a fire pit so you must carry in your entire camp.
WHEN:
The hunt is for October 1, 2025 through, and including, October 13, 2025. You must check out by 11 AM on October 14, 2025. The campground closes on October 14, 2025 for the season. The Balsam Lake Mountain area does not close.
You can check in on either September 29th or 30th, 2025 to set up camp and scout. HOWEVER the N.Y. Archery season for Deer and Bear does not open until October 1, 2025. Please review the N.Y. hunting regulations prior to attending. You must purchase all necessary hunting licenses, non-resident hunting ($100.00) and non-resident Bowhunting, ($30.00) in advance. License costs may change before the start of the season. The hunting license should include the bear tag and the Bowhunting license will be either sex. Forest Preserve lands and Wild Forest Lands have restrictions which prohibit screw in steps or bow holders or anything else that might damage trees. Strap on bow and equipment holders are permitted. Tree Stands are allowed but must use strap on attachments. It is recommended that stands contain the name and address of the user.
Hunter education certification will be required unless you have a prior year New York license. This area has “antler point restrictions”, check the regulations carefully.
PROCEDURE:
Make your campsite reservations at www.reserveamerica.com. Type in Little Pond Campground, Andes, New York. Type in your preferred arrival date and your departure date. Select your campsite. It is strongly suggested that PBS
Members select campsites FIVE through TEN as they are conveniently located, situated on a “loop” close to each other with no drive by traffic.
Once all these sites become occupied, it is suggested you pick from sites ELEVEN through TWENTY. Daily fees will apply to all sites.
Please remember that these campsites are available to the public and they attract a lot of attention this time of the year as the fall foliage turns colors. The camp sites will fill up fast.
Please note: There is no cell phone service or WIFI in the campground. There is a coin operated pay phone between the office and dumpsters that is for public use. The office is staffed 24/7 and its land line can only be used for emergency outgoing calls.
Once you have a campsite reserved, then obtain your N.Y. hunting license.
SUPPLIES:
This is a D.I.Y. drive in hunt, therefore it is suggested you bring everything you will need. However the Beaver Kill Grocery Co-op store is located about 4 miles away at 1517 Beaver kill Road, Lew Beach, New York. Days and hours of operation may vary. Pecks supermarket is located about 13.3 miles away at 29 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY, 12758, with the following hours of operation: Mon. – Sat. 7AM to 7PM, Sunday 7AM to 6PM.
CONTACT INFO:
Life member Joel Riotto has set up this hunt, however he is looking for someone to take over the management and administration of this event. He probably will not be “on site” during the hunt. He is available by telephone and text message to 201-314-2866 and email to [email protected]. He is not available through any social media sites. He has a four page information package, including trail hiking map # 44, available by email, to those that are interested.
Thousands of acres of “Big Woods” Public Land in the western peaks of the famous Catskill Mountains are available for this “do it yourself hunt”.
WHERE:
Little Pond Campground, 549 Little Pond State Campground Road, Off Big Pond Road, Andes, N.Y. 13731-Delaware County. 845-439-5480 general questions only.
Trail heads for both the campground trail and the Little Pond trail are located within the campground. These trails connect the campground to the 33 miles of foot trails located in the 27,000 acre Delaware Wild Forest, which borders the campground. Trail map #44, Western Catskills for Delaware county, Trout pond, and little pond are available. This map is published by the NY – NJ Trail Conference, Inc. Several other trail heads, with parking area, are located a short drive from the campground. These trailheads lead to different sections of the Delaware Wild Forest. New for 2025 we are including The Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest area adding 13,500 Acres to the hunt area, bringing the total area to approximately 41,000 Acres. Alder Lake is located within the Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest which is located approximately 5 miles from the little pond campground and features one public Lean to available on a first come first serve basis. This lean to is located approximately 2.3 miles INTO THE Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest and is accessible only by foot on the Millbrook ridge trail, yellow markers.
HUNT OPTIONS:
With the addition of the Balsam Lake Mountain Wild forest our members can either: A- hunt out of the Little pond campground on any of the state lands, B-go directly to the Lean To at Balsam lake mountain and hunt in that area, C-set up your base camp at Little Pond, hunt there and spike out for a few days at the Balsam lean to, then return to your base camp.
The campground sells firewood and ice, and they rent row boats, canoes and kayaks. The campground has restrictions pertaining to firewood, chain saws, building fires ETC. That information is listed on the rules and regulations information page listed on The Department of Environmental Conservation web site for Little Pond Campground. Each campsite has its own fireplace, and is limited to two tents OR one hard wheeled unit, however occupancy must not exceed six people per site. There is no water, electric or sewer hookup at each site, however water is available throughout the campground, which also has a shower house. There is also a trailer dumping station. The elevation of the campground is approx. 2,051 feet above sea level with some surrounding peaks exceeding 3,300 feet. However the lean to has no facilities except for a fire pit so you must carry in your entire camp.
WHEN:
The hunt is for October 1, 2025 through, and including, October 13, 2025. You must check out by 11 AM on October 14, 2025. The campground closes on October 14, 2025 for the season. The Balsam Lake Mountain area does not close.
You can check in on either September 29th or 30th, 2025 to set up camp and scout. HOWEVER the N.Y. Archery season for Deer and Bear does not open until October 1, 2025. Please review the N.Y. hunting regulations prior to attending. You must purchase all necessary hunting licenses, non-resident hunting ($100.00) and non-resident Bowhunting, ($30.00) in advance. License costs may change before the start of the season. The hunting license should include the bear tag and the Bowhunting license will be either sex. Forest Preserve lands and Wild Forest Lands have restrictions which prohibit screw in steps or bow holders or anything else that might damage trees. Strap on bow and equipment holders are permitted. Tree Stands are allowed but must use strap on attachments. It is recommended that stands contain the name and address of the user.
Hunter education certification will be required unless you have a prior year New York license. This area has “antler point restrictions”, check the regulations carefully.
PROCEDURE:
Make your campsite reservations at www.reserveamerica.com. Type in Little Pond Campground, Andes, New York. Type in your preferred arrival date and your departure date. Select your campsite. It is strongly suggested that PBS
Members select campsites FIVE through TEN as they are conveniently located, situated on a “loop” close to each other with no drive by traffic.
Once all these sites become occupied, it is suggested you pick from sites ELEVEN through TWENTY. Daily fees will apply to all sites.
Please remember that these campsites are available to the public and they attract a lot of attention this time of the year as the fall foliage turns colors. The camp sites will fill up fast.
Please note: There is no cell phone service or WIFI in the campground. There is a coin operated pay phone between the office and dumpsters that is for public use. The office is staffed 24/7 and its land line can only be used for emergency outgoing calls.
Once you have a campsite reserved, then obtain your N.Y. hunting license.
SUPPLIES:
This is a D.I.Y. drive in hunt, therefore it is suggested you bring everything you will need. However the Beaver Kill Grocery Co-op store is located about 4 miles away at 1517 Beaver kill Road, Lew Beach, New York. Days and hours of operation may vary. Pecks supermarket is located about 13.3 miles away at 29 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY, 12758, with the following hours of operation: Mon. – Sat. 7AM to 7PM, Sunday 7AM to 6PM.
CONTACT INFO:
Life member Joel Riotto has set up this hunt, however he is looking for someone to take over the management and administration of this event. He probably will not be “on site” during the hunt. He is available by telephone and text message to 201-314-2866 and email to [email protected]. He is not available through any social media sites. He has a four page information package, including trail hiking map # 44, available by email, to those that are interested.
blue ridge va, whitetail deer, turkey, and black bear hunt
mid-late october 2025
this classic hunt will be in mid to late October 2025. There are many thousands of acres of hardwood ridges on public land to hunt, but it helps to be in decent shape for this hunt. Randy Brookshier hosts this annual hunt and does all the cooking, which is awesome and not for those on a diet; contact Randy at [email protected] if interested. Size limit is usually around 10 hunters.
northern pa, deer hunt
late october 2025
with Tim Denial and the Mercer County bowbenders – Tim will likely host this hunt again in late October 2025. Stay at a nice campground with showers and hunt thousands of acres with Tim. This will be in Warren County, management unit 2F and PA hunting licenses go on sale on June 1. This is a great time to experience the Northwoods of PA. Contact Tim Denial at [email protected] or 814-392-8785 if interested.
Blackbeard Island GA, Deer and Hog Hunt
Dec 3-7, 2025
Blackbeard Island George Hunt for deer and hogs - this is the nation’s oldest organized archery hunt on an island with ancient oaks, Spanish moss, giant rattlesnakes, big gators and lots of history. The deer are tiny but still fun to hunt, there were plenty of hogs for the 2023 hunt and the weather is usually pleasant. This hunt is usually the first full weekend in December (arrive and scout on Wednesday, hunt Thursday-Saturday, and depart on Sunday), there is no limit on the number of hunters who can join this hunt, and our own Jerry Russell will use his boat to shuttle hunters to/from the island. You will need both a GA big game license with deer tags and the NWR permit to hunt, and must follow the refuge rules to the letter. Jerry Russell is the host for this hunt now - contact Jerry at [email protected] for more details or to get on the list. How often can you enjoy a beautiful sunrise over the ocean and hear waves crashing on the beach while watching deer or hogs feeding towards your stand? That alone is worth it.
Dec 3-7, 2025
Blackbeard Island George Hunt for deer and hogs - this is the nation’s oldest organized archery hunt on an island with ancient oaks, Spanish moss, giant rattlesnakes, big gators and lots of history. The deer are tiny but still fun to hunt, there were plenty of hogs for the 2023 hunt and the weather is usually pleasant. This hunt is usually the first full weekend in December (arrive and scout on Wednesday, hunt Thursday-Saturday, and depart on Sunday), there is no limit on the number of hunters who can join this hunt, and our own Jerry Russell will use his boat to shuttle hunters to/from the island. You will need both a GA big game license with deer tags and the NWR permit to hunt, and must follow the refuge rules to the letter. Jerry Russell is the host for this hunt now - contact Jerry at [email protected] for more details or to get on the list. How often can you enjoy a beautiful sunrise over the ocean and hear waves crashing on the beach while watching deer or hogs feeding towards your stand? That alone is worth it.
Member Hunt Wall of Fame
Land Between the Lakes Member HUnt, 2022
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PBS members gather for a hunt in South Texas in January 2021. L-R Mike Mitten, Don Parks, Preston Lay, Barry Wensel, Marty McManhon, Ed Downey, Dan Daly |
member hunt-arizona january 2020 |
From the left: Kevin Hall from CA, Mike Pfander - AZ, Quentin VanPelt - ID, Mathew Wilson - NV, AJ Wilson - NV, Anthony Martorana - CA, Jim Johnson - AZ, Mark Stevens - Oregon, Paul Marsden - AZ, and up front is Rick Wildermuth - AZ
Ages 23 to 72. |
marfa texas hog hunt 2020
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2022 davis mountain member hunt
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