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.
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
beginning october 2025
Joel Riotto hosted this successful hunt in October 2024 and will likely host it again in 2025. will have longer hunting periods of up to 13 days of hunting beginning on October first. The location will be the same centrally located public campground which provided easy access to different sections of the Delaware Wild Forest consisting of approximately 27,000 acres of big woods connected by approximately 33 miles of foot trails. This is a D.I.Y. drive in hunt. You will be responsible for reserving your own campsite at the Little Pond Campground by contacting www.reserveamerica.com, then type in Little Pond campground, Andes, N.Y. Type in your preferred arrival date and your departure date, select your campsite, # 5 thru #10 are at the center of a group chosen for PBS. Once they are full it is suggested you choose from # 11 through #20. Plans have been finalized. Life member Joel Riotto is setting up this hunt again this year. He is available at [email protected] or by cell phone at 201-314-2866, but not through social media sites.
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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