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Contact us by completing the form below by phone or email. Someone will reply to your request within 48 hours. To Contact Dean Ottwell By phone: 217-248-0599 or by Email Ottwell44@yahoo.com.
Get Ready for the Hunt of a Lifetime!
““A high quality hunting experience at a very affordable price.”
Baycreek offers hunts for giant whitetails and plentiful turkey in legendary Pike Co. Illinois. Baycreek manages over four thousand private acres of prime hunting ground. With careful management this ground which includes corn, soy bean, food plots, rolling hills, hardwood ridges, and river bottoms, offers a hunt of a lifetime. The guides at Baycreek will use their years of local hunting knowledge to enhance your hunt. If you are looking for a great hunt at a very reasonable price, Baycreek is the place for you.
At Baycreek Outdoors we provide a hunt that is semi-guided or you can hunt on your own. We will take you to your hunting property and show you the boundary lines and where we have our stands located. We do recommend you bring your own stand in case you want to move locations due to animal patterns or inclement weather. You are not tied to our tree stands and can move as needed throughout the property. We ask that you not move your trophy as we will retrieve your deer from the woods. Please bring a cooler if you want to take your deer meat home. There is a cooler to store your trophy.
Deer Hunting Packages
Archery deer hunt packages include 5 1⁄2 days of hunting on prime Pike County ground.
Upon arrival on Friday morning, you will meet the staff of Baycreek and complete all necessary paperwork. At this time all rules and information about your hunt will be discussed. After all paperwork is complete, you will have time to get settled into your lodge. Around noon the guides will introduce you to the ground you will be hunting. Aerial photos will help show the layout and property boundaries for your hunting area. The guides will use their vast knowledge of the area to assist you in selecting the best hunting locations. The Baycreek guides will track, retrieve, and transport all your deer.
A limited number of firearm hunts are available on designated ground. See hunt calendar for firearm dates and pricing.
Late season archery hunts are available at a discounted daily rate. Call Baycreek for open dates and pricing.
Rules Insure a Great Hunt
We at Baycreek Outdoors provide a fully guided or semi-guided hunt with lodging. We do not provide deer stands for hunters use. We have some food plots on some ground.
If an emergency arises due to sickness, health, or anything we would consider to be an emergency, we will refund your money or use it the following year as your deposit. This will be decided on a per instance basis between outfitter and hunter.
Nobody will be allowed on the hunting ground before or after hunting hours without the consent of or without the outfitter or guide.
Bows are to be in a case or locked when transporting them to and from the stands. If you shoot a deer and see it die from the stand on the property you are hunting you can walk to it, otherwise you must contact the outfitter immediately to go and find the deer. We will assist in bringing the deer in. Hunters will not return to the hunting property after hunting hours unless accompanied by one of the outfitters or guides.
While hunting no vehicles are allowed off the roadways. No 4-wheelers allowed at any time except by outfitter. No alcohol allowed on hunting property. Permits and contracts must be signed before hunt begins. Minimum buck of 140" Ten Point or 135" Eight Point. Final decision of any penalty deer will be made by the outfitter. If the deer does not meet these requirments then there is a $1000 Fine. No Exceptions. Property boundaries must be observed at all times, no trespassing will be allowed.
Any hunter who cannot abide by these rules will be asked to leave without their deer and money will not be refunded.
1. Follow all state laws and regulations
2. Fall restraints required in all tree stands
3.140" Ten Point or 135" Eight Point
4. $1000 penalty for all deer that fail to meet the minimum requirements.
5. Deer drives and stalking is prohibited.
6. All tracking is to be performed by Baycreek personnel only.
7. No loaded guns going to any properties.
8. Do not litter in hunting area
9. Respect all other hunters
10. Alcoholic beverages prohibited in hunting areas. If caught with alcohol on hunting property hunt is immediately terminated.
11. You are at no time after dark allowed to be on hunting property without guides. Hunt will be immediately terminated if caught.
12. No spotlighting.
13. Once you are moved from a piece of property you are not allowed to drive around looking for deer on that property.
14. Do not carry guns in truck at any time while bow hunting.
15. Bows and guns must be cased at all times while not in deer stand.
16. All hunters hunting with a group must talk to guides and group before being allowed to move.
17. No pets allowed.
