Be Prepared Before Bow Hunting Season

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Almost Heaven Outfitters helps you with everything you need to know to land that perfect trophy deer.

From quality deer management, also known as QDM, for your lands to the one-on-one how-to of bow hunting a trophy buck, Almost Heaven Outfitters helps you take the only shortcut that works.

Almost Heaven Outfitters, LLC is owned by Dave Poerio, Jr. based in Frostburg, PA offering lessons if you wish wish to learn the how to of quality deer management and bow hunting trophy bucks.

When deer hunting season rolls around, Almost Heaven Outfitters has land in southern West Virginia where you can take your new skills out in the woods and feel the spiritual connection while hunting your own trophy deer. 

Consider:

• Over 3,000 acres (approx. 5 sq. mi.) of land in southern West Virginia.
• Trophy bucks for bow hunting.
• The ultimate do-it-yourself experience. You, the buck and the mountains. You  will get an orientation
• Food, gas, phone and room & board available in nearby community, approx 12 miles (15 minutes) away.
• Normal vehicle access at two points.  Good roads, except during wet periods.
• Quad access to most of the property.
• Returning guest will assist in your orientation.
• 100% Free Ranging White Tails.100% Fair chase. No fences ever. Over five square miles of territory.
• South Western, West Virginia's Four, “Bow Hunting ONLY, Trophy White Tail” “counties.”  We are in Wyoming County.  No gun hunting of white tails for over ten years.  A lot of mature bucks die of old age here. You can verify this with West Virginia's D.C.N.R.
• Sunday hunting permitted with in legal; State Regulations.
• Limited permits available.  This increases your chances of success with each repeated yearly participation.
• All season ,Ten weeks, of uninterrupted bow hunting available to you at your discretion to hunt.  Starting mid October and ending Dec. 31 st., yearly.
• Average succes ratio usually well over fifty percent.
• NO refunds
  

Reasons to Hunt with Almost Heaven Outfitters                          3-1-2007

1.      Fifty percent of the male whitetails in this area reach old age

2.       It is close to a 1.5 doe to buck ratio

3.       When the rut hits, it slams hard, very little trickle rut, due to a balanced deer herd.

4.       Bow hunting humans are the primary predator. There fore most males reach maturity

5.       Most male animals developed a pope and young rack in this area when they are three years old

6.       There has been no gun hunting in these counties for over 15 plus years. 

7.      Therefore the males are not thinned out.

8.      All age structure of animals are present in the herd in a balanced number

9.      By percentage there are a greater number of mature animals available to hunt than in any surrounding areas. This increases your odds of success

10.   Due to the collective above factors, numerically, your chance for success goes up mathematically.

11.   The country is extremely inaccessible, and rugged.  There is plenty of sanctuary for pursued animals, to hide and get old. Very limited human access.

12.  By and large you will be hunting a mature animal that is essentially undisturbed through out the season except by you.

13.  Limited poaching due to rough terrain

14.  By the controlled number of guest, there are a limited number of people on the lease at a given time.  Less pressure

15.  There is little to no poaching during the rut due to our presence on the lease

16.  Vast country. Over five square miles

17.  You may choose the terrain and area that you like.

18.  You may choose the mountain that you like

19.  You may choose the tree that you like

20.  You may move around if you like

21.  You may choose the time that you like to hunt

22.  Your may choose one or all ten weeks of season to hunt as you like

23.  You may choose the motel that you like

24.  You have access to the entire property

25.  First come, first serve, yearly seniority system for choosing your area

26.  You will not have another guest intrude on your area.  When the rules are followed this cannot physically occur.

27.  The zones are designed large enough for you to be able to move around quite freely by yourself, so you can pursue a trophy buck

28.  From the center of you area, the nearest zone line will be approximately one quarter of a mile away from you.  Most of the time

29.  The area soil is rich and the plant growth is lush, especially the clover and briers. This is conducive to big bucks

30.  There is a timber harvest management plan. They cut each year in a different area.  It is like a checkerboard through out the property.  We have successive growth stages from different years through out since before 2001.

31.  They usually timber the mountains like an oreo cookie.  They leave big mature oaks and assorted timber on the tops, and the bottoms, along the streams the middle is timbered out.

32.  Due to the success of the timber practice, we have a lot of edge environment

33.  There is gas exploration on the grounds, with a lot of tanks.  These are utilized by the deer as mineral pits.  Salt brine, etc…

34.  The miles of roads for timber, and gas, and  the pipelines, and power lines have all been hydro seeded with  an assortment of grasses and clovers

35.  A lot of the bulldozed roads edges have been hand seeded with clovers. Some areas have little plots. All of these are inaccessible and hidden.  You would have to discover them though scouting, their locations are not given…

36.  You have the opportunity to be on the lease during the bow buck season at any time. All you have to do is notify me of when, where, how long, where you’re staying, where you plan to hunt, and when you plan to return. You can do this buy phone. You must call and tell me when you are safely home. If you violate this rule your guest permission will be revoked with no refund. This is for your safety… and it is taken very seriously….

37.  You have the opportunity to scout

38.  You have gas and food within two mile of both our entrances.  In town some are available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week

39.  There are a number of out side phones available throughout town

40.  You have good road access onto the property

41.  You have a good high water bridge at the west entrance over the trout stream. In case of flooding you may enter / exit on the north entrance

42.  The property is enormous. 

43.  You have a trout stream, a high wall and a guard rail with almost no where to park along the road on three sides of the property.  The fourth side requires you to travel a distance to reach it, and usually requires a truck or a quad. This provides a buffer for our ground.  You have to drive across the trout stream to gain access on the west. Again not a lot of unauthorized access.

44.  You have a large number of quad trails. You cannot ride all of them in a day’s time. The place is vast and absorbs time to travel from one end to the other

45.  Your quad trails are safe.  There are a few that are closed.  You will be informed of them on you topo map.

46.  you have ample parking

47.  You have ample space to turn a big rig.  They unload bulldozers and excavators on tractor trailers here all the time.

48.  You have company vehicular traffic present on the main roads most of the time.  This may seem bad, but is actually a positive asset.  If you had an emergency you have someone to help.  It also inhibits criminal behavior.  They may be seen and reported. When you comprehend the primitiveness of the area you will understand. And it creates great, wide, miles of food plots.

49.   No open fires. Absolutely none...

50.  You have ten weeks to hunt.  Compare that to a five day canned hunt. 

51.  You have a relative inexpensive fee, compared to a five day canned hunt. Less than half the cost. And you have all ten weeks.

52.  You have the option of getting an orientation.  It will save you a lot of time money, energy, effort, and puts you ahead on the learning curve….

53.  You have the opportunity to hunt on Sunday within the legal game laws….

54.  You have the opportunity to build on your knowledge of the lay of the land, deer patterns etc, from year to year.  This increase the likelihood of success

55.  Coaching and instructions are available to you

56.  You will find this experience spiritual, God created it, there fore it is good.

57.  You will find this experience refreshing, with loads of peace, quiet, and tranquility. Very little back ground noise. Great to unwind. Use common sense however; stay away from roads, timbering and gas well machinery if this is what you’re seeking.  You have enough property to avoid interference.

58.  Except along the edges of our property, you cannot see far enough, to see off our lease… thinks about that…

59.  Your ridges usually are mature oaks and hickory trees. Good mast crops. Your hollows usually have yellow poplar with hemlock sprinkled between.

60.  The crick bottom are normally not timbered, and are thick

61.  A lot of blackberry and green brier thickets mixed with decaying tree tops, fantastic buck habitat

62.  There are a lot of mountain laurel and rhododendron patches throughout

63.  Big hemlock thickets

64.  Pure mountain water springs

65.  Pure fresh mountain air

66.  Unspoiled mountains

67.  A lot of southern exposures

68.  A lot of lee side wind terrain

69.  Infrared aerial instruction available

70.  A lot of streamside or scenic picnic spots to enjoy your lunch by.  Bring your chair and relax little

71.  The country is rough, you may not see a lot of deer, but when you do, it’s usually a trophy.