Kids hunt free with a paid adult.

One child hunts free with every paid adult, on every hunt we run, from the $600 coyote hunt to full season access. Same guide, same ground, same lodge, no additional hunt cost.

We are not going to pretend this is charity. Hunting has a recruitment problem, the average age of a licence holder keeps climbing, and outfitters pricing a family out of the sport is part of how that happened. A guided Illinois hunt is an expensive thing. Doubling that cost to bring a twelve year old is how a twelve year old ends up not going.

So the policy is simple and it does not have an asterisk on the hunt price. What your child does still need is their own Illinois permit and whatever hunter education Illinois requires for their age. Those are state rules and we cannot waive them, but we will walk you through them.

Practically, a youth hunt here runs differently. Guides shorten sits, build in food, and take the pressure off the outcome. A kid who is cold and bored at eleven in the morning is not going to want to come back next year, and next year is the whole point.

We are committed to supporting the next generation of hunters.Bigger Bucks Outfitters