Just wanted to let everyone know the experience my father and I had while hunting with @OhioJoe.
First off, Joe is a really nice down to earth guy.
we showed up on the farm the first day ready to hunt and unpaid for the day and gave us exact directions to our blinds. The hunts are semi-guided, basically Joe supplies you with the land and baited sets and you can choose to use those sets, or choose to hunt anywhere on the land. You can come and go as you please.
The first night I wasn’t in the blind more then 20 minutes and had a deer standing right in front of me, a theme that would repeat over and over all week. The set my father was in was the same situation, deer almost immediately upon entering the blind almost every time we went into the woods. I saw at least a dozen does and small bucks each and everyday. My father passed on about 120 Inch 8 point day 1, something he would regret in the end, but it’s the chance we take.
We hunted the one farm for 3 days I took a doe just as a meat deer while we were there. Joe asked if we would like to try other farms of which he leases 11 separate farms. We said yes why not, we had been in and out of these sets a few times. Granted we always saw a deer, but figured we’d try other spots.
Joe showed use the new farms and sets and was on his way again. I was in a Sugar Beet field this time. My father was in a woods set both with big buck sign and obviously a lot of deer activity all over. First night I counted 35 deer in the field and dozen does were right in front of me, there were some really big bucks at other end of the field. I could see them through the scope, really nice bucks 150” deer IMO. My father was seeing deer in the new spot as well.
On the last nights sit I went back to the Beet field and same as the night before the deer started rolling out of the woods into the field, a bunch of does right in front of me. I watched them and the fawns for about hour and right before dark a descent 9 point stepped out and decided was now or never since was the last sit, I took the shot. I didn’t really get great pictures as it was pitch dark by time I drug him out of the woods.
I would say by father and I had to see about 60+ deer each at minimum in 5.5 days hunting Joe’s farms.
I just wanted to let everyone know what a great time my father and I had on this trip. We will be going back next year and more than likely for the foreseeable future. Joe was an absolute pleasure to work with and a really nice guy who has some killer property. If you’re looking for an outfitter in Ohio, I don’t think you can go wrong booking a hunt with Joe Pacconi. @OhioJoe here on the forum.
here are some photos from the hunt and some photos of some of the deer Joe has on these properties. Several of which I saw with my own eye and my father saw several as well.
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First off, Joe is a really nice down to earth guy.
we showed up on the farm the first day ready to hunt and unpaid for the day and gave us exact directions to our blinds. The hunts are semi-guided, basically Joe supplies you with the land and baited sets and you can choose to use those sets, or choose to hunt anywhere on the land. You can come and go as you please.
The first night I wasn’t in the blind more then 20 minutes and had a deer standing right in front of me, a theme that would repeat over and over all week. The set my father was in was the same situation, deer almost immediately upon entering the blind almost every time we went into the woods. I saw at least a dozen does and small bucks each and everyday. My father passed on about 120 Inch 8 point day 1, something he would regret in the end, but it’s the chance we take.
We hunted the one farm for 3 days I took a doe just as a meat deer while we were there. Joe asked if we would like to try other farms of which he leases 11 separate farms. We said yes why not, we had been in and out of these sets a few times. Granted we always saw a deer, but figured we’d try other spots.
Joe showed use the new farms and sets and was on his way again. I was in a Sugar Beet field this time. My father was in a woods set both with big buck sign and obviously a lot of deer activity all over. First night I counted 35 deer in the field and dozen does were right in front of me, there were some really big bucks at other end of the field. I could see them through the scope, really nice bucks 150” deer IMO. My father was seeing deer in the new spot as well.
On the last nights sit I went back to the Beet field and same as the night before the deer started rolling out of the woods into the field, a bunch of does right in front of me. I watched them and the fawns for about hour and right before dark a descent 9 point stepped out and decided was now or never since was the last sit, I took the shot. I didn’t really get great pictures as it was pitch dark by time I drug him out of the woods.
I would say by father and I had to see about 60+ deer each at minimum in 5.5 days hunting Joe’s farms.
I just wanted to let everyone know what a great time my father and I had on this trip. We will be going back next year and more than likely for the foreseeable future. Joe was an absolute pleasure to work with and a really nice guy who has some killer property. If you’re looking for an outfitter in Ohio, I don’t think you can go wrong booking a hunt with Joe Pacconi. @OhioJoe here on the forum.
here are some photos from the hunt and some photos of some of the deer Joe has on these properties. Several of which I saw with my own eye and my father saw several as well.
