Bow Hunters

Clothing (LAYERS!)

• Scent-Free base layer
• Scent-Free fleece layer
• Scent-Free Outerwear Camo with facemask, head stocking and hat.
• Scent-Free Bow Hunting Gloves and hand warmers
• We highly recommend gear designed for bow hunting. Gear that is not only scent free, but silent as you move to get in position for a shot. This is critical!
• Insulated Rubber Boots with wool socks and liners

Equipment

• Compound bows with a draw weight of at least 50 lbs is recommended.
• Practice arrows and field tips for practice sessions between hunts
• Broadheads – we love Rage products, but know placement is more important than anything!
• Leave the rattling horns, grunt calls, estrus, etc. at home. Our guides spend all year in these woods and will have whatever is needed to make your hunt a success. Our deer are so much larger than anywhere else, you really need antlers from our property to be successful if attempting to rattle.

Firearm Hunters

• Clothing – same strategy as our bow hunters, with the exception that scent-free isn’t required but be prepared for cold weather and layer up!
• Equipment – our deer average well over 300 lbs with an occasional buck tipping the scales at over 400 lbs! We recommend a .270 or better but also realize shot placement is key. We have women and youth hunters regularly take deer with .243’s, but prefer to have some wiggle room with a larger caliber when possible. Extra ammunition – don’t come with just a few shells…bring a box, as you never know what can happen on a hunt!

In Between Hunts

In between hunts you will have all of the comforts of home in one our lodges, complete with Wi-Fi, Satellite TV, meals, snack, drinks, open bar…everything you need! We recommend bringing:

• Comfortable clothes for lounging around the lodge in between hunts and in the evening
• A big appetite and pants that will allow for a few extra pounds to be put on!
• Jeans, Sweatshirt and a Jacket for the option of heading out to one of the famous restaurants/bars to experience the local Wisconsin culture!

Our guides will take professional pictures for you but you are always welcome to bring your own camera and phone to capture your memories in and out of the field!

Finally, if all else fails, we are 30 minutes away from a Gander Mountain that can get you back to be fully geared up should you need anything.

You’ve come to Wilderness Whitetails for a world class Whitetail buck. So while you are here for the greatest Whitetail hunt of your life, your guide will film your hunt of a lifetime so you can relive the moment with friends and family...or just by yourself. All of Wilderness Whitetails guides carry and know how to use a video camera and will do their best to capture the essence, the moments and the joy of your huge Wisconsin Whitetail hunt on film.

Each year we produce a special hunting DVD called, “As Good As It Gets.” Past year’s videos are archived on YouTube, dating back to 2005. You can watch them all by clicking below.

Visit Wilderness Whitetails YouTube Channel for additional videos!

We invite you to view our 2013 videos in which dozens of truly remarkable Whitetail bucks were taken on film by our hunters. Included is the potential new #1 SCI Typical, a massive 252 5/8’ plus an incredible clean 8-point 189” net SCI,---the rarest of all Whitetails! Plus numerous impressive huge deer of every description.

2016 Videos

Hunting Experience Highlights

Annual Hunting DVD

How many times have your heard the phrase... "the stuff legends are made of?"

Wilderness Whitetails has a number of legends. We don’t know just how many but they are legends just the same. We call them our Legendary Bucks. There are some old bucks, 7, 8, 9 years old that have only rarely been seen either on trail camera or by one of the guides who just get a quick look at them. They have been hunted and hunted hard since they were only three or four but they continue to elude our hunters. Some of these old bucks go nocturnal as soon as hunting season begins. Others intuitively know how to avoid hunters during daylight hours. Some hide out in the swamps on the property. Others are just plain lucky or smart.

    Our deer were all born here on the property and know every square inch of it. They’re wild and smart. The Legendary Swamp Bucks normally live through the season, outsmarting our hunters and our guides yet again. Every once in a while one of them will make a mistake in the presence of a hunter....but not often. Some just die of old age. Hunters who request to hunt one of these incredible Legendary Bucks, often go home empty handed. Such is life! There are no guarantees that you will get the buck you want every time....specially when you set your sights on one of our crafty, old Legendary Bucks.

Click here to view the Legendary Bucks Gallery.

Many times hunters in quest of a "Best of Class SCI Trophy Whitetail", will follow their friends to new hunting areas and outfitters either on recommendation or the knowledge of a friend's success. Hunters looking for a truly amazing Northern Whitetail have flocked to Wilderness Whitetails ever since hunters realized that Wilderness is the most consistent producer of impressive world record typical and non-typical Whitetails in North America with non-typical scores ranging from the mid 300's to 492 typicals consistently in the high 180's to nearly 260.

Beyond the magnificent high ranking bucks Wilderness Whitetails has produced, it is overall the Wilderness Whitetail experience. It's an experience like no other. The experience is everything and it's what hunting is all about. Wilderness Whitetails has spent the last 30 years creating the most unique and unrivaled Whitetail hunting experience in the world, as our hunters will attest to. (See Testimonials).

Unlike most Whitetail ranches, Wilderness Whitetails deer spend their entire lives out on the vast property that ranges from dense stands of pines to impenetrable cedar swamps tall timber and rolling hills thick with hardwoods to more open heavy grassy areas. Wilderness Whitetails deer are real wild deer. They truly live their lives in the wild , in the wilderness. No deer are ever brought into Wilderness Whitetails. They are all born here, live here and learn the 1,000-plus acre fair chase property and how to elude our hunters. There are huge 8 and 9-year bucks on the property that we never or rarely see.

Hunters can expect a real hunting experience, a challenging hunt to see a lot of big deer and having to put their time when trying to collect a massive new #1 SCI. Wilderness Whitetails offers two lodges capable of handling large corporate groups or smaller private family and friend gatherings.

Hunting Methods

Add to the real hunting at Wilderness Whitetails...the warm and friendly family atmosphere that awaits you within the lodges where hearty home cooked meals are prepared by experienced chefs, where hunters and guides can relax, discuss their day in the woods over an evening cocktail on one of the wraparound decks, where you are provided all the comforts of home and you begin to understand the meaning of the Wilderness Whitetail Experience. Everyone at Wilderness Whitetails, from owners Greg and Shorty Flees to their mother Carol, to the guides... event the chefs are hunters! You will be in great company. Great hunting, great food, great conversation and camaraderie and great memories. It's far more than just a deer hunt.

"My group had a great time. Seven hunters and seven incredible deer! My son, dad and I will have memories of this that we will cherish forever. We received five-star treatment as guest but the treatment that you and all the guys provide make us feel like family. You are the premier whitetail hunting destination in the United States. Not only for the unbelievable deer but also because you and your employees go above and beyond on all tht you do to make the trip and experience of a lifetime. Thank you Greg and Shorty and let all your guys know that they were all wonderful hosts. We can't wait for next year!"