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The quality of deer I saw while hunting was great. I saw more bucks than does. On the 2nd day of my hunt (November 7th, 2006 ) I hunted the morning from dark until 11:09 a.m. without a lot of action. I decided to relocate and was all set up in a new spot (moved stand, etc.) by 1:15 p.m. At 1:40, a large deer came out into a picked corn field about 200 yards to my north. The deer actually winded another hunter in my party, and as a result headed towards the draw I was set up in. The deer went down into the deep draw and I saw that it was definitely a shooter. He came back up the draw on my side and immediately “made” me in my tree.
As he was about to leave, he offered me a brief 28 yard, quartering away shot. The shot was perfect and the brute of a ten point 80 yards and it was over in literally 5 seconds! The deer had run back in the direction of my hunting partner and we were able to share an experience of a life time together. That hour or so after the shot is exactly why I came to Butler Farms and is exactly why I hunt. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was standing over a 148 typical 10 pt buck with 25” main beams and field dressed at 190 lbs: all of which was great, but sharing it with hunting buddies was better. Thank God that deer smelled my buddy!
As I approached the lodge with my deer, Mrs. Butler was clearing the yard of leaves on a lawn tractor, she raised her arms in triumph and was happier that I was. The Butlers were obviously happy for me and made sure we had everything we needed. It was a week than anybody would love.
Kevin Lane
Woodstock, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I would come back to Butler Farms in a heart beat. I loved the lodge, the farm and the big deer. The Butlers were very nice and I felt very comfortable. They Made us feel like family.
I had a wonderful time at the lodge. I thoroughly enjoyed the 5 day stay.
Thank you Sandy, Don, and Mike for making my stay here one I will cherish for a lifetime. I certainly hope to make it back someday.
Thanks A Million.
Wallace Fulford
Shokan, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I will bring home great memories of the deer, the lodge, the friends, and the hospitality. Unfortunately I will not bring home a big Illinois buck. Maybe next time.
Hope to return.
Paul Wright
Boiceville, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I saw deer everyday I was in the woods and only one day I did not see a shooter buck. I only hunted 3 of 5 days because I tagged a 156” 220 lb, 12 point on the first day at 6:45.am.
This is the nicest place I have ever stayed. Great food and better people. This was the best hunt ever. Thank you Sandie, Don and Mike. I will be back to harvest one bigger than this monster 156.”
Thank You!!
Tony Smith
Shokan, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Excellent place to hunt, good company and excellent hospitality. Good luck in the business and keep the big bucks her. I will return
Jeff Pifer
Union City, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Super experience, very comfortable accommodations. The Butlers are great people to be around. Don was a great help with his ATV and Sandy your like a mother hen taking care of everyone and making sure we were all comfortable. As for the hunting experience lots of bucks lots of young class deer up and coming. I saw 3 shooter bucks from one stand four total out of a 5 day hunt.
Great experience for a quality whitetail hunt, great numbers of bucks . I’m taking this hunt home with me and spread it around. I will return! The whole trip lodge, food plus hunting was awesome
Thanks.
Rich McCullough
Waterford, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I always wondered if there was a Whitetail Heaven. After four days at the Butler Farms I know now there is one. Great hunting and better hospitality.. I hope to return someday to knock another arrow.
Thank you Sandie, Don and Mike. Best Regards.
Mike Iopace
Kingston, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Great place, great people, great deer. Hope to make it back someday. Thanks again Don and Sandie for the awesome hospitality. Good luck with the business
Thanks.
Sean Fox
Kingston , NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Had a great time. About the third day of the hunt I was walking around scouting for another stand site. It was around 70 degrees and I was near on of the corn fields. Out in the field was a huge buck. He winded me and started blowing at me, then ran out of the field right toward my friend who was in a stand. He shot it and it died 30 yards from me. Then we had a photo shoot. He scored 148” 10 point. Two bucks taken by our party a 156 and a 148. Can’t ask for more.
What a great time. Could not ask for more. Quality of deer and numbers. Great accommodations.
G. VanDebogart
Bearsville, NY
Winter 2006/2007 Season
This was my second time at Butler farms Outdoor Adventures and as always Sandie, Don and Mike are very pleasant people to be around and run an excellent accommodations and hunting. I had a great time, even though I didn’t connect on a deer I still had a good hunt on Mike’s Farm. I enjoyed the five day we spent with Wayne and Rodney. They are great guys.
Thanks Again.
Jeff Novosel
PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
This was my first time at Butler Farms, I have hunted a lot of places and was never treated any better than I have by all of you.
You guys have a s wonderful operation and I had a great time meeting all of you. I did not connect, but I had a great time. I saw a lot of bucks and does while on stand. As far as your facilities all I can say is “Top Notch”
Best of luck to all of you.
Robb Kimble
Howard, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Thank you for a great hunt. It was a great week of hunting. I saw a lot of deer. You have a great family. It is nice to always have someone that is willing to help with whatever it is you’re doing. We felt like we were part of the family. This is a class “A” operation. I had fun answering questions from your grand-daughters. Thanks again for everything. Take care and looking forward to coming back.
God Bless.
Bob
PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
What a great place to hunt, relax, and visit with new friends and old! I truly feel like I am back home hunting with family when here. Don and Sandie are some of God’s very special people and share each of our experiences as if their own. I treasure our times together and look forward to many more! Our friendship is bound together through God. He will Bless you both for what you do for others.
Thank You Both and
Good Luck.
Wayne Hagan
Statesboro, Florida
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Don and Sandy go out of their way to offer a place for safe and memorable hunt in a Christian atmosphere. The lodge and land are top notch. I always look forward to my Illinois trip.
Rodney Cattoor
Orlando, Florida
Winter 2006/2007 Season
This was my second archery hunt in two years. I shot two does and have yet to get my big buck. I have seen lots of shooters, but just not close enough.. I will be back.
I am very glad to have met Don and Sandie, they’re great people.
Thanks A lot.
Scott Kephart
Philipsburg, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Another Great week of hunting. Don , Sandie & Michael did another great job! Everything was 1st class. I saw lots of deer. Including a couple of very good bucks. I was just not able to get close enough. It meant more to me that my father was able to close the—on a very nice 9 point. That was the first priority when we came here a year ago. I hope to be back next year with our current group along with a couple new hunters. Thank you all again for a GREAT week.
Fran Kephart
Wattsburg, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I Had A Good Year!
Seen Lots of Deer!
Francis Kephart
West Decatur, PA
Winter 2006/2007 Season
This was my second trip to Butler Farms. I harvested my second buck, and was very pleased. It was my first time to stay in the new lodge and I will tell you it is first class in all aspects. It is beautiful, comfortable and very convenient. I have never seen so many bucks in my life! Don and Sandie run a first class operation. Their sons Mike and Matt help you in so many ways, and the family is really happy to share the excitement of your hunt and experiences you have.
They go “above and beyond” to accommodate your expectations in Illinois, because I have found everything I want in a hunting trip, right here at Butler Farms! They are honest people and my testimony is the truth also. Thanks for all the little things that mean so much. I enjoyed my hunt so much. I wish your family much success and blessings.
Thank you Don, Sandie, Mike , and Matt
Jan Poland
Keyser, WV
Winter 2006/2007 Season
This is my 3rd successful shotgun firearm season hunting with Butler farms Outdoor Adventures. I have been able to harvest an 8 point, 9 point and a 10 point buck in as many years. I’m looking forward to returning again in 2007.
I had a great time hunting. Always look forward to seeing Don, Sandie, Mike and Matt. Great people. They make you feel right at home. Hope they have a lot of success in their future endeavors.
Kenny White
Kesper, WV 26726
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Thank you Mr. Don & Sandie for the great time. You have an awesome place to hunt whitetails. The lodge is great. (nice job) May God Bless everything you do and may many people be blessed by you as they come to hunt.
Jerry West
Adventure Bound Outdoors
Winter 2006/2007 Season
Mr. Don, Sandie and Mike
Tina and I had a great time here this week. You made us feel like a part of your family.. The deer hunting was great. The lodge is very special and classy. I look forward to coming back and seeing all of you again. I pray that God will bless you and your family and business.
Thanks Again.
Blessings.
Terry Horton
Adventure Bound Outdoors
Taking You On Adventures In God’s Country
Isaiah 60:1
Winter 2006/2007 Season
I had such a great time this week even if I didn’t “Bag the Big One”. I still have my tag and plan on coming back!! You have a great place here and we really felt at home. May God show you favor in this business and all that you do.
Tina Horton
Adventure Bound Outdoors
Numbers 6: 24-26
Winter 2006/2007
Season
"I had a Great Hunt. I saw many deer. 21 bucks total of which 5 were 120-160 class P&Y. I will be back. Accommodations and food were great."
Fran Kephart
Wattsburg, PA
"This is my first trip to Illinois, and Butler Farms. I have been impressed with the deer population on the Butler Farm grounds. The deer are not pressured as you can see by their reaction to the hunters. I would recommend anyone to a hunt here. The deer are here!!!!
The accommodations are First Class! You have to see it first hand to appreciate the work the Butler's have done to build a first class hunting lodge.
I will be back! Thank you for a terrific hunt and make my first trip to Illinois a memorable one."
Kevin Robison
Frostburg, MD
"Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures is a first class facility. Don and Sandy are two exceptional people who go out of their way to make sure everything is above what you expected. They are a close knit family, who all pitch in to please. You'll not find a more hospitable place to hunt. The quality of deer is everything you’ve heard about in Pike country. Your stay there will be "Five Star" in the country."
Wayne Hagan
Statesboro, GA
"This is my fourth hunt at Butler Farms and I've enjoyed each time immensely. The Butler family is very accommodating. The new lodge is very nice and convenient to the hunters. The hunting is great and I'm looking forward to next year's hunt. Thanks to Don, Sandie, Matt, Mike and Michelle for everything. Wishing you all much success in the future."
Kenny White
Keyser, WV
"It's my second year of hunting with Butler Farms. It has been great in sharing in the expansion of the business. I'm glad the lodge design has been well received. I'm sure this is only the first stepping stone to many great things to come."
Rodney Cattoor
Orlando, Florida
"They are very honest about their lodge, property and the quality of deer. They make you feel like you are part of the family. You can not find a better place to stay. The property that I hunted had a very good buck to doe ratio and plenty of quality bucks. They make you feel like you're hunting on your own property. Thank you for everything. You guys are great."
Robert Singer
Pleasant Gap, PA
"Had a great time. Can't wait to return. A lot of value for the price. Good people to spend you vacation with. Thanks!"
Kevin Novosel
Howard, PA
"Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures offers excellent lodging and deer hunting experience."
Jeffery Novosel
Howard, PA
"I had a wonderful time here. I enjoyed the hospitality of the whole Butler family. I really appreciate Mike's help looking for deer and getting deer out of the woods. The whole experience was really enjoyable. I hope you will have me back next year and I would really like to bring my wife. I think she would like the experience. Thanks to everyone."
Carl Bradfield
Keyser, WV
"What can I say? Our trip to Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures was truly an outstanding lifetime experience! I always wanted to go on an out of state deer hunt, but had hear too many "horror" stories about some outfitters. I told Kenny I would give it a try once. After seeing for myself the friendliness, hospitality and sincere concern for our hunt and stay there, it was quite apparent that your honesty came first. The friendship alone on this trip was worth it all. I came home with a 9 pt buck, but more important was the 5 new friends I made. Matt, Mike and Michelle treated us like family and we will never forget that. The farms are beautiful, the peace and quiet and the way they are managed are first class! After harvesting 2 bucks, your help, excitement and congratulations all come from the heart."
"I say thank you to all of you for indeed making a lifetime memory. I hope to return one day, and I will highly recommend Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures to all hunters!"
"May God continue to bless you all, as he has blessed us!"
Jan F. Poland
November 25, 2004
 "This is my second year to archery and shot gun hunt with Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures. The hunting was great! My friend Jan and I were both able to harvest a 2 1/2 year old nine point and a 3 1/2 year old ten point respectively during the shot gun season."
"Don, Sandie, Mike and Matt really make the hunt a great experience."
"Top notch outfitters and a great family. Don & Sandie do everything possible to make the hunt a memorable experience. Thanks also to Mike, Matt and Michelle. I really enjoyed and valve your friendship and hospitality."
"I'm looking forward to hunting with Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures again next year."
John K. White
November 22, 2004
 "Today I shot probably my best Whitetail buck ever. Had a great hunt, only took 1 1/2 days. The Butlers have been so nice, helpful and thoughtful to me that I am already booking next year. I would recommend them and this hunt to any and everyone. I can't wait until next year. This has truly been a great experience. Only wish I could have shot another buck just to stay here longer. Next year I am thinking very hard about trying to draw a shot gun tag so I can bow hunt a buck and then shot gun hunt for a 2nd one."
Robert L. Hart
November 13, 2004
"Of all of my hunting experiences, this was definitely the best. Don and Sandie did everything to make it a great hunt. Don even suggested where to move my stand and I shot my buck the next night. I saw more bucks than does and at least three of the bucks were record book deer. Considering that we had two days of heavy rain, we saw deer nearly every time in the woods and had several opportunities to harvest deer."
Larry Janke
November 6, 2004
"I had a great time. This is a good Christian family. They go the extra step to make you feel at home. I think their goal is to have a happy, safe hunting experience while you are at their farm. Thanks for a great hunt."
Dick Warren
November 6, 2004
"I had a great hunt and I would have said that even if I had not harvested an animal. I saw eight different bucks at least. I saw more scrapes than I can count. Sandie and Don are just the nicest people you could hope to meet. Their son Mike was very helpful, a great person also. There were no surprises, everything was just as it was described. I feel I got my monies worth and would like to come back next year if I can."
Jerry Emhoff
November 6, 2004
 "I hunted with Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures with Black Powder rifle on December 12 and 13, 2003 and was very pleased with what I found. First, the properties have all the indicators of good whitetail habitat. Secondly, I was impressed with the number of whitetails I saw and that they were not spooked by my presence even though I had deer twice at less than 30 yards and once down wind of me at only 13 yards. I should point out that I was hunting on the ground. To me this is a solid indicator that hunting pressure on these properties is minimal. Thirdly, in four hunting sessions I saw a total of 36 deer including 6 that could be recognized as bucks; three of which could be identified as book quality. I would consider one buck as 150 or better. Fourthly, it was obvious to me that the rut was still on since 3 bucks were tending does and a fourth buck was obviously on patrol looking for a doe. Fifthly, there was little hunting pressure near one property and no hunting pressure on properties near the other properties that I hunted. I look forward to returning in 2004."
Lowell L. Thill
Sonshine Adventures: (765) 569-7638
"I had the opportunity to hunt an 80 acre tract offered by Butler Farms Outdoor Adventures during the shotgun season from November 21-23, 2003. It was everything I expected and more. I was able to scout the acreage two days before opening day. I saw a lot of deer sign and knew the potential of harvesting a mature Illinois buck was evident. I did see a nice 140 class buck at dusk on Wednesday evening, November 19, 2003."
"I was able to set my tree stands up wherever I wanted. Hunting pressure on nearby properties was minimal. Although I didn't harvest the trophy buck I was looking for, I plan to return to the same 80 acre tract during both bow and shotgun seasons in 2004. I will have two other bow hunters with me during the bow season and another hunting friend with me during the shotgun season. We are all avid hunters and look forward to hunting with Butler Farms in 2004. The potential is there and hopefully we will be able to capitalize on our adventure this year!"
Kenny White
Keyser, WV
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