one of a kind hunts
For hunters who seek a top record book buck, our hunts are considered a whitetail hunting fantasy without equal. When you set foot on our ranch, you will be entering a distinguished trophy environment. At Sanctuary, more record-class bucks can be found than anywhere else on earth.
Our Hunts:
On an all-inclusive Sanctuary Hunt, you will be harvesting the mature buck of your choice. Hunters can expect to harvest a whitetail between 200″-300″+. Sizes will vary by week. This comes without any additional trophy fees or limitations. Costs are unique to the week of your booking.
The Sanctuary hunting season begins in early fall and ends in early winter. Early season guests will enjoy quite a bit of free time, but morning hunts start very early and the evenings can be quite late. Late season guests will have less free time, but will also enjoy later start and ends to their days. Self-serve breakfast snacks are available before your morning hunt.
Guides cater the hunt experience to your preferences, oftentimes morning are spent rattling and stalking the property, whereas evening hunts are best spent in the comfort of a raised blind.
After the morning hunt, made to order breakfast is served in the dining room. You will then have some free time to enjoy before lunch. Following a hearty lunch, you’ll head out for your evening hunt. When you come in from the evening hunt, the staff will welcome you back a blazing outdoor fire, drinks, and a chef prepared meal
What’s Included:
- Licensing & Tags
- 1:1 Guide Service
- Field Prep and Caping
- Venison Prep (Basic Cut)
- Top of the Line Amenities
- Personalized Meals by Sanctuary’s Private Chef
- Full Service Bar
- 24/7 Staff on Site
Testimonials
CHRISTINA L.
“If you would have told me years ago that I would enthusiastically agree to a trip where I was to wake up each day at 4-something in the morning, leave the comfort of a bed piled high with warm fluffy covers, throw on layers of camo, head out of a cozy bungalow to climb into a big, dirty pickup truck and sit in the cool, dark woods for hours to watch… wait…and listen… I’d say you were absolutely crazy.
But to see the mist hug the forest floor just before dawn, to hear the birds come alive just as the sun begins to make its appearance on the horizon, and to witness Mother Nature’s magnificent script play out before me, I’d now say I’d be absolutely crazy to miss this…”
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MORT H.
“Family is everything. Well, God, family, and country. Sanctuary is my extended family. For over 25 years, along with the staff and guides, we have had a love of hunting world class deer, welcoming new spouses and children into families, breaking bread, growing older and wiser, fellowshipping and laughing. Lots of laughing. Hunting is not just about success. True hunting, as experienced at Sanctuary, is all about the memories created that will last a life time. Memories with family.”
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BRIAN & DENISE W.
“For Denise and I, now hunting Sanctuary over 10 years, the experience is nothing short of spectacular. Every year we arrive, with much of our family, with great expectations of matching the year before, and every year we leave with that feeling of success and happiness. It just keeps getting better and better! The Sanctuary family makes us feel part of their family, so every day is a blast and we hate to leave! Each year, when the end of the hunt comes, the word “bittersweet” comes to mind. You have that ache in your stomach of regret, but you also have the butterflies of apprehension for the next year and what’s to come! Thanks to our Michigan family at Sanctuary, from the Welker family in Texas, for all that you provide as a hunt, but most importantly what you provide as a family! Looking forward to many more years with you all!”
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Stan and Pamela A.
“Although hunting the Sanctuary’s giant northeastern whitetails should be enough to bring us back year after year, there is so much more to a Sanctuary hunt than just the kill. We talk about this trip for months in advance, looking forward to the spectacular changing of colors, the comfortable lodge, the friendships that we have developed over the years.”
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SHANE B.
“The Sanctuary ‘experience’ is first class. The deer quality, facilities, and hospitality are unlike any place I have been. It truly is an experience and they are sincere about there being more to the hunt than just the kill….”