Sandhill Crane Permit

[AER244]

maybe the best tasting migrator. personally, id take most upland birds over a crane. cranes are hella better eating than geese though.

and that is odd that the license doesnt show in the "license shop", cuz it is still listed on the department website.

 

[dennishoddy]

If one doesn't have access to private land and are going to rely on an outfitter to hunt cranes, get your big boy wallet out and expect it to be drained. The outfitters have taken over a lot of the habitat and aren't afraid to charge exorbitant prices.
Apparently, they don't have a problem filling their slots.

 

[Dorkus]

If one doesn't have access to private land and are going to rely on an outfitter to hunt cranes, get your big boy wallet out and expect it to be drained. The outfitters have taken over a lot of the habitat and aren't afraid to charge exorbitant prices.
Apparently, they don't have a problem filling their slots.

I have shot all of mine on public land but you are correct.

 

[Okie4570]

Rib eye on the sky. You’ll never taste anything better that flys.

We grilled a bunch at a get together once and didn't tell our wives, we just asked them how they wanted their steaks cooked. All of them commented on how good it was lol. All of us there don't buy store bought beef either, so the crane passed the ultimate taste test.

 

[retrieverman]

If one doesn't have access to private land and are going to rely on an outfitter to hunt cranes, get your big boy wallet out and expect it to be drained. The outfitters have taken over a lot of the habitat and aren't afraid to charge exorbitant prices.
Apparently, they don't have a problem filling their slots.

The crane outfitter I know in Alfalfa county charges $800/day or $2250 for three days with a minimum of 6 hunters required. I’d like to hunt them once, but I’m not willing to pay the price.

 

[Okie4570]

The crane outfitter I know in Alfalfa county charges $800/day or $2250 for three days. I’d like to hunt them once, but I’m not willing to pay the price.

It wasn't that long ago and it was only $225 a day.

 

[bigb159]

It wasn't that long ago and it was only $225 a day.

Hey, outfitters have to make payments don their $70k pickup somehow...

 

[Okie4570]

Hey, outfitters have to make payments don their $70k pickup somehow...

When the guy who got shot in the guts in Northern Oklahoma a few years ago while hunting with a crane guide, one of my good friends was on that same hunt. That pretty much sealed the deal for me never going with a guide, and him too lol. He's a former Marine, 2x to Afghanistan, he said the hunt was kind of a cluster, and of course he was the only one out the the 20 people in the blind who knew what to do after the incident happened.

I'll just wait for them to land on place where I can hunt them, which they do about every other year or so.