Youth and novice · Illinois
Youth and novice hunts are built around teaching and safety. Ask about guide experience with new hunters, group size and age or experience minimums.
| Species | Guided | Fully outfitted | Semi-guided | Drop camp | Listings | Sponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitetail deer | 1 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – |
| Turkey | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – |
| Total (a listing counts in each row it matches) | 1 | 4 | – | – | 5 | – |
No public single-business license lookup
Licensing body: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Law Enforcement. Agency to ask:IDNR outfitter regulation information.
Not a legal conclusion: the official pages cited above do not offer a public lookup of a single outfitter's license, so we cannot check one for you. Ask the agency to confirm what an outfit holds before you pay.
State wildlife agency: Illinois Department of Natural Resources (link checked October 23, 2026). Illinois rules change: check with the agency before booking a hunt or operating as a guide.
More on Illinois: all hunting outfitters in Illinois.
Filter the 3 outfitters below. Pick one species and one hunt type; if nothing shows, no listing offers both.
Pike County, Illinois outfitter offering fair-chase five-day archery hunts, short shotgun and muzzleloader seasons and an early-October youth gun…
No public state license lookup: confirm with Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Southern Illinois guide service near Rend Lake and Benton (Jason Johns) running fully guided free-range whitetail and wild turkey hunts with lodging…
No public state license lookup: confirm with Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Family-run Pike County outfit (established 1998) hosting up to six bowhunters per five-day hunt with lodge, meals, guiding and game care, plus…
Buckeye Creek Outfitters website
No public state license lookup: confirm with Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
| Outfitter | Service level | Species | Hunt types | License on file | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&D Outfitters | Guided | Whitetail deer | Archery, Muzzleloader, Youth and novice | ||
| Boneyard Outfitters | Fully outfitted | Whitetail deer, Turkey | Archery, Youth and novice | ||
| Buckeye Creek Outfitters | Fully outfitted | Whitetail deer, Turkey | Archery, Youth and novice |
B&D Outfitters, Boneyard Outfitters, and Buckeye Creek Outfitters.
Seasons, permits and equipment rules for youth and novice hunting are set by Illinois Department of Natural Resources and change each year. We do not repeat them here; check https://dnr.illinois.gov/hunting.html.
