Guaranteed Bull Elk Hunt

This hunt occurs out of Durango, Colorado. This is a high fence hunt and you are guaranteed to kill a bull elk. The size of the elk range from 6x6 280 B&C to bulls over 400 B&C. It is your choice on the size of the bull that you want to hunt and harvest. The cost of these hunts is very reasonable and is great for the person that wants to insure taking home the bull elk of a lifetime. You may hunt with any weapon of your choice, bow, muzzleloader or rifle.

Cost of the hunt includes any license and paperwork, courtesy transportation during the hunt, trophy preparation of the animal, accommodations, and meals.

Private Land Rifle Hunt

This hunt occurs on private ranches near Raton, New Mexico. These ranches have the potential to produce 300 B&C class bulls for the hunters. The cost of the hunt includes meals, guide, courtesy transportation during the hunt, and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for their personal gear, weapon, transportation to Raton, New Mexico, and license ($576.00 across the counter). Because we are always looking at additional ranches, acquiring new ranches, and negotiating different leases, the price of the hunts on new ranches may be different than advertised.

Rifle hunts begin in early October to take advantage of the rut and the bugling of the bulls. We monitor elk on the ranch and if there are no elk, your hunt will be moved or changed to the next year. You will be hunting where we know there are elk. We have always presented a hunter with opportunities to harvest bull elk.

Self Guided or Drop Camp Elk Hunts

These hunts are only offered in Game Management Units 51 and 52 and are offered for all weapon types, rifle, muzzleloader and bow.

These hunts are designed for those hunters that are looking for a quality hunt, feel confident about hunting elk on their own, do not need a guide, and don’t want the hassle of having to bring and set up a camp. The self-guided hunts include:

• The use of the outfitter number for drawing a license
• Accommodations in a main tent camp
• Meals
• A person in camp with maps knowledgeable of the area to direct the hunter to good areas
• Retrieval of game

The hunter is responsible for:

• Applying for the license. The odds of drawing these licenses are excellent with the use of the outfitter number
• Their personal gear
• Weapon
• Transportation to and from camp and during the hunt

The two units that we hunt, Unit 51 and 52, can be described as follows:

Unit 51 is located directly below Unit 52 in North Central New Mexico and is approximately 380,000 acres (594 square miles). This unit allows the use of four wheelers on any designated road or for the retrieval of harvested game within the majority of the unit. This unit offers the hunter easy access, an excellent elk population, and limited hunting pressure. The unit offers almost a 100% opportunity to draw a license with the use of the outfitter number. We did not offer self guided hunts in this unit last year but our guided hunters had an 84% hunter success and a 100% hunter opportunity.

Unit 52 is located in North Central New Mexico, with Colorado as its northern border. This unit is approximately 300,000 acres in size and is a roadless/wilderness area that prohibits off road vehicles and off road traffic of any type. The area has numerous open roads within the unit, often two to three miles apart, which allows the hunter access to areas to hunt by foot. This unit has an excellent elk population and the number of hunters is controlled, as opposed to most of Colorado’s public land units. The odds of drawing a license are excellent with the outfitter number. Bow hunts can be combined with a mule deer hunt and/or a bear hunt also, at no additional hunting fee. Last year we had a 92% success rate with our self guided hunters. Over the last three years, we have averaged higher than 80% success with our self guided hunters.

Private Land Cow Elk Hunt

These hunts occur on one of the largest ranches in Northeastern New Mexico, Vermejo Park Ranch, which is 600,000 acres of totally private land. This ranch holds one of the largest elk herds in the state of New Mexico, usually counting
around 13,000 animals during the winter surveys. The cost of this hunt includes guide, courtesy transportation during the hunt, and transportation of the elk to the meat processor. The hunter is responsible for their motel, meals, personal gear,
weapon, and license. We have run a 100% hunter success for the last nine years, harvesting over 500 elk in that time frame.

Harvested cows are transported to Raton to the meat processor for skinning and processing. It is the hunter’s responsibility to handle the arrangements and charges with the processor.

Carson National Forest Unit 51 & 52

Unit 51 is located directly below Unit 52 in North Central New Mexico and is approximately 380,000 acres (594 square miles). This unit allows the use of ATV vehicles on any designated road or for the retrieval of harvested game within the majority of the unit. We only use ATV’s to assist in the retrieval of a harvested animal. All of our hunting is done on foot in this unit. This unit offers the hunter easy access, an excellent elk population and limited hunting pressure. The unit offers almost a 100% opportunity to draw a license with the use of the outfitter number. In the past year, our guided rifle hunters had an 84% hunter success and a 100% hunter opportunity.

Unit 52 is located in North Central New Mexico, with Colorado as its northern border. This unit is approximately 300,000 acres in size and is a roadless/wilderness area that prohibits off road vehicles and off road traffic of any type. The area has numerous open roads within the unit, often two to three miles apart, which allows the hunter access to areas to hunt by foot. This unit has an excellent elk population and the number of hunters is controlled, as opposed to most of Colorado’s public land units. The odds of drawing a license are excellent with the outfitter number. Bow hunts can be combined with a mule deer hunt and/or a bear hunt. The last rifle hunt last year was the first rifle hunt in three years that we did not have 100% success for our hunters.

These hunts include the use of the outfitter number for drawing a license, the appropriate number of guides, accommodations, meals, courtesy transportation during the hunt, retrieval of game and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for putting in for the license, with our help, their personal gear including bedroll, weapon, and transportation to and from camp.

Sargent Wildlife Area

This area is located near Chama, New Mexico. The Wildlife Area is approximately 20,000 acres in size and is managed for trophy class elk of 300 B&C or better. This hunt requires good physical condition and a positive hunting attitude. Individuals applying for this unit need to be able to ride horses and be able to walk up to six miles per day. To get to the hunting areas you will be riding for up to two hours each morning in the dark and possibly leading the horse out with your elk. Permits on this wildlife area are limited and no more than two nonresident hunters will be drawn for each hunt. The deadline to apply for this hunt is April 7, 2010.

Lincoln National Forest Units 34, 36 & 37

We offer bow, muzzleloader and rifle hunts in these units. These units are known for big bulls and excellent numbers of elk. The guides for these units are very knowledgeable of the units, are good bow hunters, and have the history of getting clients on big bulls. These are excellent units and because of this it is difficult to draw a tag. Last year these units produced several good bulls with one scoring over 350 B&C.
The cost of the hunt includes accommodations, meals, courtesy transportation during the hunt, retrieval of the harvested animal, and caping of the animal.

The hunter is responsible for arriving in camp, personal gear, weapon, license and
stamps, gratuities, and care for the animal after it arrives in camp. The deadline to
apply for this hunt is April 7, 2010.

Guided Elk Hunt - Valle Vidal

The Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest is one of the premier trophy elk areas in the United States. Created in 1980, it has been continually managed for quality elk hunting. The only way to hunt this once in a lifetime area is by drawing a license. Due to the demand for the licenses in this area the odds of drawing are small. The cost of the hunt includes accommodations, meals, appropriate number of guides, retrieval of game, and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for putting in for the license ($787.⁰⁰) with our help, their personal gear, weapon, and transportation to and from camp. The deadline to apply for this hunt is April 7, 2010.