Rifle
Elk Hunts
Backcountry
Guides and Outfitter opened in 1975 with two objectives: provide
the big game hunter with a comfortable outdoor adventure and
offer an excellent chance to harvest a bull in fair chase.
To implement these objectives, hunts are full service and
guided on a 38,000 acre ranch in northwest Colorado. This
corner of the state has the largest concentration of Rocky
Mt. elk in North America. Managing the elk herd on private
land for 30+ years has created exceptional opportunites for
our clients to see large groups of elk in a natural environment
as well as to harvest a 5 to 6 point bull.
Our
hunters have enjoyed 90%-100% success over the last decade.
Knowing the unique resource Backcountry offers in terms of
a beautiful setting and great hunting, most of our clients
return to Backcountry season after season. The area of operations
in game units 214 and 441 ranges from sloping to mountainous
with aspen groves, black timber, meadows, an extensive network
of roads and trails, and numerous ponds and wallows. Four
by four vehicles access trailheads on various parts of the
ranch.
Hunting
from a blind or stalking are the proven successful methods;
hunts are geared to physical ability. We are fortunate that
our guides return year after year, and they work hard to make
this the dream hunt of a lifetime. In addition to showing
you elk, your guide field dresses, skins, takes to camp, prepares
your elk for the processor in Steamboat where the processed
animal is frozen and ready for you at the hunt's conclusion.
Your guide is a hunting companion, sportsman and capable woodsman.
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Archery
Archery
elk hunts present challenging, sometimes hair-raising encounters
for the hunter who finds himself "too close for comfort"
with a bull in rut answering the guide's bugle at a galloping
charge. Elk with a bow is one of the supreme tests of hunting
skill in North America. Crisp September days, aspens turning
yellow signal the breeding season for these magnificent animals.
Shooting opportunities and success are outstanding on 5 and
6 point bulls from bugling or stand. Archery Hunts are full
service, guided (1:1), and provided with everything you need
except your elk license, bow and personal gear. To minimize
noise and hunting pressure there are very small groups in
each archery camp. Hunts are booked on a first come basis.
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Camp
Our
base of operations has been on the same site for 23 years and
is refined into "Comfortable Camping" with a hot shower,
generator for lighting, SAT. T.V. for major sporting events,
and horseshoe pits. The camp is reached by gravel road so hunters
can drive to their tents; no horseback and no gear limit. The
lodge built in 1988 is the diningroom and kitchen. Four-14x16
wall tents adjacent the lodge have wooden floors, metal cots,
mattresses and wood stoves. For Leisure time, Steamboat springs
is an easy 45-minute drive and there is great fishing nearby.
In
the lodge, three well-balanced nutritious meals are prepared
and served daily by the same "exceptional" cook that
has been with us for 21 years.
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Hunters
also enjoy the comfortable, rustic atmosphere of the lodge to
reminisce with each other about old hunting stories, to tell
all the details of the days successful hunt and to try their
luck at winning a card game or two. The lodge also displays
trophy mounts and pictures of all the memories throughout the
years. Come join us for some relaxing quite time in the Rockies!
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Muzzleloader
Muzzleloader
hunts offer the same hair-raising, excitement packed days that
archers experience during the rut in mid-September. Hunts are
full service, guided, and provided with everything you need
except your personal gear, elk license and primitive weapon.
Hunters will experience firsthand the fall rituals of the bull
elk, first hearing the screaming bugles before daylight, then
seeing the herd bull nervously working and herding his harem
away from challenging satellite bulls in a lush meadow and all
within your shooting range.
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