Hey-Quick question for ya guys. My boss came into my office and asked if I knew of a good place for him and his dad to go on an Elk hunt (price really would not be an option here). This is what he would consider a one-time "do it right the first time" kind of hunt. My ex-wife's uncle used to manage the Baca Ranch in Northern New Mexico and they killed some BIG bulls there, but they closed it down to hunting a few years back...any suggestions that I may pass along? I don't believe the state even matters at this time...Thanks!
Tell him to try the Cotton Mesa Ranch in SE Colorado.
I don't know how to post a link so just google the
cotton mesa in Colorado and the web site will come up.
1st rate all the way. 10,000 acres high fenced.
If you want a real hunt and not a high fence experience look up Wyoming Adventures with Lee Livingston in Cody,Wy. Horse pack in and stay for 5 days hunting the eastern edge of Yellowstone in the Wyoming wilderness area. No guarantee but that is not what hunting is about, it is an awsome trip.
if you would like to visit about Cotton Mesa feel free to send me a pm and i will send you my cell number and we can talk. I was there earlier this year. my father and i had a great time, but a person should understand the "hunt" before writing the check.
I've always heard the White Mountain Apache Reservation (http://www.wmat.nsn.us/) is the "One True" elk hunt. Get ready to write a swinging check though.
Who was your ex wife's uncle?? My parents knew the former owners, the Dunnigans, before they sold it to the government. My brother and I did an archery cow hunt there ($500) the year before the ranch was sold. My brother gave tennis lessons to the wife of the manager. Let's figure out the link up there.
You can still hunt the Baca, you just have to be the one of about 5 million applicants to draw the permit. This was the most impressive elk population I have ever seen in my life. Herds of 100's. Groups of 40-50 bulls, many huge. Also, by the way, some of the best trout fishing in the west if you can still get on there.
By the way a "do it right the first time" type of hunt to me would be the one described by trophy hunter above- whether I got one or not. That's hunting.
Hey-Quick question for ya guys. My boss came into my office and asked if I knew of a good place for him and his dad to go on an Elk hunt (price really would not be an option here). This is what he would consider a one-time "do it right the first time" kind of hunt. My ex-wife's uncle used to manage the Baca Ranch in Northern New Mexico and they killed some BIG bulls there, but they closed it down to hunting a few years back...any suggestions that I may pass along? I don't believe the state even matters at this time...Thanks!
I hunt Elk on Pubic land every fall and Love the thrill of the chase
through the mountains. It's as fair chase as it will ever get but
too many people on this board think there is only one way
to hunt. If a guy has the green to hunt a high fenced ranch
every year and that's what he likes then thats his choice. I
got to go hunt the Cotton Mesa one time after winning a drawing
from Carter's Country and I noticed several things. Several of the
men who were hunting there were alot older than I am and I'm no
spring chicken so it was either hunt behind the fences where they
help you get to the game and then they care for the animals after the
shot. For these men it is this way or give up hunting an animal they love
to hunt. Don't be so fast to judge people you don't even know.
Two men were there from Atlanta and had been applying for trophy
area's in Utah and Arizona for years (Me Too) without ever drawing
a tag (again me too). These guys had the money and were tired of waiting to hunt
a big bull. JMHO
I would not presume to judge people I don't know. I would presume to comment that since the OP's boss specifically wants to "do it right" that eliminates a high fenced hunt.
I turn 60 in a couple weeks and had a heart attack and surgery a year ago. I can no longer do some of the most physically demanding hunts that I used to (specifically walking the marsh long distances or walking 10+ miles a day after wild pheasants), but penned game isn't the answer for me. I have hunted elk, on horseback, with an outfitter, on government land and would love to do it again. Not that physically tough - and no fences. When I can't do that, or block for my freinds hunting pheasants, or duck hunt the easier places, I won't be lobbying to be able to kill animals from my living room with a computer aimed rifle pointed at a feeder.
Ecclesiastes 3
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Vermejo Park, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Mescalero Apache Res., Elksong Ranch, Costello Land & Cattle, Chama Land & Cattle
All have Big Bulls and Big $$$$ to hunt.
If it was a one time deal I would do a pack trip in one of the wilderness areas nothing like it and usually less than the above ranch/reservation hunts.
Bill Atkinson is a booking agent that has a lot of experience with Elk & Elk hunting operations. He would be a good person to start with.
A lot of guides and Ranches are listed in "The Bugle" the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation magazine.
The 950,000 acre jicaria indian reservation would be #1 on my list. I think it is pronounced Hicarria but is spelled with a J. My son once hunted a cow on the place and said the place was awesome. He saw a bull in the 400 inch range. These are wild free roamiing animals not high fenced. I think it is about $5,000 plus guide fees to hunt there,
Hey Jammer: My ex's uncle is Danny Stevens....ring any bells?
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