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100% Success/Opportunity rate for Base Camp and Drop Camps in all gun seasons!

Archery Elk Hunts

Clay's Bull
2007 Bull

Elk Archery hunting at this time of the year is truly the most exciting. When the rut is in full swing, watching 2 bulls sparing or seeing/hearing a bull elk bugling against the backdrop of Colorado’s blue skies and golden Aspen is an unparalleled experience. This unforgettable sound will leave your heart pounding.  Stay at our comfortable ranch house with all modern amenities, home cooked meals prepared and waiting for you and exclusive hunting of ranch property.  Or, if you're a do-it-yourself  kind of person that likes to "rough it" try one of our drop camps.  Either location offers hunting right outside the door!

Dave's Drop camp bull
2007 Bull

Elk Archery season is roughly four weeks long, during which we offer four separate hunts. All private ranch Elk Archery hunts are 5 days long and 1 on 2 guided hunts. This means the outfitter and 1 guide per 2 hunters will be there each day to direct/position all Elk hunters to strategic locations around the 5000 private acres, glass for Elk from high vantage points and pack out all Elk harvested. Six hunters per week is the maximum.  Drop Camp Elk Archery hunts are self guided, 5 day hunts.  We will transport you in/out and pack out all Elk harvested.  Maximum of 2-4 hunters per camp.

Unit 20 is a trophy Elk unit with only 90 Elk Archery licenses/tags available for the entire season.  This means preferences points will be required unlike in the past, (1 possibly 2) to draw a tag.  On the plus side however, this means better opportunities at 300+ B&C Trophy Bull Elk!! 

In 2001 the CDOW added additional licenses to the draw to help cope with an over abundance of elk in adjacent Rocky Mountain National Park and the local community of Estes Park.  Rocky Mountain National Park consists of 265,000 acres of un-hunted land since 1915.   This "plan" however did not affect the National Park's or the town of Estes Park's herds.  The herds established in surrounding Forest Service areas were taking the brunt of the hunting.  Rocky Mountain National Park's approved, 20 year "Elk & Vegetation Management Plan" starting in 2008 will now push the park trophy status bulls into the surrounding huntable areas.  This brings new trophy status bulls into the huntable areas while the Forest Service herds have time to grow to mature status.


Makin a livin!

In 2001 the CDOW added additional licenses to the draw to help cope with an over abundance of elk in adjacent Rocky Mountain National Park and the local community of Estes Park.  Rocky Mountain National Park consists of 265,000 acres of un-hunted land since 1915.   This "plan" however did not affect the National Park's or the town of Estes Park's herds.  The herds established in surrounding Forest Service areas were taking the brunt of the hunting.  Rocky Mountain National Park's approved, 20 year "Elk & Vegetation Management Plan" starting in 2008 will now push the park trophy status bulls into the surrounding huntable areas.  This brings new trophy status bulls into the huntable areas while the Forest Service herds have time to grow to mature status.

See the Drop Camp page and More Info page for further details.
For more pictures of hunting success click here.

2009 Archery Successes!!
 

Phil's Archery Bull opening day 2009!!
Phil's Archery Bull opening day!


Tate's P&Y 330 class archery bull taken
from the wilderness high camp area.


Dave's 1st archery bull


Jay's bull last day of Archery.

2008 Archery Successes:

1st '08 bull taken by John Pat's Archery Bull '08 Craig's Bull '08


Stained glass artwork done by Eric Baldwin

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