Suggestions for Elk hunt besides Colorado due to boycott?

[mm6mm6]

My best friend and I were going to go on an Elk hunt at Kessler Canyon in 2014, but we want to support the current boycott of hunting in Colorado due to the passage of anti-gun laws there.

Kessler Canyon is a top notch, super fancy lodge. Is there a really, really nice lodge set up in another state that offers an Elk hunt that someone can suggest?

 

[keith44spl]

Steve,

I used to hunt CO quite a bit.....But not now,

I don't even pass through the state, skirt around it and spend my money else where

If I were going to do the Lodge elk hunt....

I'd go here, in Chama, New Mexico

The Lodge at Chama


Dave

 

[Beruisis]

also in Chama check out Weiss's ranch.
He runs hunts in area 4 New Mexico which is always prime.
I used to hunt & fish at the Lodge when it was privately owned.
It is expensive now.
Glad to see others staying out of Colorado!
Beruisis

 

[Wingmaster]

I don't know of any lodge hunts, But Thanks for boycotting Colorado. I do think they will see an economic impact.

Wing master

 

[nachogrande]

elk hunt

basically any of the 3 other 4 corner states, you can find good hunting. I'd go to N. MEX also, then AZ.

 

[mm6mm6]

Dave! Great suggestion! Thanks! -Steve

 

[azsun3]

When I use to live in Idaho my dad would come up hunting from Arizona. He said it was easier to get a tag in Idaho than Arizona. You might want to look into Idaho.

 

[DR505]

I'll second New Mexico. Here in the "Land of Entrapment" we have lots of elk, and many places to hunt them. The various Pueblos sell guided trophy bull hunts all over the state. Chama is a great place for elk as mentioned above.

 

[-db-]

Have you considered northern Michigan?

 

[Mike7.62]

I have hunted both CO and MT, and the MT hunts were better by far. I would highly recommend hunting in the Bob Marshall, the Absaroka Beartooth, or the Gates of the Wilderness near the Helena NF. Gorgeous country with plenty of game in all three.

 

[manyguns]

You realize the people you hurt with a boycott in Co. are the very people who vote Republican and worked against this law. The urban front range people are the ones who want Co. to be a blue state. They could not care less if those ignorant rural people on the W. Slope loose some money over this. They have always treated W. Co. like dirt. Steal our water & use us for a tax base for front range highways. Think again before you decide to punish our state. The liberals will learn nothing from it.

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

I'd recommend ID however I don't know of any lodges/ranches per say, just the USFS land.

I've checked quite a few nice guiding outfits here in WA in the Pasayten Wilderness, but that is not Elk country just mulies and some white tails

 

[kraigwy]

I live and hunt in Wyoming, BUT, If I was to decide to go elk hunting out of state, I'd pick Idaho.

 

[Nico Testosteros]

There are some ranches in West Texas where you can hunt elk.

 

[woodsltc]

You realize the people you hurt with a boycott in Co. are the very people who vote Republican and worked against this law. The urban front range people are the ones who want Co. to be a blue state. They could not care less if those ignorant rural people on the W. Slope loose some money over this. They have always treated W. Co. like dirt. Steal our water & use us for a tax base for front range highways. Think again before you decide to punish our state. The liberals will learn nothing from it.

I hear you and see your point...But how else can a non-resident hunter express their opposition/anger against the draconian gun laws the Colorado liberal politicians put in place. Hopefully, these laws will be repealed soon...but until then I know of no other way to express my opposition.

Note, I've hunted elk in Colorado every year for the last 12 years and it is a hard decision to make, but I'm going to Montana this year. Hopefully, there will be enough of us non-residents that make a similar decision to be noticeable to help get these laws overturned.

If and when these laws are struck down I would be happy to spend my hunting dollars in Colorado again.

Don

 

[manyguns]

The way you express your opposition is to take the money out of the pockets of the people who need to invest in the 2014 election in districts we don't even live in. The western slope is solidly conservative in the non resort areas. The state government only loses 2.9% of what you spend here. The rest is taken out of the pockets of people who think like you. The state government didn't care if magpul left the state. And they are laughing about people boycotting the hunting because they want to change to non consumptive uses anyway. They combined the div. of wildlife with state parks so they could spend more of the money in parks & not on hunting. Wrongheaded. Boycott tofu or something else.

 

[A10]

Warshington. We got Roosevelt elk up here that'll make a Rocky Mountain look like a white tail. Don't tell nobody though....

 

[rburg]

I see no one has suggested Utah. Try Grand County and the La Sals. Former Grand County Sheriff Jim Nyland runs a guide service up in the mountains. I have no idea about permit problems, and it might be too late for this year.

I've driven past and through herds up in the mountains. Particularly Oowah lake road. And then on foot up by Bachelor Basin we were looking at the ruins and suddenly I realized I was nearer to elk than my hiking companions! It was summer and they were cows.

I was talking to the Sheriff a couple of years ago and asked him how his guide business was doing. He said it would be a lot better if his clients knew how to shoot!

 

[jkc]

My layman's observation of Colorado's elk, a while back, led me to think that the state's elk population is genetically inferior to the elk gene pool in Arizona. I think that an examination of the Boone & Crockett, Pope & Young, or Safari Club International record books will reveal/verify, that your best bet for a trophy bull is on either the San Carlos or White Mountain Apache reservations in Arizona. A quality hunt, with quality trophies, might be had in New Mexico's Mescalero Apache reservation, where, I think, they book hunts from their fancy "Inn of the Mountain Gods" resort hotel.

 

[sigp220.45]

If you've got deep pockets, the Jicarilla rez has some monster elk.

Trophy Mule Deer, Elk Hunting: Jicarilla Game & Fish; Big Game Hunting