colorado or new mexico elk hunting

[kdlong]

if everything oges right next year my brother,dad and myself are wanting to go elk hunting in one or the other 2 states. i was wondering if anyone has hunted there and did they use a guide?also would like to now about how much it usually cost for something like that? also any recomendations fror a good outfitter. thanks for the help.
kenny

 

[saddlebum]

i've hunted both,depends on which season you want to hunt IE gun ,muzzle loader ,bow. colorado is usually easier to get tags, new mexico better elk

 

[kdlong]

i'm sorry i forgot to say that we will be hunting with riffles

 

[saddlebum]

colorado, new mexico is all draw for gun tags

 

[AnnieOakley]

My husband used to guide elk hunts out near Red River, NM. I know they have some great elk out there, but that's about all I know. I would love to go elk hunting!

 

[kdlong]

it's one of my dreams to do.i'd like to do an elk and mule deer combo.

 

[saddlebum]

wyoming would be a good place too,but you have to put in for thier draw by feb 15

 

[imhntn]

I hunted Colorado a few years ago with Obie and Gary Dickey out of South Fork, CO. Probably find them in the phone book or call the Rainbow Grocery/Sporting Goods and ask for their number. A cow hunt was $1,200 and their bull hunts were $3,500. My hunt could have been over the first hour after I got there but we rode horses up the mountain early the next morning and had elk bugling everywhere and turkeys gobbling down in the bottom. I was cow hunting. Their ranch is in Unit 76 which will take years to draw a tag in but they can get landowner cow tags there sometimes.