Rocky Mountain West — Since 1998
The country is hard. That's the point.
Backcountry guided elk and mule deer hunts in Colorado's high units — wall-tent camps, wild miles, and guides who pack out heavy.
Backcountry guided elk and mule deer hunts in Colorado's high units — wall-tent camps, wild miles, and guides who pack out heavy.
We don't sell hunts. We sell the country that earns one.
Anybody can put you on a road and call it guided. We pack you miles past the trucks — into high, dark, unpressured units where the bulls still bugle and the bucks still go heavy. You'll work for it. That's why it sticks with you.
Fully outfitted — camp, stock, meat care, and a guide who's hunted these drainages for a quarter century. You bring the tag.
Six days in the timber during the rut. Bugles at fifty yards, the bow at full draw — the hardest, best way there is to kill an elk.
Most requestedFirst, second, and third season. A clean shot, big country, and a guide who knows where they bed.
All seasonsHeavy-horned bucks above timberline, spot-and-stalk in the high basins.
Limited tagsTwo tags, one backcountry week. The full mountain experience.
Best valueWe pack you in, set the camp, and come back for the meat. Your hunt, your terms.
By requestWe hold permits in three of Colorado's hardest-to-draw backcountry units — the kind of ground you can only hunt with stock and a reason to be there.
Hot meals, dry bags, and a woodstove that doesn't quit — packed in by horse and run by guides who've worked these drainages since before you drew your first tag.
Gunnison, Colorado · (970) 555-0148 · hunt@wapitiridge.co