Elk Hunt Descriptions

Guided Hunt
Standard Semi-Guided Hunt
Drop Camp

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Guided Hunt
(Almost all hunt details are negotiable)

Guides: A guided hunt usually consists of a minimum of four clients. There will be one guide per two clients for rifle and muzzle loaders, and one guide per hunter for Archery. A guide knows the area, the travel patterns of the game, and how to advise the hunter to produce the highest odds of harvesting game. This guide is available to assist his hunters according to their needs and abilities.
Accommodations: Most camp sites with four clients or more have three tents. A client tent, a staff tent, and a cook tent. There is an outdoor toilet, pit type with seat and privacy tarp. There is also a shower setup in an enclosure. Each tent has a wood stove and a supply of wood for heat. Client tents comes complete with a cot, foam pad and wool blanket for each person. We provide a recommended personal gear list to clients. Each of our hunt tent sites is chosen for its privacy and its beauty. Two of the sites are near springs, and the third is next to a lake. Base camp is next to a creek.
Stock: Two camps are in areas that the forest service does not allow overnight stock, and two camps are in areas that do allow overnight stock. In the camps that do not allow overnight stock, wranglers pack harvested game back to camp as needed. Be sure to communicate whether your group prefers to hunt on foot or on horseback. We pride ourselves in having top shelf pack mules and riding horses.
Cook: We take pride in our food. Hunters work hard and deserve top quality fresh food prepared by a real cook. We spare no expense when it comes to food for our hunters.
Harvested animal care: Client must assist in retrieving harvested animals back to camp. Guides are available to assist in dressing and to cape animals for their clients. Wranglers or guides will assist in leading harvested animals on pack animals and getting them back to camp. There are local taxidermists and butchers in our area. The Flat Tops have only a four month window of semi snow-free weather and the nights are always cold, so you won’t have to worry about meat spoilage. We pack all meat capes and antlers out when your hunt is over.

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Standard Semi-Guided Hunt
(These details are regularly altered by groups of hunters)

Guides: One guide/wrangler is provided for four clients or more. This person knows the area and typically helps hunters decide where to hunt and will assist hunters in retrieving harvested animals back to camp. This person will care for the horses and may help cut firewood, clean camp, start fires, guide hunters, scout or other details according to the desire of the group. Normally he will not have time to cook unless the other above chores are minimal. (Note: Some camps USFS do not allow animals in camp overnight; in this case, a wrangler will check every other day for animals to retrieve to camp.)
Accommodations: Usually one cook tent and one sleeping tent.
Stock: After all clients and gear are packed in, four horses/mules are left for the wranglers' use. These are not for use in hunting, but rather for retrieving harvested animals. One for the wrangler, one for the client, and two for packing.
Cook: No cook is provided.
Harvested animal care: Client must assist in retrieving harvested animals back to camp. Guide will assist in caping for taxidermy if desired. The Flat Tops have only a four month window of semi snow-free weather, and the nights are always cold, so you won’t have to worry about meat spoilage. We take all the meat and horns and capes out when the hunt is over.

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Drop Camp

Guides: Not provided
Accommodations: One tent for up to three people. One cook tent and one sleeping tent, complete with wood stoves in each tent and a table and chairs in the cook tent and a complete kitchen. A cot and pad and wool blanket for each client. First night of firewood is provided.
Stock: No stock in camp. A wrangler will come by every other day at a designated time to pack game back to camp.
Cook: No cook provided
Harvested animal care: Client must assist in retrieving harvested animals back to camp. Wrangler will not assist in capping animals for taxidermy. The Flat Tops have only four months of snow free weather, and the nights are always cold. So you won’t have to worry about meat spoilage. We take all the meat and horns and capes out when the hunt is over.

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