SE COLORADO – GUARANTEED TAG $3750 RIFLE OR BOW 4 DAYS 2024 – 11 FOR 11 RIFLE/6 FOR 8 BOW 2023 – 13 FOR 13 RIFLE/2 FOR 5 BOW
Priced at $3,750 with basically a guaranteed tag this is a bargain priced hunt. These properties are in southeastern Colorado just across the border from New Mexico.
2024 the 8 bowhunters tagged 6 bucks. 11 rifle hunters killed 11 bucks and 2 grossed 80 inches. 2023 his 5 archery hunters killed 2 bucks and crippled a buck. 2 hunters on a new property passed on small bucks. His 13 rifle hunters all tagged out, but trophy quality was down probably due to the drought.
3 days guided 2×1 is $3,750 October 7 to 14. Hunters apply for the tag, which has been 100 percent draw, but if for some reason you are un- successful, he has landowner vouchers available.
Archery hunts are August 15 to September 20 at $3,750 guided 2×1 for 4 days. Archery tags are over the counter.
He also has private land in Unit 134 on about 12,000 acres next to his trophy area where the bucks tend to score a few points less. He typically runs 2 hunters here for $3,250 on a 3 day hunt.
Bunkhouse accommodations with meals included. Hunters fly into Colorado Springs or Denver and rent a car for the 2 or 3 hour drive. Draw deadline early April. HCU’s Bob Wodzisz has been on this property. Hunt PG554.
ALL HUNTERS INTERESTED IN HUNTING WYOMING ELK, DEER OR PRONGHORN IN THE FUTURE SHOULD PURCHASE PREFERENCE POINTS FROM JULY TO OCTOBER ON THE WYOMING WEBSITE www.https://wgfd.wyo.gov
#1 WYOMING PRONGHORN $2500
3 DAYS SPOT AND STALK SNOWY RANCH OR LARAMIE RANCH
This is our top Wyoming pronghorn outfitter, and the reason is exceptional quality, very limited number of hunters, great overall experience and low price of only $2,500. He hunts 2 ranch- es; Snowy Ranch in Unit 45 has 20,000 acres and the Laramie Ranch in Unit 38 has 9,000 acres and is east of Laramie.
Currently we expect either ranch to require 3 points to draw the special or 4/5 points for the less expensive general draw.
2024 with the draw points increase he only had 5 pronghorn hunters on the Snowy and 4 on the Laramie ranch. Everyone killed bucks, but size was down a bit due to a prolonged drought.
2023 he took 11 hunters on the Snowy and all scored with the top goats breaking 70 inches. He had 4 hunters on the Laramie take 4 pronghorns and the top 2 went 73 and 74.
3 day hunt is only $2,500 guided 2×1 with nice cabin accommodations on his family owned Snowy Ranch with home cooked meals. Archery season is in August and rifle season runs from September 15 to October 31. On the Laramie Ranch motel accommodations and restaurant meals are included and the rifle season runs from October 5 to 31.
We strongly recommend hunters to obtain preference points to use down the road. Points can also be shared with fellow hunters, by aver- aging them in the draw.
Hunters can purchase preference points from July 1 to October 31 so they will be available for future drawings. Go to the web and look up https://wgfd.wyo.gov and follow the simple in- structions to purchase preference points currently priced about $33 for pronghorn, $53 for elk or $43 for deer. Call us if you need assistance. Draw deadline is May 31. Laramie ranch has openings for 2025.
Hunters fly into Denver and rent a car for the 3 1/2 hour drive or fly into Laramie or Cheyenne and pick up is free. HCU’s Cliff Graham and Bob Wodzisz have been on this ranch. Hunt PG558 and PG5586.
NUMBER 1 BOW PRONGHORN MONTANA ARCHERY 4 DAYS $2750 RIFLE PRONGHORN 3 DAYS $2750
This longtime Montana outfitter recently picked up an additional 9,000 acre lease that has very good pronghorn to go along with his existing properties. The trophy quality is defined by very good genetics along with a very limited amount of rifle tags. His area has a very high number of pronghorn.
2024 archery he only had 2 bowhunters kill 1 buck. The unsuccessful archer was using a recurve and missed.
2024 he had 7 rifle hunters kill bucks in the mid-70’s with the best going 81 inches.
2023 pronghorn archery ended with all 5 bow hunters tagging a buck and top buck scored 72 inches.
2023 rifle season finished with all 10 hunters taking bucks and the top buck grossed 82 7/8 inches.
Archery season will start August 15 with the main hunting method is sitting on waterholes. Early in September it can also involve some spot and stalk due to the rut up until about September 22.
4 day bow hunts or 3 day rifle is $2,750 2×1 and include ranch house accommodations and meals. Pronghorn draw deadline is June 1. Archery tags are much easier to draw than rifle tags and PREFERENCE POINTS CAN BE ACQUIRED JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30. Normally it takes 2 preference points plus you need to purchase an additional point with your application to draw an archery tag. It typically takes 3 or 4 points minimum to draw a rifle tag. Hunters fly into Billings and rent a car for the 3 hour drive. Hunt PGB219.
NEW MEXICO PRONGHORN $3850 INCLUDES LANDOWNER VOUCHER
Here is a fun hunt with a great outfitter that has been in the business since New Mexico became a state. He puts up a pretty cool teepee camp with a couple flush toilets and a shower, basic but not all that primitive and the hunters really enjoy it. Success has continued to be 100 percent on bucks ranging from 13 to over 15 inches.
He hunts two areas, one in northeastern New Mexico where he normally does about 10 hunt- ers on 30,000 acres the last weekend of August. Hunters typically fly into Amarillo and rent a car. The other ranches are southeast near Ros- well where he takes about 10 hunters on about 100,000 acres the first weekend of October. Here hunters fly into either Albuquerque or Lubbock and rent a car.
3 day hunts guided 2×1 are priced at $3,850 each plus license and tax. Guaranteed tag, no draw. Hunt PG11.