Where should I go elk hunting? What state, what outfitter?

Do you recommend a guide.... fully guided/semi guided.

How much should I expect to pay?

Please help me out here if you have information.
Thanks,
Tim

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BigBob

excellent guides and fair prices. The man knows his stuff

You can get a basic idea of what to expect by checking the Associated Hunting Consultants web site: http://www.hunts.net and clicking on the Elk link. You can call Rich LaRocco for details on any hunt you like the sound of. I used to work with Rich , and he ia a solid guy.

You don't want to go on a hunt by yourself until you learn the West and how to hunt elk in the West.

jim dodd

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"if you are to busy to
hunt, you are too busy."

I would like to do a horse/pack type trip. Most likely a two person / guide setup. We have three, maybe four in the group.

I'll check the above sites out.

Thanks

Tim

You are a little misinformed about the Chronic Wasting in Colorado and Wyoming. While it is true that the sickness is here, most of it is contained in the ranches that raise these animals commercially. The area with the highest incidence is in the northeast part of Colorado and southeast Wyoming and there are very few elk in that area.

Also the herds carry less that 10% infection rate. You also should know that there has never been a single case of a human getting the virus from meat since it is only found in nerve tissue such as spinal column and brain tissue.

To make a blanket statement like your's is irresponsible. Kind of like the statement Oprah made about the beef in Texas a few years ago.

Oh, and by the way Chronic Wasting also exists in Nebraska, Kansas, and UTAH!!

Mac

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When hunting and fishing get in the way of your job, it is time to quit the job!

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Originally posted by 358Mark:
Chronic Wasting Disease is present in almost all areas of the U.S. and Canada.

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I believe that is incorrect. Do you have any reference?

To make blanket statements that suggest that there is no danger at all from infected carcasses seems to be to be fully as irresponsible as saying that merely being in the same area with infected animals is dangerous.

We know precious little about prions and prion diseases except that there is no way to sterilize infected tissue, no way to destroy prions, and there is no cure or even treatment. Kuru, CWD, Mad Cow Disease, scrapie, and Kreutzfeldt-Jacobs seem to be the same thing.

For some straight information:
http://wildlife.state.co.us/hunt/HunterEducation/chronic.asp

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Originally posted by denton:
Wouldn't eat a Colorado or Wyoming elk. Their herds have Chronic Wasting Disease, closely related to mad cow.

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Yes, stay away from Colorado. All the deer and elk are infected with CWD. Go to Utah, the elk and deer are bigger there anyway.

An elk hunt here is at best difficult and at worst one of the most frustrating endeavors you can engage in. Elk hunting success can be extremely affected by weather. Last year for example it was very warm in Colorado and while many elk were taken, many many hunters went home empty handed. Even the folks who've been hunting the same spot for the past 10 years found it very difficult to score.

I always suggest to folks that want to get into hunting elk in Colorado that they start out going after cows. This way you're pretty likely to go home with 200lbs of elk meat and you'll get to know a given area pretty well. You can hunt elk without a guide and be successful but not knowing an area all that well more often than not means that you're not going to see many bulls, and maybe no elk at all. Elk migrate and they are in different areas at different times of the season and that all depends on what the weather is doing. If there's snow you can see huge herds. If it's warm and sunny, you might not see more than an occasional doe.

Good luck.
re5513

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