What to Expect from Your Elk Guide or Outfitter

What to Expect from Your Elk Guide or Outfitter | Mossy Oak

The guide should be prepared to tell you and/or help you decide what you want to do with your elk meat after you've had a successful hunt.

what to expect from an elk guided hunt. | Archery Talk Forum

For any guided, or outfitted, hunt, there's never enough questions asked before booking the trip. Everyone of us listens to what the outfitters ...

How To Pick Your Best Options for Elk - Petersen's Hunting

Perhaps the greatest benefit of a guided hunt is the reduced hunting pressure as compared to a DIY public-land hunt. Reputable outfitters balance their number ...

Guided Elk Hunt Questions | Rokslide Forum

The program is usually, drive to a spot, hike to a spot, sit and glass. Take a lightweight pad to sit on. Once you find a herd, make a plan, and ...

Elk Outfitter- what questions to ask?

I want to go elk hunting this year. It would be my first time elk hunting. I'm considering an outfitter/guide. But most likely a drop camp ...

Critical Questions When Selecting an Elk Hunting Outfitter

Not all elk hunters are looking for the same experience. Fortunately, there are outfitters out there to fit just about every hunting style and ...

How to Become an Elk Hunting Guide - Western Hunter

Handling, wrangling, and packing stock is the major skill that hunters are paying for and guides need. Of course, elk hunting experience is necessary, but these ...

Ask MeatEater: Do It Yourself or Guided? Part One

My father was able to get around easily, and the guides knew what they were doing. We saw more elk than many hunters see in a decade of hunting.

Going Guided — How To Select A Hunting Outfitter - Exo Mtn Gear

When asking for referrals, specifically ask to get information for previous hunters that were and were NOT successful on their hunts. There may ...

Guide to Outfitters - Don't Be That Client

Be in the best shape you possibly can and put your time in at the range. Few shots in elk country will offer a shooting bench and no two will be ...

Choosing Between Elk Hunting Outfitters - Elk Hunters Guide

Will someone meet you at the airport, or are you on your own until you arrive at the hunting area? When you leave camp to hunt each day, will you be riding in a ...

DIY vs. Guided Elk Hunting | Mossy Oak

A guide will still be there to assist with the logistics, especially if you run into inclement weather, and to give you some pointers, but you ...

Elk Outfitter Recommendations for CO - Hunt Talk

Call references, hunters that hunted the same season that you plan to hunt. 2. Find out the experience of the guides and their tactics and ...

Do-It-Yourself Wilderness Elk Hunts Vs. Outfitted Wilderness Elk Hunts

I am a big proponent of DIY wilderness elk hunts. Say what! Yep, even as an outfitter I think people should mix in DIY hunts if they are ...

The Benefits of Hiring Elk Hunting Outfitters for a Successful Hunt

Elk hunting outfitters have a profound understanding of animal behavior, particularly how elk respond to human presence, changes in the weather, ...

Elk Hunting Tips from Guides and Outfitters - BookYourHunt Blog

Many guides we surveyed have a tooth or two against hunting shows and YouTube videos. Most of the shows make it look too easy, as if anyone ...

Guided Elk Hunt Questions? - Wapiti Talk

Ask for both successful and unsuccessful hunters. If you harvest an animal, miss or turn down a shot what happens? Some outfitters feel your hunt is over…ask!

Choosing Between DIY Elk Hunting vs Guided Elk Hunts - Mossberg

How to choose an elk hunt is not easy. There's a ton of options. The real question is: do I try to do it on my own or do I go through an outfitter? I' ...

What to bring on a Guided Elk Hunt | GuideTime

Take your packing list seriously and listen to any other advice or suggestions that your outfitter or guide might have. If you want to see my ...

Questions to Ask Your Outfitter Before Booking - Guidefitter

Before you book your elk hunt with an outfitter, it's important to ask the ... Being first timers to the whole guide experience, we didn't know what to expect and ...