The Hedgehog
Well-known member
Hypothetical situation… Your wife, mistress, fiancée, girlfriend, whatever, has a rich uncle or something. He gets drunk and makes you an offer you cannot refuse.
“Son, Since I like you sooo much I’ll give you up to fifteen big ones ($15,000.00) to spend on any elk hunt you want, so long as you are holding for a 350 class bull. Don’t shoot a little bush-head or I’ll make you pay it back.”
After careful investigation you find some fantastic bull elk that can be hunted for that price, where you are not required to face difficult drawing odds and you will be going next year. The Apache Reservations are probably the only things with better bulls, but they are out of your price range.
In the NM Gila area you can book with one of these two real high-profile outfits, buying guaranteed licenses for a 5-day hunt. The total trip might cost around 10-11K when it’s all said and done. You will most likely be hunting public land and you might see other hunters, but not many. Bulls can be big (380+). Numbers are moderate. You will most likely see some animals in the 350 range. You will be with top-notch guides, but hunters can and do get skunked every year on these hunts. There is no guarantee of success.
http://www.nmtrophyhunts.com/
http://www.mcclendon-elk-hunts.com/index.htm
Or you can hunt private land in MT, the best large private properties (some over 100,000 acres in size) which are managed for trophy quality elk hunting. There are no high fences and the elk can move freely from one place to the next. If you scare them onto the neighbor’s place or adjacent public land, you cannot pursue them. You’d get a guaranteed license through the outfitter and book a hunt. Hunting pressure is almost non-existent on these places. You won’t see other hunters. Bulls here can also get big (380+), numbers are high. You’ll see lots of elk, some in the 350+ range. Again, you’ll be guided, but there are skunked hunters every year. That might be hard to accept when you could end up spending around 14-15K when it’s all said and done.
http://www.arnaudoutfitting.com/photos/elk-01.html
Or you can visit the Extreme Genetics 1000 acre elk enclosure. Take the whole family and spend only three days. They advertise, “This new program does away with all the hassles of today's good elk hunts.” You will spend the entire wad and you will get that 350+ bull. You are guaranteed. There is no chance of your beer drinking buddies making fun of you spending 15K and coming home empty handed.
http://www.monsterbulls.com/hunt/index.htm
So what’s it gonna be: Go on a top-notch guided elk hunt in a quality area? Or hit the Extreme Genetics enclosure? After all they are pretty much the same thing.. right?
“Son, Since I like you sooo much I’ll give you up to fifteen big ones ($15,000.00) to spend on any elk hunt you want, so long as you are holding for a 350 class bull. Don’t shoot a little bush-head or I’ll make you pay it back.”
After careful investigation you find some fantastic bull elk that can be hunted for that price, where you are not required to face difficult drawing odds and you will be going next year. The Apache Reservations are probably the only things with better bulls, but they are out of your price range.
In the NM Gila area you can book with one of these two real high-profile outfits, buying guaranteed licenses for a 5-day hunt. The total trip might cost around 10-11K when it’s all said and done. You will most likely be hunting public land and you might see other hunters, but not many. Bulls can be big (380+). Numbers are moderate. You will most likely see some animals in the 350 range. You will be with top-notch guides, but hunters can and do get skunked every year on these hunts. There is no guarantee of success.
http://www.nmtrophyhunts.com/
http://www.mcclendon-elk-hunts.com/index.htm
Or you can hunt private land in MT, the best large private properties (some over 100,000 acres in size) which are managed for trophy quality elk hunting. There are no high fences and the elk can move freely from one place to the next. If you scare them onto the neighbor’s place or adjacent public land, you cannot pursue them. You’d get a guaranteed license through the outfitter and book a hunt. Hunting pressure is almost non-existent on these places. You won’t see other hunters. Bulls here can also get big (380+), numbers are high. You’ll see lots of elk, some in the 350+ range. Again, you’ll be guided, but there are skunked hunters every year. That might be hard to accept when you could end up spending around 14-15K when it’s all said and done.
http://www.arnaudoutfitting.com/photos/elk-01.html
Or you can visit the Extreme Genetics 1000 acre elk enclosure. Take the whole family and spend only three days. They advertise, “This new program does away with all the hassles of today's good elk hunts.” You will spend the entire wad and you will get that 350+ bull. You are guaranteed. There is no chance of your beer drinking buddies making fun of you spending 15K and coming home empty handed.
http://www.monsterbulls.com/hunt/index.htm
So what’s it gonna be: Go on a top-notch guided elk hunt in a quality area? Or hit the Extreme Genetics enclosure? After all they are pretty much the same thing.. right?
