Updated February 26, 2010

BRITISH COLUMBIA STONE SHEEP MAJOR DISCOUNT
This outfitter normally charges $33,000 for a 15-day horseback hunt and will now drop the price to $15,000 with a $10,000 trophy fee. They get 8 stone sheep permits for this area and normally only take 4 to 6 hunters per year to keep it personal and high success. The outfitter has had this area for nearly 30 years and continues to maintain a very high success hunt on great rams and a goat can be taken on a $3,000 kill fee. Last fall they took 4 hunters and 3 scored. The unsuccessful hunter was just way too overweight to hike. Their 4,000 square mile area is in both the Coastal Range and in the Cassiars.
They have August 13 to 25 open and also August 27 to September 8. License is $193, stone sheep tag is $664 plus 5% tax. Charter from Dease Lake to camp is $900 roundtrip. Call very soon if you are interested in HUNT SS394.

ANY HUNTERS OUT THERE WITH 13 COLORADO ELK POINTS OR 8 MULE DEER POINTS MAKE SURE YOU LOOK UP HUNTS EK21 IN THE ELK SECTION AND MD21 IN THE MULE DEER SECTION. THIS IS A TOP NOTCH HUNT THAT HAS PRODUCED AMAZING RESULTS EVERY YEAR. CALL US TO TALK WITH THE OUTFITTER.

NAMIBIA LEOPARD UPDATE AND LAST MINUTE OPENING FOR 2010
Namibia has made some major changes to their leopard program and the most important change regards the closing of hound hunts, South Africa outfitters coming into Namibia to run leopard hunts and a reduction in the number of permits available overall. We expect most PH’s to only get 2 permits per year and PRICES TO GO UP CONSIDERABLY FOR 2011.
Our top Namibia outfitter has an opening in 2010 due to a schedule change and one of our customers cannot make the dates.
14 HUNTING DAYS INCLUDE TROPHY FEES ON THE LEOPARD, GEMSBOK, SPRINGBOK, WARTHOG AND IF YOU DON’T SHOOT AT A LEOPARD YOU GET A $5,500 REFUND. We had 4 leopard hunters with this outfitter in 2009 and all took home cats. If you are interested at all in a quality high success traditional bait hunt call ASAP as this opening will get filled very quickly. Call on HUNT NMCS.

These are the type of mule deer you can expect to see on this Montana hunt.

GREAT MONTANA MULE DEER/PRONGHORN OPPORTUNITY
GROUP OF 4 PRICE IS ONLY $3000 PER HUNTER
The MARCH 15 DEADLINE is fast approaching and we have an option to try and beat the higher Montana deer tags. We are suggesting for hunters to put in for the general draw deer tag for only $343. If you are not drawn we expect there to be leftover tags open to hunters booking with outfitters for the normal price of $960. If drawn this would mean a savings of over $600 for your license.
This outfitter has offered a discount to groups of 4 or more for only $3,000 for a combination deer/pronghorn hunt. For groups of less size the cost is still only $3,250 per hunter. He has basically thrown in the antelope for free.
The season starts October 24 and the first two hunts are combo hunts, while the later November 5 to Thanksgiving dates will be for deer only. Later hunts will be during the rut and deer tags are good for either mule deer or whitetails. Mule deer success has been 100% on bucks averaging spreads of 22 to 26 inches. We expect whitetail success to be the same with nice bucks in the 130 to 160-inch class being taken in the river bottoms. This is a very high mule deer density area with plenty of bucks to look over.
This is a no frills hunt with trailer house accommodations and includes 2x1 guiding and meals. Hunters fly into either Rapid City or Billings and rent a car to the ranch.
Call ASAP if you would like more details or talk with the outfitter on HUNT MD427.

COLORADO ELK HUNT CONTINUES 100% SUCCESS
ON BOTH GUN OR BOWHUNTS FOR ONLY $3500
Here is a very small personal operation that only takes up to 4 archers per year and he has maintained a 100% success rate the past couple years on 5 and small 6-point bulls, including a 310-inch bull last fall. He typically hunts the most exciting method of moving and calling the bulls into bow range.
Rifle hunts have been 100% draw and success has stayed at 100% on these also. Most hunting is done on BLM land that is nearly inaccessible to the public. He and his hunters take mules each day up into the quakies and pines chasing bulls. At the end of the day they go back to the outfitters house only 10 miles away.
5-day hunts are $3,500 and the second rifle season is priced at only $2,500. Hunters are picked up in Grand Junction.
APRIL 6 DEADLINE for your tags. Call for more details on Hunt EK675.

MONTANA ARCHERY ELK HUNT AVERAGES WELL OVER 300 INCHES
This hunt takes place on a 40,000-acre ranch just east of Billings in a unit that is nearly impossible to draw a rifle elk tag, making this a fantastic archery hunt. Last fall his 13 bowhunters tagged 6 bulls, with the top 2 gross scoring 375 and 345. All but 2 archers shot at bulls. He did draw one rifle hunter and he scored on a 380 bull.
This ranch had a large forest fire several years ago, making for some exceptional elk habitat. The terrain is not physically demanding and most hunting is done over waterholes or wallows and on travel routes between fields and bedding areas, with some calling as well.
7 hunting days with ranch house accommodations is priced at only $4,750 for both elk and deer. Hunters have the option of purchasing the guaranteed elk tag for $995 or elk and deer combo license of $1,250. Or you can try to draw the $593 general elk tag and save some money. We expect there to be leftover outfitter elk tags if you are unsuccessful in the draw. APRIL 6 DEADALINE so call ASAP for more details or to speak with the outfitter on Hunt EKB232.

NEW MEXICO PRIMITIVE WEAPON ELK UNIT
APPLICATION DEADLINE IN APRIL

This trophy elk hunt has produced archery bulls over 400 inches and muzzleloader bulls just under 400. The DRAWING ODDS HAVE BEEN OVER 30 PERCENT for both archers and muzzleloader hunters. Groups of up to 4 can apply together so all or none draw. This unit is located just outside the famous Gila National Forest in the Cibola National Forest and has been overlooked for years due to the publicity of the Gila hunts, where the drawing odds are about 8 percent.
The outfitter provides a top notch tent camp, meals and 2x1 guiding for only $3,500 for 6-day archery or 5-day muzzleloader hunts. Past HCU customers have enjoyed his hunt so much that they continue to put in yearly for a tag. Call on HUNT EK835.

This same outfitter also offers rifle or muzzleloader hunt in Unit 10 where drawing odds are near 100% for rifle and 80% for muzzleloader. Not a physical hunt in elevations of 7500 to 8500 feet with rolling hills and big Ponderosa pines. Price is $3,500 for 5 day hunts. Muzzleloader season is October 3 to 7 during the rut and rifle hunts are October 10 to 14. The average bull taken on this hunt is a 5-point or small sixes. This is a very good hunt for only $3,500 with almost 100% drawing odds.

TROPHY MULEDEER HUNT YIELDS 13 BUCKS FOR 13 HUNTERS
INCLUDING 2 IN 190’S AND 2 IN 180’S
ONLY 2 BUCKS TAKEN SCORED LESS THAN 170 POINTS
Here is a very affordable hunt priced at only $3,800 for 5 days guided 2x1. If you take a buck gross scoring over 180 Boone and Crockett points he charges a $1,000 trophy fee. He hunts several ranches and normally only puts a couple hunters on each to maintain trophy quality.
He offers a deer/elk combo for only $6,000 with cabin accommodations. Deer tags are about a 50% draw, but landowner vouchers are typically available for about $1,000.
Archers should look at this hunt for in 2009 he took 2 bowhunters and they scored on a 190 and 178-inch buck. Several other 190-inch deer were seen. He likes the first 10 days of archery season as the bucks are very easy to pattern and travel in bachelor groups. Airport pickup in Grand Junction. APRIL 6 DEADLINE. Hunt MD163.

WYOMING PRONGHORN HUNTS STILL AVAILABLE $1300 TO $1800
Both of these outfitters offer quality antelope hunts for a very low price. They are small operations with 100% success on nice representative bucks. Some ranches have averaged bucks 15 inches or better. Nice 3-day hunts located between Douglas and Gillette include lodging and meals with 2x1 guiding. Drawing odds have been 100% success.
MARCH 15 DEADLINE so call soon on Hunts PG157 or PG837.

COLORADO OUTFITTER 9 FOR 9 SO FAR ON COUGARS
WANTS A COUPLE HUNTERS FOR THIS WINTER
If you are in the market for a mountain lion hunt it is not too late for this winter. One of our top lion hunters has taken 9 cats for his 9 hunters and 8 were toms. In fact, over the past five years he has hosted 36 hunters taking 34 toms and 1 female, including some monster cats.
6-day hunts are $4,500 or if you have a buddy he drops the price to $4,000 and adds 4 days. Most hunters are tagged out in 3 days. Call ASAP on Hunt ML675.

CANCELLATION PRICE
ALASKA BOAT HUNT FOR BROWN BEAR
ONLY $10,000
One of our top Alaskan outfitters has had 2 hunters cancel their May 3 to 13 bear hunts. We had been 100% success for the past 18 years on this hunt until we experienced a very late spring in 2009, which resulted in 2 of our hunters not taking a bear. The average bear we take on this hunt is a boar in the 8 to 9-foot class. The outfitter has taken bears that squared 10-foot, but this is very rare.
He will take 3 hunters on this 10-day hunt in southeast Alaska off the coast of Chichagof Island. Accommodations are a very nice 58-foot yacht with 3 staterooms. Hunters fly into Juneau and take a roundtrip charter flight to the boat for $250.
CALL ASAP IF YOU WANT A SPOT ON HUNT BR46.

HERE IS A QUALITY HIGH SUCCESS MONTANA WHITETAIL HUNT DISCOUNTED TO $2500

     Here is a real bargain priced hunt that normally goes 100 percent success on quality bucks.  This 5-day hunt includes lodging, meals and transportation during the hunt.  Basically this is rifle treestand hunt and hunters can expect bucks in the 130 to 150 class with the possibility for a real wallhanger.  This part of southeastern Montana has produced some monster bucks with some going in the 200-inch class. 

     Season normally opens about October 20 and continues up to Thanksgiving.  We expect the guaranteed license to be priced near $1,000 with a March 15 deadline.  Hunters fly into Billings and rent a car.  This hunt had normally been priced at $3,500.  Hunt WD79.

Dave Turnfuy and a great buck taken on Hunt WD79.

MONTANA 5-DAY ARCHERY PRONGHORNS NOW ONLY $1000

This outfitter offers a 5-day unguided antelope hunt and provides a tent camp for only $1,000.  He has plenty of quality private land for his hunters and last fall he hosted 34 archers and 28 scored on bucks.  He normally takes some bucks scoring over 80 inches, but the size was down some in 2009 compared to past years. 

Hunt dates are August 15 to late September.  Hunters need to apply for tags by June 1 and past years have been 100 percent draw.  Fly into Billings or Rapid City and rent a car.  HCU has worked with this outfitter for the past 20 years and HCU’s Bob Wodzisz has assisted on this hunt.  Hunt PGBUN79.

Kathy Robinson with a great buck taken on Hunt PGBUN79.

2010 spring black bear openings and check out our brown bear and grizzly hunts:

• Manitoba Hunt BL44 $2400 6 days mid-May into first week of June typically 100% success and average bear weighs 200 to 250 pounds

• Alberta Hunt BL975 $3000 with $600 trophy fee on 2nd bear 6 days May 5 to 24 most hunters take 2 bears

• Newfoundland Hunt BL94 $2120 6 days early June into early July includes license and tax for 2 bears 2nd bear has a $500 trophy fee

• New Brunswick BLNB322 $1600 5 days May and early June includes fishing 2009 spring 33 hunters tagged 26 bears

• British Columbia BL4 $3250 5 days May 13 to June 6 2nd bear is $500 to hunt and $500 trophy fee 100% opportunity spot and stalk hunt

• Southeast Alaska BL247 $4850 5 days April 22 to June 15 typically 100% success and average bear goes 7-foot 90 minute flight from Seattle

• Prince William Sound Alaska $5200 5 days May 3 to June 11 typically 100% on big bears 50-boat accommodations with nice glacier cruise

Some turkey ideas for 2010:

• Texas rio grande TU223 2 birds $1250 April typically 100% nice accommodations airport pickup at San Angelo included

• New Mexico merriams TU333 2 birds $1000 April 10 to mid-May typically 100% group rate of $900 for 6 or more

• Nebraska merriams HG327 2 birds $600 or 3 for $700 unguided 4 days April 15 to May 20 local motel and meals hunters expense

• Florida osceola HG148 and TU863 $2200 to $2500 3 or 4 days 1 mature gobbler normally 100% March 18 to April 23 can add hogs

• Kansas rios and easterns TU662 2 birds $1000 3 days April 9 to May 5 typically 100% lots of birds

• Mexico goulds TU760 $1850 each for a group of 4 or more, includes license and paperwork 2nd bird is $500 May 6 to 15
  

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