New Mexico Elk, Mule Deer, Bear Hunts Unit 51, 52

Elk Hunts on Private and Public Land Below

Private Land Elk Hunts

Guaranteed Bull Elk Hunt

This hunt takes place out of Durango, CO.  This is a high-fence hunt and you are guaranteed to kill a bull elk. The size of the elk range from 6x6 280 B&C bulls to bulls ranging over 400 B&C. It’s your choice on the size of the bull that you want to hunt and harvest.

These hunts are reasonably priced and are great for the person who wants to insure taking home the bull elk of a lifetime. You may hunt with any weapon of your choice - bow, muzzle loader or rifle.  This is not high fence these are free ranging elk.

Cost of the hunt includes any licenses and paperwork, courtesy transportation during the hunt and trophy preparation of the animal.

Cost of Guaranteed Elk hunt

Up to 330 B&C bull: $3,995.00

330 B&C to 370 B&C bull: $6,495.00

370 B&C to 390 B&C bull: $8,995.00 

390 B&C and up: Call for price

Private Land Hunt #1 - Rifle

This hunt occurs on private ranches near Raton, NM. These ranches have the potential to produce 300 B&C class bulls. The cost of the hunt includes meals, guide, and transportation during the hunt and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for their personal gear, weapon, and transportation to Raton, NM and license ($550.00 over the counter). Because we are always looking at additional ranches and acquiring new ranches on which to hunt and negotiating different leases the price of the hunts may be different than advertised.

Rifle hunts begin in early October to take advantage of the rut and the bugling bulls. We monitor elk on each ranch and if there are no elk your hunt will be moved or changed to the next year. You will be hunting where we know there are elk. We have never failed to put a hunter on bulls during our tenure on these ranches. We have always presented opportunities to harvest bull elk. 

Private Hunt #1 Info:

Hunt #1 dates: Oct. 1, to Nov. 31, (any five days) 

Cost of Hunt: $5,495.00 plus 7 % sales tax

License Fee: $550.00 - over the counter 

Private Hunt #2 - Rifle / Bow

Brilliant Canyon Ranch is located ten miles west of Raton, NM. Our privately owned ranch is surrounded by 600,000+ acres of private land, commonly known as Vermejo Park Ranch, which has absolutely no public access. The property is home to a large number of resident elk, deer, bear and turkey. The opportunity to harvest a large Pope and & Young or Boone and Crockett trophy bull elk, deer or bear is excellent. Elk licenses are guaranteed via private land permits. Other licenses are available over the counter. Catch and release fishing for rainbow trout in the 20-inch class is also available to clients. Lodging and meals are provided at the ranch. No more than six hunters will be permitted on the property during a given hunting period - normally four at a time. Clients will have their own bedroom with friends sometimes sharing a room in a large home on the ranch. The home is nicely furnished with a shower and bathtub, large kitchen and large living room areas. Satellite television and telephone service are also available. Hot breakfasts, lunches and dinners will be provided each day. Snacks are available at all times. Safety and comfort for each one of our hunters is our highest concern. Both archery and rifle hunts are available for all big game species. Combination hunts are available for elk, deer and bear during the archery season in September. Combo hunts for elk and bear are available during the rifle seasons in October. Combination hunts offer the opportunity to harvest other trophy species during a hunt by paying a trophy fee only if another species is harvested. 

Private Land Hunt #2 Info:

Bow: Sept. 16-22, 

Rifle: Oct. 1, to Dec. 31, (any five days) 

Cost of Hunt:

Archery 2x1: $8,995.00 plus tax

Archery 1x1: $9,995.00 plus tax 

Rifle 2x1: $8,49500 plus tax

Rifle 1x1: $9,495.00 plus tax

Private Land Cow Elk Hunt

These hunts occur on one of the largest ranches in northeastern New Mexico, the Vermejo Park Ranch. The ranch has 600,000 acres of totally private land. This ranch holds one of the largest elk herds in the state of New Mexico, usually numbering around 13,000 animals during winter surveys. The cost of this hunt includes guide and transportation during the hunt. The hunter is responsible for their motel, meals, personal gear, weapon and license. We have run a 100% hunter success for the last eight years harvesting 386 elk for 386 hunters.

Harvested cows are transported to Raton to the meat processor for skinning and processing. It is the hunter’s responsibility to handle the arrangements and charges with the processor. 

Private Land Cow Elk Hunt Info:

December 1, to January 31, 

Cost of Hunt:

2x1: $950.00 plus 7% sales tax 

1x1: $1,095.00 plus 7 % sales tax

License Fee: $345.00 over the counter, including the mandatory habitat management access stamp 

Public Land Hunts

Carson National Forest Unit 51 & 52

Kiowa hunts in Game Management Unit 52, located in north central New Mexico. This unit is approximately 300,000 acres in size and is a road less wilderness area that prohibits off road vehicles and off road traffic of any type. The area does have numerous open roads within the unit often two to three miles apart which allows the hunter access to areas to hunt on foot or on horseback. This unit has an excellent elk population and the number of hunters is controlled as opposed to most of Colorado’s public land units. The odds of drawing a license are excellent with the outfitter number. We have been 100% successful on our guided rifle hunts for two years and have had a 77% success rate on all rifle hunts for two years. Bow elk hunts can be combined with a bow deer hunt at no additional hunting fee.

Unit 51 is approximately 380,000 acres (594 square miles). This unit is not a roadless unit and the use of ATVs is allowed on any designated road. The nearest town is Tres Piedres, NM at the northeast corner of the unit. This unit allows the use of ATVs on all roads and for retrieval of your game.

We offer two types of hunts in these units:

Guided: These hunts include the use of the outfitter number for drawing a license, the appropriate number of guides, accommodations, meals, courtesy transportation during the hunt, and retrieval of game and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for putting in for the license (with our help), his/her personal gear, weapon and transportation to and from camp.

Self-guided: These hunts are for those hunters who want a quality hunt, feel confident about hunting elk on their own and don’t want a guide and the hassle of packing a camp with them. The self-guided hunts include the use of the outfitter number for drawing a license, a person in camp with maps knowledgeable of the area and to direct hunters to good areas, accommodations, meals, retrieval of game and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for putting in for the license (with our help), his/her personal gear, weapon and all personal transportation.

These hunts can also be combined with a bow deer hunt. 

Carson National Forest Hunt Info:

Unit 52:

1st Bow: September 8-14, 

2nd Bow: September 16-22, 

Muzzleloader: October 3-7, 

1st Rifle: October 10-14, 

2nd Rifle: October 17-21, 

Unit 51:

Bow 1: September 8-14, 

Bow 2: September 16-22, 

1st Rifle: October 10-14, 

2nd Rifle: October 17-21, 

3rd Rifle: October 24-28, 

Hunt Costs:

Guided:

1x1: $2,995.00 plus 7% sales tax

2x1: $2,495.00 plus 7% sales tax

Self-guided:

1 hunter: $1,795.00 plus 7% sales tax

2-3 hunters: $1,595.00 plus 7% sales tax

4+ hunters: $1,295.00 plus 7% sales tax

Use of Horses by Guided Hunters: $495.00 per hunter extra

Deadline to Apply: April 8, 

Sargent Wildlife Area

This area is located near Chama, NM. The Wildlife Area is approximately 20,000 acres in size. It is managed for trophy class in the 300 class B&C or better. This hunt requires good physical conditioning and a positive hunting attitude. Individuals applying for this unit need to be physically able to ride horses and to walk up to six miles per day. To get to the hunting areas you will be riding for up to two hours each morning in the dark and possibly leading the horse out with your elk. Permits on this wildlife area are limited and no more than two non-resident hunters will be drawn for each hunt. 

Sargent Wildlife Hunt Info:

1st Bow: September 1-10, 

2nd Bow: September 16-22, 

1st Rifle: October 3-8, 

2nd Rifle: October 10-14, 

3rd Rifle: October 17-21, 

4th Rifle: October 24-28, 

Cost of Hunt:

1x1: $3,495.00 plus 7% sales tax

2x1: $2,995.00 plus 7% sales tax

License Fee: $766.00

Use of Horses: $495.00 per hunter per hunt

Deadline to Apply: April 8, 

Lincoln National Forest Units 36 & 37

We are offering bow, muzzle loader and rifle hunts in these units again this year. We tested it out for several years with friends who had great hunts and took excellent bulls. These units are known for big bulls and excellent numbers of elk. The individuals who I have assisting me in these areas are very knowledgeable of the units, they are good bow hunters and have the history of putting clients on big bulls. This area is excellent. We are only offering guided hunts in these units. The draw is difficult but worth putting in for as a choice. All of these hunts are High Demand hunts.

The cost of the hunt includes accommodations, meals, courtesy transportation during the hunt, retrieval of the harvested animal and caping of the animal.

The hunter is responsible for arriving in camp, his/her personal gear, weapons, license and stamps, gratuities and care for the animal after it arrives in camp. 

Lincoln National Forest Hunt Info:

Hunt Dates for Unit 36:

1st Bow: September 4-10, 

2nd Bow: September 13-19, 

Muzzleloader: October 10-14, 

Hunt Dates for Unit 37:

1st Bow: September 4-10, 

2nd Bow: September 12-18,

3rd Bow: September 19-24, 

Muzzleloader: October 3-7, 

Rifle: Oct. 10-14, 

Cost of Hunts:

2x1: $2,495.00 plus 7% sales tax

1x1: $2,995.00 plus 7% sales tax

License Fees: All hunts - $766.00

Deadline to Apply: April 8, 

Valle Vidal

The Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest is one of the premier trophy elk areas in the United States. Created in 1980, it has been continually managed for quality elk hunting. The only way to hunt this once-in-a-lifetime area is by drawing a license. Due to the demand for the licenses in this area the odds of drawing are small.

The cost of the hunt includes accommodations, meals, appropriate number of guides, and retrieval of game and trophy preparation of the animal. The hunter is responsible for putting in for the license (with our help), his/her personal gear, weapon, and transportation to and from camp. 

Valle Vidal Hunt Info:

Bow: September 16-22, 

Muzzleloader: October 4 - 8, 

1st Rifle: October 11-15, 

Youth hunt: October 11-15, 

2nd Rifle: October 18-22, 

3rd Rifle: October 25-29, 

Cost of Hunts:

1x1: $2,995.00 plus 7% sales tax

2x1: $2,495.00 plus 7% sales tax

License Fee: $766.00

Use of horses: $495.00 per hunter per hunt extra

Deadline to Apply: April 8, 

New Mexico Elk and Deer Archery Hunts

We are offering six different bow hunts for elk this year. Four of these hunts can be combined with deer permits for a combination hunt. The areas that we are hunting are:

Carson National Forest

Game Management Units 51 and 52 

Valle Vidal Portion of the Carson National Forest

Lincoln National Forest

Game Management Units 36 and 37

Sargent Wildlife Management Area

Game Management Unit 4

New Mexico Bow Elk & Deer Info:

The hunts in Carson National Forest in Units 51 and 52 and Lincoln National Forest Units 36 and 37 can all be combined with deer hunts.

Please refer to the hunt information in this catalog under public land elk hunts for additional information on these hunts or contact me directly.

There is no additional charge for the combination hunt.

Possible additional fees:

Gutting, skinning, and caping a elk is a $200 fee and it is the hunters choice if he wants it done or if he wants the ranch guide to do it.

These tags have the voucher price already included in it so there is no voucher shortage at this time to meet your needs. To confirm that you are able to get a license for your hunt, after your deposit is paid, a ranch hand will personally make a 100 mile round trip to the New Mexico Game and fish with the Voucher, and Your $505 for the license so that it will be at the ranch when you arrive. This is a $100 service, good insurance in that everything will go smoothly. 

Hunt ID: NM-ElkMDeerBear-All-Raton-Tony-Guided

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