We are still pricing our hunts lower until the economy and tourism picks up again. For 2010 rates will stay the same.

$2000.00 5 day fully guided Elk or Deer hunts
$1000.00 Drop Camps

Hunts are physical, so you need to be in good shape. There is room for some that are not in such great shape but you have to sit on stand all day.

Your not gonna get no better offer on fully guided hunts. We'd rather have hunters during this slow economy time than sit empty and do nothing. These hunts are suited for the hard working person with limited incomes.



www.cherokeetpoutfitters.com

Does dates matter?

Link's not working. Do you do Muzzleloader? How many hunters per guide?

It's cherokeetpoutfitters.com

Got it...thanks

Dates don't matter this is good for Archery, Muzzleloading, and all Rifle Seasons. First rifle and fourth rifle are draw only. And first rifle is filled upon clients that get drawn and are on the list to already go hunting. Muzzleloading is also a draw. Colorado Division of Wildlife will be putting out a 2010 brochere sometime around feb 5-14. Sorry about the link

2 hunters per guide unless prior arrangments are made.

All public land?

100% public land. Rio Grande National Forest and San Juan Wilderness Units 80&81

Reviewed your website: still have a few questions:
Horses or 4wd vehicles?
What type of camp?
Do you supply all camping equipment?
Food and/or cook?
Where do we meet you, what town?

We hunt mainly on horseback and foot during the earlier seasons including archer, muzzleloading, and first rifle. During the later season's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rifle seasons we do use some vehicles, horses, and atv's for transportation to get to certain area's where we will hunt on foot from there.

You will be packing in on horseback from the trail head to the camp and back out at the end of the hunt. Earlier seasons including archer, muzzleloading, and first rifle we set up outfitter tent camps.Sleeping tents and cook tents. Later seasons we stay at the base camp which are cabins up in the mountains. Drop camps we supply everything but food, bottled water, and sleeping bags. Guided camps is the same except we provide everything except sleeping bags and personal gear. We provide a cook and food.

Our base of operations is in a abandoned mining town of Jasper Colorado it is 34 miles sw of Monte Vista, CO. It is 22 miles up in the mountains. Elevation is 9500ft and will be hunting in excess of 12,000 ft of elevation during the hunts. It would be good to be in decent shape for this hunt. We have some ground stands for a few that are not.

We can meet you in Monte Vista or give you a map for directions to Jasper. Depending on what map site you may use to look up Jasper, it was once called the Cornwall Township.

How is your success rate in the later seasons???? The 2nd thru 4th??? A buddy of mine went this year to Colarado on the 4th, and saw no elk. From talking to folks they said it was too late to get in on any good hunting.

The link below is a draw odd calculator for state by state big game hunting. Just fill in the information on species, units, and method of hunt and you will know if you need preference points to hunt that particular season for any animal. It will help you plan your hunts in the future years. You can pick any state. This is a very vital tool for planning future hunts.

Hope this is okay with the moderators. I'm gonna make a post of it in the regular forums.

http://huntingillustrated.hunterstrailhead.com/

I am not trying to be sarcastic, let me rephrase this. You hunt public lands, Units 80 and 81, My buddy hunted Unit 80, in the 4th season, and saw nothing. What I am asking you is what is YOUR success rate in the later hunts, 2nd to the 4th??? I am not asking what the calculator says and how it can help us/me. If we are still paying 2 grand to hunt public land, lets say the 4th season how do you fair??? You may fair really well, as I think you would know the properties, better then some guys in it the first year on their own. Hope I clarified my question.

7mag,

I'll be honest, last year was a rough one. Weather had the elk in the trees almost all the rifle seasons. Stalking was difficult, between the little bit of crunchy snow and warmer weather it was hard. I seen small groups of 3-10 head of elk slipping through the timber one day to 50 head of elk the next day on a full out mission to get out of the country the next day. It trully was a chance of luck being in the right place at the right time. They where either stuck in the trees like ticks or on a full out relocation to another safe haven. Although I did have a blast stalking. Was up on 7 bulls last fall in the timber under 50yds with clients and got busted everytime. They would of had to made very quick shots in that one or two seconds when the bulls stood up out of bed before taking off. I think lever actions with open sights would have made the difference in the trees on those instances. Anyway.

I saw alot of elk scattered or in herds. We didn't have any hunters draw 4th rifle season so we didn't hunt it. We had six hunters between 2nd and 3rd rifle. We tallied two bulls, one 4x4 and one nice 5x5. Seen one decent 300 class bull during the second rifle that we didn't connect with. That's about as honest as it gets.

It was a tougher year. Archery one guy out of six took a 4x4 and I brought home a 5x5 myself the last day of 1st season.

But there was alot of opportunity that didn't happen.

7mag I would say your odds are alot better trying 1st rifle or 2nd rifle. I personally will not opening try to book alot of guys in the 4th rifle. It is that much tougher of a hunt unless the snow gets really deep. And you have to get up on the ridges and saddles where the lower hunters are pushing game to you. Being down in the bottoms with them is almost pure luck being in the right place at the right time as they come through. I'd say last year some that were successful luck had a major factor involved. Because even those of us that have grown up in that country hunting elk were scratching our heads at times.

Cherokee - I really appreciate your info. I have a hunt like this on my list. Hopefully someday soon. I am taking the family to Lake Vallecito this summer...so I am making progress in your direction!

OK...my desire is for a mule deer...not really wanting an elk...so now what do I do...if I understand you, I have to draw for a mule deer tag...if so, what is your recommendation for season

If I was hunting colorado I would choose Muzzleloader season. Mule deer bucks are in bacherlor groups and alot more opportunity for glassing and choosing the buck you want to stalk. But you have to draw or find a landowner voucher for sale.

You might want to check around different states for outfitters that have private land. Wyoming is a very good option from what I hear. I would search the States Outfitter Registry for Outfitters.

wow.. that does sound like a nice deal..

How do you draw for a license?

How do you draw for a license?

You can either apply online or call the Colorado Division of Wildlife and request a brochere and there's applications inside.
It's really a simple process online you just have to know which hunting codes you want for the animal your applying for.

To hunt mule deer in my area's with a muzzleloader this would be the correct code as follows. But this is an example for last year. The new brochere are not out with the dates yet.
80 Muzzleloading Sept.12-20 Buck D-M-080-O1-M
License valid in units 80, 81
81 SEE UNIT 80

here is the link to the rules and regulations pages

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I don't mind helping others find codes for other units too.

1st Rifle Season and last week of Archery season 20th-24th of September are booked. Still have openings in 2nd, 3rd rifle, and first week of Archery season. For guided hunts.

Drop Camps still availible.

Thanks Kelly

Kelly,
in the next two or three years would you be doing any drop camps or hunts in unit 76? If you had at least two hunters with tags for it that is?

Also, any kind of service where y'all just help with packing out an animal/animals via horseback on a call basis? From within the wilderness area of Unit 76 for example.