My last cow hunt with a WELL seasoned Wyoming guide a few years back was right at $1200 with four nights, food, etc. The (late seaon) tag was $350: Guide, lodging. meals were around $800. Of course I tipped a few hundred. Out of the 11 cow elk I've killed (without a guide- much preferred), this was THE most expensive elk hunt I've been on.Sounds too good. They normally go for 2000 to 2500. Check out all the details. Tag included?
You my friend got a hell of deal. I'm assuming you knew the well seasoned guide from a previous experience. Not saying good deals are not to be had, but ones like that are getting harder to find.My last cow hunt with a WELL seasoned Wyoming guide a few years back was right at $1200 with four nights, food, etc. The (late seaon) tag was $350: Guide, lodging. meals were around $800. Of course I tipped a few hundred. Out of the 11 cow elk I've killed (without a guide- much preferred), this was THE most expensive elk hunt I've been on.
But it's hard to get cow tags for the $300 they were a few years back (without the newer state licensing BS now attached for ANOTHER $400). So my NM spot went from about $400 (on the draw) to $900 over a few years and so... I now don't hunt there because that is too much to me.
I'd suggest you "shop" guides and look at late season tags sold off for better money. These short tags issued last minute can be as low as a $300 a cow and there is a LOT of BLM land to hunt in the USA today!
It was four days and I was a "tag on" to a group already booked (who I knew). This group has been going with the same guide for a decade and so I can't say what they paid. But I got the call a few days before the hunt when one guy said he couldn't make it. Also, those guys were paying for bull hunts so maybe the guide figured he'd do me the favor? But that was the price paid. Sadly the guide was getting old and so it was his last year in the biz as he was also losing his ranch he had guided on for about 20 years.Not a bad price at all, especially with a guide. Curious as to how many days?
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What unit and state? NM?I have the chance to go on a cow elk hunt for $1,000. It includes guide, food and cook and a place to stay if we want, tent or trailer. Is this a good price. Success is high.
Thanks,
Ryan.