In NW Colorado several ranches we work with are enrolled in a special program called "Ranching for Wildlife" which gives the landowners/outfitters special seasons that extend well beyond the closing dates of the general seasons. These properties are typically located in the rolling sagebrush along the winter migration route, or on the winter range itself. These lower elevations are usually void of elk (or have very few elk) until the November snows start to fly and push the elk by the thousands out of the high mountain terrain and down into the open sage terrain.
Hunters use 4wd trucks, UTVs, and sometimes snowmobiles to access the thousands of acres of land where these elk are found during the late-season hunts. Generally, hunters will see hundreds of elk and get to look at several bulls before making a stalk. It's important to be selective on these late-season hunts when conditions are prime.
Hunters fly into Cambridge Bay and the next day ride snowmobiles 100 miles across the snow-covered tundra to the peninsula where the arctic grizzlies are popping out of their dens and wandering the vast expanse in search of an easy meal. Using the sn...
These hunts are done in the snow-covered mountains of SW Alaska between mid-April and the first few days of May each spring. We use snowmobiles and snowshoes to cover the vast landscape. We are targeting bears as they emerge from their dens and they ...
In the most northern region of Alaska, within the arctic circle, we hunt for the grizzly bear. We typically only hunt these bears during the month of August and the first week to ten days of September before the winter weather sets in and pushes us o...