Colorado Wilderness Elk Hunting Outfitting Business for Sale

Western
Colorado Outfitting Business for Sale with Wilderness Hunting Permits

Elk Basin Outfitters, a well-respected Colorado outfitter offering
guided elk and mule deer hunts, is now offered for sale. Based in Crawford,
Colorado, the business has both US Forest Service and BLM special use permits
to conduct guided hunts in the West Elk Wilderness in Colorado GMU 53 and on
BLM lands in GMU 63 south of Crawford. For the past several years, the
outfitter has concentrated on archery and muzzleloader hunts in September, totaling
about 30 guided hunters a year, but the business could easily be configured for
other options, such as drop camps or rifle hunts.

Colorado
horseback guide service has excellent set of horses, tack, and camp gear

This outfitter has done an excellent job of providing top-quality
camp gear, horses, and tack for their guided expeditions. We have sold more
outfitting businesses than any other brokerage in the West, and trust us, this
outfitter has a great set of equipment to work with. The tents are larger than
most other outfitters’, the saddles and packsaddles are good working tack, the
panniers, coolers, stoves, and everything else is top-notch. In addition to an
excellent set of camp gear and tack, the business comes with 14 horses, 10
mules, and a very serviceable 24-foot stock trailer.

Good book
of business with 4 camp locations plus late-season BLM hunts

This USFS permit comes with a total of 4 wilderness camp
locations. The current outfitter has concentrated on fully guided archery and
muzzleloader hunts out of the main base camp above Beaver Reservoir, taking
about 30 hunters a year on trophy elk and mule deer hunts. However, it’s
possible to do drop camp hunts out of the other three camp locations, and it’s
also possible to book hunts for the first rifle season as well. Additionally,
hunters can be booked for second, third, and fourth rifle season on the BLM
land south of Crawford.

Colorado
GMU 53 and 63 are known for excellent big game hunting for mule deer, elk, and
bear

People who know Colorado big game hunting are aware that
Colorado GMU’s 53 and 63 offer excellent hunting for mule deer, elk, and bear.
It usually takes 1-2 years to draw a buck tag and a hunter can normally draw
every year or two for archery or muzzleloader hunts, plus second- and
third-season rifle elk tags can be bought over the counter. The largest bull
taken by this outfitter’s hunters scored 364, while bucks scoring up to 180 and
higher are elusive, but possible. Bears are well represented. This business
also has the potential to do overnight pack trips and summer trail rides, and
the potential to add additional user days for more activities is a very good
possibility. Finally, the outfitter will consider leasing his 40-acre property with lodge for the right new buyer. 

Exhibit
A:

Elk Basin
Outfitters Equipment List

14 horses

10 mules

28 riding saddles

20 pack saddles

25+ quality saddle
blankets

Halters, bridles
for 24+ head of horses & mules

Britching for pack
string animals

8 cylinder heating
stoves

4 cookstoves

28 sets of
panniers

4 sets of large
hay panniers

(3) 16‘ x 30‘
tents

1 cook tent, 1
pack tent, 1 spare

(5) 16 x 20‘
tents, new

(1) 12‘ x 12‘ cook
tent

Every tent has a
rain fly and a floor, complete with internal frames

1 shower tent

1 bathroom tent

25 cots

1 oven, 1 sink

10 large coolers

3 solar panels

Oven and shower
heater

First aid kits

2010 Four seater
800 cc Polaris Razr

2000 Polaris ATV

1998 Titan 24-foot
Livestock trailer

4 camp locations