Medicine Bow Outfitters

Medicine Bow Outfitters is a Colorado family business that's been guiding big game hunts in the scenic North Park area for nearly 40 years. They operate under permits from Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Colorado State Forest State Park, and the Colorado State Land Board, and hold License #1254 with bonding and insurance.

Medicine Bow offers three main hunt structures:

• •Fully Guided Hunts – You're packed in by team and wagon to base camp with cabin accommodations. Experienced guides hunt with you each day, handle all meals, and take care of trophy animals. Travel is by horseback or hiking. Limited spots available. (Riding ability and physical fitness requirements apply.)

• •Base Camp Guided Hunts – Available 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seasons only. Pack-in to base camp, all meals provided, guides and spotters direct your hunt, staff handles camp work and animal care. Minimum 3 hunters to book.

• •Drop Camp Hunts – Self-guided wilderness camps throughout the season. You're packed in and out by horseback or wagon. Camps come equipped with kitchens, cots, lanterns, and stoves. Tent camps require 3-person minimum; cabin camps need 4-person minimum. 125 lbs. gear/food per person limit.

• •Greater Sage Grouse Hunts – Ranch or town accommodations, all meals, transportation, guides and dogs included. Pairs excellently with muzzleloader or archery deer and elk hunts. (Bring your own dogs welcome.)

• •Shed Antler Horn Hunts – Spring hunts May 1st through September 15th. 1 or 2-day horseback trips.

• •Youth Hunts – Any paying hunter can bring one youth (ages 8-17) at no additional cost, thanks to the Vincent J and Vance D Florell Memorial Fund. Youth must use cow or bear tags. This hunter-supported fund makes youth hunts available every season.

North Park's resident elk herd numbers an estimated 10,000 head, and the region is known as some of the best deer hunting in Colorado. Habitat ranges from willow-lined river bottoms and sage brush to aspen draws and timbered ridges rising to alpine peaks.

Hunters stay in wood-heated cabins with warm hearths. Camp meals are prepared in the mess hall—described as savory camp-cooked food. The outfit handles all camp chores, packing, and animal care. You bring your license, hunting gear, and sleeping bag.

Coon Creek Cabin is featured on their website as part of their accommodation options.

The Medicine Bow mountain range foothills offer picturesque views and big game sightings. Hunting territory includes large sage and grass hillsides, open aspen draws, and steep timbered ridges. Access is via horseback and hiking from base camp.

All Seasons Taxidermy is their recommended taxidermist for trophy processing.

Phone: 1 (970) 631-2812 Location: Walden, Colorado (North Park area)

They encourage booking early, as hunt spaces are limited. Book through their website or call directly.