6 Day Elk Hunt in Colorado.
No draw for 2nd and 3rd Rifle Seasons
2023 Hunting Package Price
Archery Package $1,600 per person
Rifle Package $1,800 per person
Minimum two people per booking.
What You Get When You Stay at The HPDI
6 Day Stay
You will be provided with a cabin, room or bunk depending on the size of your group all bed linen and towels are provided.
Five Days Of Hunting
The first day will be spent either in RV’s seminar or hanging out around the ranch. After that begins your hunt and it continues for five days. Check-out will be the morning of seventh day.
3 Meals Per Day
We provide three meals per day, two of which are home cooked (breakfast and supper) and we pack a sack lunch for you; usually a sandwich and a variety of snacks, fruits and juices.
Hunting Seminar
The seminar is included in the package however it is optional you may skip it if you want. To attend please arrive around 9:00 Friday morning. Archers will learn elk calling and elk behavior specific to archery season, while riflemen will learn elk behavior specific to rifle season. Then seminar also touches on topics such as what to do if you get lost, how to prevent altitude sickness, and taking care of a harvest. After the seminar we will go over maps of the area and try point you in the right direction.
If you choose to not be a partaker of the seminar, you can check in at the ranch anytime on Friday.
What To Expect From a Hunt at The HPDI…
Rifle Hunting Itinerary
Archery Hunting Itinerary
You will come in one day before you start hunting so that you can get rested up and acclimated to the altitude. We encourage people to arrive about 9 AM so that you can pay your balance and get settled in your cabin.
RV can then begin his little talk 🙂 (There is no such thing as a little talk with RV ) about elk hunting. His livelihood has depended on hunting and hunters for most of his 70 years of life. In other words he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve and increasingly in recent years he has been more willing to pass those tricks on to willing learners. The seminar can take most of the day, depending on the cohesiveness of the group in coordinating their bathroom and smoking breaks, the amount of questions and their level of experience. My advice, get a cup of coffee, some of the homemade cookies, sit back and relax.
After the seminar’s completion you will have time to check your rifle or bow on our range and get your tags from town if you haven’t already. If there is any time left you can relax and enjoy our Colorado sunset and socialize in our game lodge.
Because we are a family run, family friendly environment, we do not allow drinking in the main game lodge and dining area but you are welcome to in your cabins and on the grounds.
We will serve food for two hours each meal, so don’t feel you are going to miss out. If you have any specific dietary needs please let us know. During Archery season we serve breakfast at 8am. And dinner will be served an hour after dark. For Rifle season we will take a vote on when the groups would like to eat breakfast and dinner will also be served about an hour after dark.
You will then hunt for the next five days. Hopefully less than that! If you get your elk early in the hunt we have fishing poles and there are gold medal waters not far away. But if you’re not a fisherman, no worries there are lots of other things to do on the ranch. Check out is the morning of the seventh day.
We hope this will not simply be just another elk hunt but one of the most pleasantly memorable trips of your life.