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About Upfront Outfitters

As the owner of Upfront Outfitters I have been guiding hunters in New Mexico for over 15 years. I have never missed an archery season and very few rifle seasons in that time. I have spent years dedicating my time and efforts into finding and hunting large bucks and bulls from the Gila and Cibola National Forest as well as other parts of the country. In my 20 + years of guiding archery and rifle elk hunters I have guided clients to more than 225 public land elk in 5 different states. When you combine my experience and passion for hunting with the experience and hunting abilities of the hand picked guides who work for Upfront Outfitters we are clearly a very qualified candidate for your guided hunting trip in Southwest New Mexico.

Our policy has always been quality before quantity. Because of this, in the past, we have had some of the best overall success rates and opportunity rates among public land outfitters. We have limited numbers of clients each week so that we can continuously provide our clients with a realistic shot opportunity on a trophy bull. We backpack our hunting units for up to 60 days immediately prior to archery elk season. On an average year we will monitor between 10 and 16 game cameras that we have placed on water holes in remote locations. We scout very hard during the summer months to locate all of the essentials required to have large animals. We look for water, good feed, large bucks and bulls as well as the locations of cow elk. Our knowledge of the terrain and elk behavior in these areas is priceless when you are looking for a quality hunt with true trophy potential.

We hunt elk and deer in the Cibola and Gila National forests in units 17, 13, 16A, 16D, 16E, 16C and unit 10 for deer only. These units in New Mexico consistently produce bulls in the 300" to 350" class. Opportunity for bigger bulls exists in all of these units for the hunters that will work for it. Each year during the archery season we have clients see and hunt bulls in the 370" to 390" class and occasionally the 400"+ bull. In 2010 we had 9 archery hunters shoot at eleven bulls of which six were near or over 350". We were 100% success for our muzzleloader and Rifle season.

New Mexico tags are through a public draw system or through a landowner purchase. Rifle tags are the hardest to draw, but they also produce some exceptional opportunities on trophy animals. New Mexico hunters have the option of purchasing a guaranteed landowner tag sold on a first come, first serve basis. The tags are quite expensive but you are guaranteed to hunt without waiting to draw a tag. If you do draw a tag in the public draw, you can then sell the landowner tag to a third party. The landowner tags are valid for the entire public land draw unit in which they are assigned. The most available tags are muzzleloader and archery but on occasion, there are a few rifle tags available for the best trophy units in the state. If you are interested in a Landowner tag we can help you to secure one for your hunt. Give Mike a call today at (866) 285-3881 or 360-560-7620 to learn more about our New Mexico hunting, assistance with the draw or to book your hunt today.

About Ridgeline Outfitters

OUTDOORSMAN OUTFITTER OF THE MONTH - MAY 2009

A quality New Mexico hunt is the only option. We offer New Mexico archery hunts, New Mexico muzzleloader hunts, and New Mexico rifle hunts for New Mexico Elk, New Mexico Mule Deer, New Mexico Coues Whitetail, and New Mexico Antelope. All New Mexico hunts are fair chase and take place on public and private land. We hunt only the high quality areas in New Mexico where the hunter has the capability of taking a quality New Mexico animal.

I have been guiding big game hunts in Arizona and New Mexico for over 15 years. I am a native Arizonian and have been hunting and fishing in the areas I hunt since I was a child. This intimate knowledge of the areas I hunt reflects on the quality of animals I have taken throughout the years. I employ only the most reputable New Mexico hunting guides in the areas that we conduct New Mexico hunts in. I believe that an outfitter is only as good as his guides are. All my New Mexico hunting guides are licensed in Arizona and New Mexico and have a great track record for killing quality New Mexico animals. Our goal is to put the hunter on quality New Mexico animals and for the hunter to have an experience that he or she will not soon forget. So, if you want a quality New Mexico guided hunt, you have found the outfitter for you.

Arizona is the premier state for western big game hunting. Although tags are hard to draw the hunter is surly in for the hunt of a life time. We are now booking for private ranch hunts for elk, deer, and antelope in New Mexico. We also have available unit wide tags for Elk in high quality units. All of these tags private or unit wide are guaranteed hunts. We can book a year in advance for anyone of these tags. Give us call availability is limited.

New Mexico has excellent opportunities at trophy New Mexico Elk, New Mexico Mule Deer, and New Mexico Antelope. Unfortunately, the cost of a quality New Mexico land owner tag is beyond the average hunters’ budget. So let us apply you for these quality hunts in New Mexico, you will be put in a separate drawing pool which increases your odds of drawing one of these quality tags. We can also apply you for Arizona hunts. Unfortunately, Arizona does not have this separate drawing pool but they do have a bonus point system, folks these tags are surely worth the wait. We offer fully guided or guide only New Mexico hunts for all species.

New Mexico offers great opportunities for the mobility impaired hunter for Elk and Antelope. We can apply any hunter that qualifies for these hunts. So give us a call about these special New Mexico hunts.

About Chama River Outfitters

OUTDOORSMAN.COM OUTFITTER OF THE MONTH - AUGUST 2007

We at Chama River Outfitters are dedicated to the idea of offering all of our clients the opportunity of taking a good, Trophy Class animal. We offer Elk Hunting in Chama New Mexico and are very careful to lease only ranches that have a good number of quality animals. I, Bob Ball, guided my first hunter professionally, in November, 1967. Every year is even more fun than the last for Chama Elk Hunting. All of our guides are well seasoned outdoorsmen who enjoy what they do.

We have an outstanding reputation for providing a good, honest, fair chase hunt for Elk Hunting Chama New Mexico. Our entire staff is proud of the fact that most of our hunters hunt with us year after year. We look forward to Elk Hunting with you.

Got a burning desire to explore the beautiful Chama Valley and see the abundant wildlife? Then you've landed at the right place - the Chama River Outfitters.

We understand that it is impossible for our clients to enjoy our hunts if we don't. All of our hunts are conducted on well managed, private ranches and we have exclusive hunting rights on these properties. We always limit the number of hunters on these lands, and we always enforce a set of rules and regulations to help provide a safe and enjoyable big game hunt for everyone.

Our reasonable fees include great hunting country, a well qualified guide, all meals, lodging, game retrieval and transportation to a meat cutter, expert trophy preparation and all vehicles necessary during your hunt.

We have Guided Hunters from all parts of the country over the past 27 years. We are very careful to protect our hunters privacy; however, if you are honestly interested in one of our hunts we will gladly put you in touch with some of our clients.

All hunting properties leased by Chama River Outfitters are privately owned. We lease ranches in the higher elevations for archery and early season rifle hunts and properties at lower elevations for later season migration hunts. We are careful to lease only ranches which offer the potential for quality animals.