If you are looking for an exciting Trophy Elk hunt, but you do not have the time for the endless hours of scouting, or your hunting environment just does not produce the size of elk you dream of hunting than look no further.  Our beautiful surroundings make this border property hunt, a feeling of being out in the mountans.  Okay, so you do not think that hunting elk that reside with in a bordered piece of property is hunting.  Guess that depends what hunting means to you.  If it was not hunting then SCI ( Safari Club International) would not recognize and have a scoring system for these types of hunts.

Safari Club International rates an estate hunt as fair chase if there is sufficient cover for the game to escape into when pursued--there is sufficient cover at Black Canyon Bulls at Top Rail Ranch with all the tall ponderosa pines, spruce trees and aspen groves.

There isn't any one hunt that will appeal to everyone. The reason: hunters are individuals with their own unique perspective, agenda, budget and most importantly physical limitations.  

We are not going to convince you this ranch hunt is the same as an elk hunt where the closest elk you may see during the hunt is over 500 yards away and two mountain ranges over from where you are or that you get to ride hours into your camp on a horse or mule. If that is what you want, then this hunt is not for you.  HOWEVER, if that is not what you desire then this hunt is for you.  This ranch hunt provides a more relaxed and laid back atmosphere for the discriminating hunter that has constraints which offer them an OPTION from chasing that elusive bull all over the side of a mountain for 7 to 10 days, with absolutely no guarantee.

When you hunt elk with Top Rail Ranch you will see the elk that you are there to harvest, be provided with that shot opportunity and be guarenteed the shot.  As the hunter you will be afforded the opportunity to spot and stalk thru tall timbers and aspens, bugle them in during the rut  still hunt over well traveled trails or frequented water holes, or the option of back packing in on horse back and hunting from camp.  You can make it as physically challenging or as easy as you want, not to mention that you can change the way you hunt during the hunt. Had enough of the spot and stalk, still hunt for awhile in a elevated stand and then go back to spot and stalk, the choice if yours.

Hunt from

August to December          

You also have the freedom to book the hunt on your schedule, not that of the state in which you hunt.  These ranch hunts start in August and end in December, we have hunted in January, thus providing the hunter the flexility to hunt fall and winter.  This is a great hunt for the family, those beginning their hunting careers, hunters with limited time and those that just can not scale those imposing mountains pictured on most brochures and websites.