Muzzleloader Hunts
Black powder licenses are the most coveted in Colorado. All licenses are by application only. Drawing a muzzleloader license in Colorado can take many years, it is well worth the wait. Bulls bugling on a crisp autumn morning, rays of sunlight peeking over the mountainside, a puff of black powder in the air after a single well-placed shot, the nostalgia of days gone by, make a muzzleloader hunt the most exciting adventure you will ever have. The combination of hunting elk in the rut, and the exhilaration of close encounters while hunting with primitive weapons make black powder trips extraordinary.
Colorado’s black powder season is placed during the peak of the elk rut in September. Although the weather in Colorado can be unpredictable, September weather is typically mild, making this hunt the perfect time to be in the backcountry hunting elk.
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Private Land Hunts
Action Adventures is home to numerous big game hunting opportunities. One of these is to hunt one of our private ranches. These are not high fence ranches. These are high country acreages home to some great elk and mule deer. Low pressure and quality management gives private land hunters an added edge in harvesting a quality animal. We offer private land hunts in both over-the-counter units as well as limited draw units. Below are some of our great private land hunting packages.
PRIVATE LAND DROP CAMPS
We are once again offering private land drop camps on the Quarter Circle HM
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East Creek Camp
Quick Facts:
- Unit 65
- Archery Elk - Over-the-counter (either sex)
- Muzzleloader Elk - By application - typically draws with 2 points
- 1st Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 1 point (either sex)
- 2nd Rifle Elk - Over-the-counter
- Horseback Pack-in (3 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 10,000 ft to 13,000 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 6 hunters
East Creek Camp is one of our longest established over-the-counter elk camps. Camp sits along a creek bottom with tall ridges and peaks running both sides. Creek bottoms, avalanche shoots, and high basins make up
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Merino Mountain Camp
Quick Facts:
- Unit 65
- Archery Elk - Over-the-counter licenses (either sex)
- 1st Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 1 point (either sex)
- 2nd Rifle Elk - Over-the-counter (bull or cow)
- Horseback Pack-in (2 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 10,000 ft to 13,000 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 4 hunters
Merino Mountain is known for consistently producing quality bull elk. Typography is diverse and it includes lush creek bottoms, open avalanche shoots, high benches, dark timber, and above timberline alpine tundra. This camp offers some of the best elk hunting in
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Timberline Mule Deer Camp
Quick Facts:
- Limited Mule Deer Unit 65
- Archery Deer - By application -typically draws with 1 point
- Muzzleloader Deer - By application - typically draws with 5 points
- Early Rifle Deer - By application - typically draws with 10 points
- Horseback Pack-in (3.5 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 11,000 ft to 13,500 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 4 hunters
This camp is where the big bucks call home for the summer and early fall. These groups of bucks love it at timberline and above. This hunt should offer a great opportunity to harvest
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Boulder Basin Camp
Quick Facts:
- Limited Unit 66
- Archery Elk - By application -typically draws with 9 points (either sex)
- Muzzleloader Elk - By application - typically draws with 20 points
- 1st Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 6 points
- 2nd Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 3 points
- Horseback Pack-in (3 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 10,000 ft to 13,000 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 6 hunters
Boulder Basin is a wilderness pack-in elk camp located in limited draw Unit 66. We have been operating this camp for more
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Robins Creek Camp
Quick Facts:
- Limited Unit 66
- Archery Elk - By application - typically draws with 9 points (either sex)
- Muzzleloader Elk - By application - typically draws with 20 points
- 1st Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 6 points
- 2nd Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 3 points
- Horseback Pack-in (3 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 10,000 ft to 13,200 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 6 hunters
Robins Creek Camp sits perched high on a ridge with infinite elk habit in every direction. Oftentimes you can glass up
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Wapiti Ridge Camp
Quick Facts:
- Limited Unit 66
- Archery Elk - By application - typically draws with 9 points (either sex)
- Muzzleloader Elk - By application - typically draws with 20 points
- 1st Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 6 points
- 2nd Rifle Elk - By application - typically draws with 3 points
- Horseback Pack-in (3 hour ride)
- Elevations range from 10,000 ft to 13,200 ft
- Accommodates 2 to 6 hunters
Wapiti Ridge is a high elevation elk camp that sits nearly at timberline. Herds of elk frequent the nearby creek bottom
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