Research hunts and units before you apply in the big game drawing, and any of utah s other hunt drawings. Today, theres a limited draw hunt for trophy elk and mule deer here. Nestled in a comfortable mountain setting, the cliff lodge and spa has 514 accommodation options, three restaurants, two lounges, two swimming pools, four hot tubs, extensive meeting space and snowbirds only skiout, skiin accessibility. Utahs remote and little known book cliffs area seemed ripe for preservation under an innovative, locally grown initiative until oilman oscar wyatt stepped in to challenge it. The utah division of wildlife resources utah hunt planner is an interactive map designed to help hunters research hunting units. Flying j outfitters began in the book cliffs with its founder lawny jackson clear back in 1970 and although many wildlife laws and policies have changed, one thing still remains the same in this remote northeastern section of utah and that is. Book cliffs the book cliffs holds the potential for a giant mule deer. The utah hunt planner also provides the legal hunting boundaries approved by the utah wildlife board.
The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is green river aviation which is approximately 15 miles away and has an elevation of 4,070 feet 1,150 feet lower than book cliffs. The cliff lodge is the flagship of the four lodging properties at the resort. Includes private land, private land within the cwmu program, national forest, blm, and federal lands with trails and roads. If you are interested in trophy bull elk hunting, then this fully guided book cliffs hunt is for you. Reasons to protect utahs book cliffs roadless area backcountry. Made some great friends and saw lots of elk and scenery. Located in the high uinta range in scenic summit county, utah, the forests, alpine lakes, beaver ponds, and streams of the 8,890acre chalk creek ranch offer an abundance of wildlife habitat. Double c guides and outfitters formarly wasatchuintah guides and outfitters is a small yet personal guiding outift operating in some of utahs top producing hunting areas. We focus our hunting effort on what we do bestproviding you with the potential for record book results. This means that you should be able to hunt the road less area also if you would like.
We specialize in trophy bull elk, mule deer, bison, bear. We specialize in trophy bull elk, mule deer, bison, bear and lion. Double c guides and outfitters a premium hunting guide. Easy to search resort directory featuring 6 utah hunting lodges. Deep canyons filled with thick oak brush provide excellent mule deer habitat. We are gt outfitters, specializing in eastern utah big game. The above map may be useful for the following recreation destinations. The ranch is located in colorados unit 21 and just across the border is utahs bitter creek south unit which is. One of utahs most famous hunting areas is the book cliffs, a 200milelong stretch of wild land that is considered longest continuous escarpment in the world. Any hunting experience, however, is more rewarding and exciting when the hunter encounters the game he or she seeks.
Utah hunt unit book cliffs, south deer limited maps, regulations and land access information. We offer elk, deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, cougar and bear hunts. Book cliffs recreation area, desolation canyongrey canyon recreation area, fantasy canyon, sand wash recreation area, white river. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. Spike elk hunting in the book cliffs area of utah the reason it is called hunting, is because it is hunting, not just harvesting. Dont wait any longer to book your next hunt with utah big game outfitters.
This bright edge stretches eastwest, two hundred miles between grand junction, colorado and price, utah, stairstepping four thousand feet up from the desert to a summit thats cloaked in aspen, fir, and spruce. These four larger systems are also accompanied by many smaller side canyons. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan. The book cliffs rise as if startled out of the mancos shale desert. Below are weather averages from 1971 to 2000 according to data gathered from the nearest official weather station. Book cliffs bull elk hunts horseback riding vacations, utah.
Book cliffs bulls and bucks west boundary is on the utahcolorado border. The book cliffs area is an exceptional trophy elk and mule deer unit. Search for a hunt by wildlife species including buck. Limited entry book cliffs bull elk hunts and wasatch bull. Book cliffs roadless has a high hunter success rate 50% to 81. The only hunts that i know of that split the road less area off into its own hunt are for the elk hunts. Access throughout the unit is very good with many oil and gas mining roads. Nov 27, 2006 book cliffs buck post by 79ford sun aug 07, 2011 1. The way that it looks is that the hunt includes both a and c in the any weapon hunt. The ranch is located in colorados unit 21 and just across the border is utah s bitter creek south unit which is a limited entry hunt for both deer and elk. In part eight of our series, we stop in at utahs book cliffs. Welcome to the shane scott outfitting oncein a lifetime hunting information page. These isolated cliffs are uniquely beautiful and a worldrenowned hunting destination and outdoor recreation area. Mule deer, elk and western big game hunting articles and.
The book cliffs stretch for almost 200 miles from eastern utah into western colorado. Main canyon, coal canyon, cottonwood canyon and spring canyon. The wasatch mountains offer more tags than any other unit while still producing great quality and the book cliffs units bitter creek and little creek are vast and remote areas in eastern utah. Utah hunt planner utah division of wildlife resources. I would like to thank everyone that gave advice and encouragement on this site. Although rock collecting is permitted on most public lands. Use this map for hunting in the book cliffs, nine mile, and south slope units. Comprehensive safety discussion kicks off the trip on day 1, followed by daily safety briefings at each field stop.
His clients include hundreds of trophy hunters, including the state record rocky mountain goat, utahs. My brother and i drew cow elk tags for nine mile range creek carbonspringville area in central utah. Double c guides and outfitters formarly wasatchuintah guides and outfitters is a small yet personal guiding outift operating in some of utah s top producing hunting areas. This is the place to go to get a nice representative mule deer buck. Cow elk nine mile range creek, utah long range hunting. The book cliffs are well known for being a sought after hunting destination, and for good reason. Predators, new roads, over hunting and poor fawn crops had decimated the previously plentiful deer to the point that the area was closed to hunting 19962000. Destinations throughout central utah provide the most diverse and unique rock hounding sites in the state. Herd composition and harvest the book cliffs will be managed as a limited entry buck deer hunting unit, with a 3 year average postseason buck to doe ratio. Archery elk and mule deer hunting season in utah is one of only a few times where it is possible to hunt two species at the same time.
We hunt the book cliffs, rattlesnake, nine mile and san rafael units. Popular finds include trilobites, gem quality topaz, red beryl, geodes and sun stones. He has guided clients ranging from 12 to 72 from all across the usa since 1989, and made many lifelong friends in the process. Elk hunting unit map displaying unit boundaries, land ownership status, and cwmu hunting areas.
Double c guides mule deer hunting book cliffs, henry. With this in mind there are parcels of blm and state holdings. The book cliffs unit probably provides one of the most enjoyable hunts in the west. The tags for these utah once in a lifetime hunts can be drawn out in the utah online application big game public drawing or purchased at a conservation auction. Please feel free to contact us with questions regarding the specific weapon season you prefer. We want to make your hunt of a lifetime, a hunt of a lifetime. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country news. Our hunters will usually get the opportunity to look over dozens of 4x4s while they search for that one special buck. Book cliffs utah elk hunting unit map with land ownership. Snowcovered peaks along its southern boundary and sheer rock cliffs to the north provide a scenic backdrop for the working ranch. Bulls scoring 320340 are reasonable expectations with a moderate possibility of a bull exceeding 350. Comprehensive safety discussion kicks off the trip on day 1, followed by. Tower hunting blind stepbystep build, part 1 duration.
Milepost 14, highway 128 moab, utah 84532 866 8122002. Oct 10, 20 here i am making my way through a roadless area in bookcliffs, utah for my annual hunting trip. I understand this and accept the possibility of not taking any game on a particular hunt. The wind would do strange things, a lot of doesfawnssmall bucks to work around, thick brush in some places, no cover in others, dry crunchy conditions, and hunting pressure. Biologists released the bison onto public land in an area in. Finally drew my first limited entry tag in utah book cliffs pronghorn. Jeep trail on the bookcliffs start from tusher canyon. Top of the castlegate sandstone, sagers canyon, book cliffs, eastern utah. Southern utah offers several excellent limited entry deer units which produce world class deer each year. We have thousands of acres of prime deer and elk habitat behind locked gates. I know the majority of the unit is private property. Bring some good maps andor gps to find and stay on public land as there is a lot of privet in this unit. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado.
The name is shawn labrum, wild mountain outfitters has become synonymous with trophy hunting in the state of utah. Utah bill puts more lions and bears in the crosshairs to protect deer. Snowcovered peaks along its southern boundary and sheer rock cliffs to. Part of the southern edge of this wsa is dominated by the 2,000foothigh face of the book cliffs. Predators, new roads, overhunting and poor fawn crops had decimated the previously plentiful deer to the point that the area was closed to hunting 19962000. Book cliffs elk and deer hunts fully guided trophy hunts. A few landowner and conservation tags are available each year. Most of the book cliffs are public lands, making this a popular backcountry hunting destination where a limited number of licenses are available for trophyclass elk and mule deer. Utah s remote and little known book cliffs area seemed ripe for preservation under an innovative, locally grown initiative until oilman oscar wyatt stepped in to challenge it. Book cliffs bulls and bucks west boundary is on the utah colorado border. We know the 100s of thousands of public land acres like no one else could. We are regularly visiting the john wesley powell river history museum in green river, ut to get the latest weather informations and to get a good idea, what to do in the vicinity of green river, ut. Maps for the region book cliffs wildlife management unit. We offer some of the best utah elk hunting guides anywhere.
Ksl outdoors utah mentor program book cliffs deer hunt. This is an extremely remote unit that holds a great herd of mature bucks. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world. Biologists released the bison onto public land in an area in the book cliffs. The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion. We have had over 30 years experience hunting this unit. Utah deer limited hunt unit book cliffs, south onx. Their small size insures that you get a high quality experience as they have only a couple hunters in camp at any. Oil clashes with elk in the book cliffs high country. So, stay east of the kolob terrace, south of the pink cliffs and north of highway 9, then get away from the roads i think you would have some great odds at finding some mature utah dessert bucks. The size of the area, and difficult terrain, can make it a very challenging place to hunt. Utah is known by some as the rock hounding capital of the united states.
Our years of hunting,working, playing, and living in the book cliffs, year round. Book cliffs utah elk hunting unit map with land ownership get this map description. Rarely will you find a property for sale in such a unique hunting and recreational location as this one. Double c guides and outfitters a premium hunting guide on. This book cliffs road less area for trophy bulls can be hunted with archery, rifle or muzzle loader depending on the tag that you draw. Utah book cliffs, boulder and wasatch trophy bull elk. Here i am making my way through a roadless area in bookcliffs, utah for my annual hunting trip. Research hunts and units before you apply in the big game drawing, and any of utahs other hunt drawings. There are lots of 150 class bucks with 2224 inch spreads on the unit to choose from with quality up to 170 class for those who put in the time both scouting and during the hunt. Sep 20, 2016 this is a friends le elk hunt and i was fortunate to get an invite.
Though not required in all cases, horses are typically available on these hunts. They have been hunting these areas for over 25 years on a personal level and professionally for nearly 10. Book cliffs post by bhemingway801 thu mar 05, 2015 2. An awardwinning, comfortable, rustic creekside suites and riverside cabins nestled at the bottom of the moab canyon cliff walls. Leader arrives a few days early for pretrip safety reconnaissance of all field stops and roadstracks. In tusher canyon and also in coal canyon and stub canyon, one can find a lot of rock art. About two thirds of the deer born in the book cliffs last year died in the. Additional research shows that the dow has purchased and exchanged large parcels for hunting access.
Aug 12, 2009 the book cliffs are in eastcentral utah. Spike elk hunting in the book cliffs area of utah blogger. The little book cliffs wilderness study area is characterized by gentlysloping plateaus, various small canyons, and four major canyon systems. After a 4 year wait, the book cliffs area of northeastern utah had finally opened for mule deer. Last summer, the ute indian tribe donated 14 bison to the dwr. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. Book cliffs, bitter creeksouth the bitter creek portion of the book cliffs is a huge area that holds a very healthy population of elk. Youve waited years to experience this hunt of a lifetime. Elk and deer archery hunting seasons run simultaneously and allow for a great combination utah elk and mule deer hunting experience. This is a friends le elk hunt and i was fortunate to get an invite. The ladys in the museum suggested us this time to go into tusher canyon. The book cliffs little creek roadless area does require horses to.