Villa Ranch – Rifle Hunting

Four valleys on the Villa Ranch enhance superb big game hunting in prime habitat. Hunts are 5 days.  Success rates are high. All hunts are guided by local guides, one guide to two hunters. Horses are available to rent and/or game taken in the wilderness area can be packed out by our guides with horses. Transportation of game to a local meat processing plant is provided.

The adjoining Bureau of Land Management Windy Gulch Wilderness Study Area covers the next several ridges to the west (permitted area is about 13,000 acres). This high, rugged terrain is excellent elk habitat with the nearest water for game located on the adjacent Villa Ranch. No motorized vehicles are allowed on this portion of the BLM, but former jeep roads have become great walking and horseback trails. Hunters can hunt horseback or on foot and then have game packed out by horseback.

Lodging and great meals are provided in the ranch house/hunting lodge. For all day hunts, packed lunches and beverages will be provided. The lodge has telephone, Internet, large common areas, and three bathrooms.

A five-day hunt includes:

• Hunting elk or deer;
• Six nights of lodging;
• All meals;
• One guide for every two hunters, and;
• Assistance transporting game to a local processing plant.

The price of the hunt, including room and board is $3,500 per hunter. Non-hunting companions are welcome and will be charged just for the lodging portion of a hunt (if space is available).

Hunters only need to bring a rifle and personal gear. Not included in the price of the hunt: Hunting license; personal hunting gear or equipment; transportation from the airport to the Villa Ranch (11 miles northwest of Meeker); cost of processing or shipping meat.

Reservations are required. The hunt is reserved when a deposit is received.