Buy a landowner voucher to hunt Colorado trophy elk, mule deer and pronghorn antelope

Some of the finest elk, mule deer and pronghorn hunting in the west takes place in Colorado's limited-permit wildlife management units. In these areas both resident and non-resident tags are limited by the state. Though most of these units are predominantly public land, conservative wildlife management allows bucks and bulls to get old enough to grow bragging-size headgear. If you want to hunt these areas, you have two choices: 1) Acquire enough preference points that you can draw a tag in the yearly computer permit lottery, or 2) Buy a transferable landowner voucher.

Landowners don't know until June 15 whether they will have drawn any elk, deer or antelope vouchers. Some landowners have enough land as well as enough landowner preference points that they are pretty well assured of getting transferable vouchers this year.

You can reserve a landowner permit by placing a deposit with Hunts.Net. As soon as a voucher becomes available in the unit you want and at the price you want, we will reserve your voucher. Once the landowner knows for sure that he or she has the permit, you'll have seven days to pay the balance to the landowner.

Note: Prices are NOT expected to be lower than in 2011. (We also can help you find vouchers in Utah and Nevada and elk and pronghorn vouchers in New Mexico. In all these states we have outfitters who buy landowner vouchers for clients who want to hunt without waiting years to draw a quality tag. In fact, in some areas almost all landowner vouchers are reserved by outfitters. Some of these become available to us if the outfitter has more vouchers than he can use, and sometimes they are willing to sell those vouchers just before the season for less than they paid.)

If you want a landowner voucher, call us to discuss your realistic hunting goals, and we'll let you know what might be available this fall. You can select which units and which seasons you want to hunt. Typically the early elk hunts, the late deer hunts and the muzzleloader hunts are most desirable and, hence, most costly. Some units hold big animals but are more difficult to hunt than other units, so those permits are generally less expensive. These permits do not include any guide or map services. If you want a guide, we can probably line one up. If you want a set of detailed maps showing where to hunt in a unit, the cost is $800, and you can split that among members of your hunting party.