ABOUT OUTFITTER:
This HFA-Endorsed Outfitter was established in the late 1990s and works out of Elko and Ely, Nevada. It began the way most family operations do, with a handful of clients and two guides, and has since grown into one of the largest full-time outfitting businesses in the state. What has not changed is the way clients are treated. The small operation attitude survived the growth, which is a large part of why hunters book again year after year. Decades in Nevada have given the guides a working familiarity with the state's country and game that newer operations cannot match. The aim on every hunt is a good experience first and, ideally, an animal worth remembering.
HUNT DETAILS:
Nevada carries a strong and healthy mountain lion population, and this outfitter has the hounds, the houndsmen, and the persistence to take advantage of it. The hunt runs on dogs. Guides cut for tracks, and fresh snow makes that work considerably easier, since it shows both where a cat has been and how recently. Once a workable track is found, the hounds are released and the chase is on, and it can lead anywhere the cat decides to go. That usually means steep canyons, rimrock, and open high desert, country that is as scenic as it is punishing to cover in a hurry. Hunters should expect the pace to shift from long stretches of searching to sudden, hard effort once the dogs strike. Mature toms are the target, and the houndsmen running these dogs know the difference between a track worth committing to and one that is not. For hunters who have never followed a good pack of hounds, this is one of the more adrenaline-heavy hunts in the West.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Lodging varies with the hunt. Depending on where a hunt takes place, hunters may be in a hotel, a camp trailer, a cabin, or a wall tent, and the outfitter matches the setup to the country being hunted rather than running everything out of one base. Food and lodging are included on most hunts, though on some they fall to the hunter, so it is worth confirming which applies before booking. Hunts run five days. Whatever the accommodation, the intent is the same, which is a warm, dry place to sleep and enough rest to be ready when the dogs strike the next morning.
LICENSE INFORMATION:
The required hunting license, tags, and permits for this hunt may be purchased online before your hunt or over the counter upon arrival at a license vendor.
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