Hunting at Nine Mile Guest Ranch

Whether you're a skilled hunter or a novice, be assured your hunt will be as positive an experience as we can possibly make it. We want you to be successful, have some fun, and build some wonderful lifelong memories.
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Hunts are 5 days with your arrival the day before the hunt and departure the day after. Cow elk hunts are 3 days and do not include lodging or meals. Early arrivals must be previously arranged and an additional charge will be assessed for each hunter. Beginning in 2010, we will be offering hunts in eastern Colorado. Read more about our eastern Colorado trophy deer hunts.

You must have a Hunter's Safety Card to purchase a hunting license in the state of Colorado if you were born on or after January 1, 1949. You must also carry your Hunter's Safety Card with you in the field unless your license is verified with the DOW.

Wounding Policy:
If you wound an animal (draw blood), every attempt will be made to recover the animal. If it is not recovered then your hunt will be over.

Trophy Mule Deer Hunt Opportunity
We are offering a fourth season one-on-one trophy mule deer hunt for Unit 22 (Hunt Code DM-022-04-R). These tags will require several preference points to draw and we will only have 2 hunts available in 2009. Please call or write for details.

ARCHERY:
Archery hunting at Nine Mile is fabulous! Our bow hunters experience nearly 100% shot opportunity rates on legal bulls (4 points or better on one side). In our area, private-land archery elk tags are over-the-counter. In the mornings we typically walk and call, and you can expect to hear numerous bulls bugling each morning. In fact, when conditions are right, it's not uncommon to hear nearly a dozen bulls a day. In the evenings, we sit on one of many strategically placed tree stands or platform stands watching wallows, water holes, or agricultural fields. All stands are placed with the hunter's best opportunities in mind and provide close-up encounters with the elk. Our guides are archers themselves and know what it takes to get you in close to that bull you've been waiting for and get you a good close shot. Many of our archery hunters have several opportunities at legal bulls in the course of a 5-day hunt. The physical demands on this hunt are fairly easy, as far as elk hunting goes, but you should be prepared to walk 1-3 miles a day at an elevation of 7000'- 8000'. All hunters are asked to be proficient shooting fixed broadheads out to at least 30 yards. Most shots are close, but the more comfortable you are at shooting out to 30 yards, the better your chances of success will be. If you've hunted other places and found slow action in archery season, then this is the place to come. We've got elk! Archery elk licenses are either sex over-the-counter sales in our hunting areas. Bowhunting for mule deer is available on a limited basis at Nine Mile, so if you're interested, please contact us for availability.

RIFLE HUNTING:
ELK
If the bow hunting here is "fabulous" then the rifle hunting must be unbelievable. It's not uncommon for some of our hunters to actually see elk in the hundreds here during the rifle season. Rifle hunters also experience nearly 100% shot opportunity. Along with a good herd of "seasonal elk" that live here during the late summer and early fall, we are also smack dab in the middle of one of the largest migration routes of elk in the country. For those hunters who are able to walk 1-3 miles a day and can shoot their rifles accurately out to 300 yards, opportunities abound. With ranches at several different locations ranging in elevation and terrain, we can assure you a good opportunity at the elk, no matter what mother nature throws our way. All rifle hunting is spot-and-stalk. We get around in 4-wheel-drive trucks and on foot; no horses or 4-wheelers here at Nine Mile.

If delicious elk meat is what you're after, we also have affordable cow elk hunts available after the last rifle bull elk hunting, with extremely high success rates.

First- and fourth-season bull licenses are a draw in our hunting areas but we typically experience 100% draw success. Second- and third-season bull licenses are sold over the counter.

MULE DEER:
Our success rate is typically 100% on mature mule deer bucks! Mature mule deer bucks are hard to come by in this day and age, and we take pride in our mule deer here at Nine Mile. We manage our herd strictly for mature bucks. Our deer hunts are limited to ensure that plenty of quality bucks will be here for you and for hunters in years to come. Our bucks average 24"-29" with many scoring between 150" and 180." Larger bucks are possible on any day on any of our leases. Typically, our bucks are all 4x4's or better, with great mass and often a sticker or two somewhere on the rack. Our deer herd is healthy, and actually on the rise. It's not uncommon for a hunter to pass on a dozen or more bucks during a hunt waiting to find just the right one.

All Mule Deer licenses are by draw in Colorado and we typically experience 100% draw success.

Visit this page for eastern Colorado trophy deer hunting information.

Nine Mile Guest Ranch
Rocky & Sparky Pappas
50735 Highway 13   -   Meeker, Colorado 81641
Phone: 970.878.4656     Fax: 970.878.3432
Colorado License #2321 - Licensed, Bonded & Insured