Zapata Ranch
Located near Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, this area of the Sangre de Cristo Range is well-known for its massive elk herd known as the “Sand Dunes Herd.”
Prime dates fill quickly and we accept dates booked years in advance.
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Hunting packages
Available Elk Hunting Trips
- Prime Bull Elk Hunts (8/25 – 9/30); 5-Day Hunt
- $9,250 per Person (Sold out through 2022)
- October Rifle Bull Elk Hunts; 5-Day Hunt
- $6,500 per Person
- November Bull Elk Hunts (11/1 – 11/15); 5-Day Hunt
- $5,500 per Person
- Late Bull Elk Hunts (After 11/15); 5-Day Hunt
- $4,000 per Person
- Cow Elk Hunts; 3-Day Hunt
- $2,000 per Person
- Summer Management Bull Elk Hunt; 3-Day Hunt
- $2,000 per Person
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The Experience
Elk from this herd call the Zapata home due to its vast grasslands, abundant water sources, and cover provided by the rolling sand dunes. Landowner tags are available to all and do not require any additional cost or preference points. The beauty of this hunt is the type of landowner voucher which allows rifle bull hunts to begin September 1st and run through the end of November. This provides unprecedented opportunities to hunt Colorado elk in the rut with a rifle.
Cow elk hunts are based on the same voucher system as our bull hunts and all tags are “list B” tags which allow you to hold an additional elk tag for that year. Refer to the online brochure at www.cpw.state.co.us for more info in regards to licenses.
Rifle cow hunts are available from mid-August through mid-November. Although these hunts are rifle-based, opportunities are available to hunt elk with bows, black powder, etc.
Hunting the Zapata provides extremely good odds of not only taking a bull elk but one that scores well into the 300s. This hunt provides on-ranch lodging and features flat land as opposed to the rugged terrain typically associated with Colorado elk hunts.
