Colorado GMU 52 Elk Hunting Outfitting Business for Sale

Grand Mesa Western Colorado outfitting business for sale--NO REAL ESTATE INCLUDED! 

Bryce Outfitting, known for having some of the best public land elk hunting in Colorado, is offered for sale. Situated on the southern slopes of the Grand Mesa just a few miles above Cedaredge, Colorado, this Colorado elk hunting outfitting business is known for excellent trophy opportunities on quality elk and mule deer. GMU 52 is an over-the-counter unit for elk tags, with good draw opportunities for mule deer buck tags. This guide service has a great reputation for putting clients on game, with shot opportunity over 85% and many nice 6x6 bulls taken over the years. Bear hunting is also very good, with many hunters connecting on nice boars.

elk and mule deer hunting in Colorado GMU 52—excellent USFS special use permits

Bryce Outfitting is fortunate to have one of the best public land US Forest Service special use permits in Colorado. The business is allocated over 500 autumn hunting days. Some of the hunting terrain is accessed by 4WD vehicle, but most of it is accessed by horseback. The trailheads are nice and spacious, with plenty of room for horse trailers. The main camp is good sized and there are two drop camps as well. This business is currently running at about 45-50 hunters a year, but there is capacity for more. There is also ample opportunity to add summer use days for pack trips and fishing trips.

Good set of camp equipment, tack, and horses + horse trailer 

Bryce Outfitting has a set of excellent insulated Weatherport tents with this business, including 6 12’x20’ sleeping tents and a 15’x30’ Weatherport cook tent; 4 saddle panniers; bridles, halters, and leadropes; 3 sets of hard box panniers; gun scabbards; croupers; 8 packsaddles & panniers; 15 riding saddles; 18-foot stock trailer; cookstoves, griddles, and eating utensils; Honda generator and water pump; cots and foam pads; propane bottles and cook stoves; plus 14 horses and 11 mules.

Cedaredge, Colorado has affordable real estate for base operations 

There is NO REAL ESTATE OFFERED with this business. One of the biggest challenges for an outfitter is to find affordable real estate to pasture horses and run the base operations. It’s next to impossible to find good properties in the Aspen/Snowmass area, for example. That’s not the case with Cedaredge, which has plenty of irrigated acreage that will make excellent horse pasture in close proximity to the hunting area. We can search for a good horse property to use as a base operation.