Who was running the U-Bar at that time?
>I went with the U-Bar ranch
>over 10 years ago...
>
>First the plus. We never
>saw another soul in over
>10 days. Two of
>us got elk (small raghorns)
>easily could have been three.
> The guy who didn't
>get an elk had bulls
>at 10 yards on several
>occasions. It was an
>awsome experience 12 miles from
>trailhead and one I will
>do again.
>
>Now the negative. The ranch
>was dirty (IMO) and tried
>to jack us around.
>We had a pre-agreed upon
>price the bring elk out.
> I hiked out a
>day early with a another
>hunter. We both had
>60-75 lbs pack. We
>told the ranch about the
>two elk down. They
>brought extra horses and tried
>to tell us that the
>horses could only take two
>front quarters a piece so
>we needed three horses per
>rag horn (we pre arranged
>one horse per elk). This
>was about $1000 swing.
>We faight it and they
>gave in but not fun!
> They pushed hard for
>us to use their broken
>down equipment. I felt
>everything was buckle and done
>to get more money.
>
>Long and short...lots of elk (albeit
>smaller) and tons of fun
>but a logistical nightmare.
>I strongly encourage you to
>really review you contract if
>you go ranch route.
>Please PM if you have
>more questions and have fun!
>
It Won't Be Long and a 22" PISSCUTTER will be known as a Trophy that will be put on the Wall!