This outfitter offers private-land hunting on land owned by his family and a neighbor south of Lamar, Colorado. He sometimes leases additional property and has had access to more than 50,000 acres of private land. He expects to hunt a lightly hunted 100,000-acre ranch in 2009 and should get six to eight landowner permits with that property. This area is known for producing some outstanding mule deer, including some in the 200 class. The best buck taken in the past three years scored almost 200 B&C points and measured 30 inches wide. As is true with any mule deer hunt, the higher your standards the lower your chances of success, but most hunters see one or more mature four-point muleys scoring 160 to 180, and the lucky ones see a bigger animal. Though you have an outside chance of killing a 15-inch antelope, you can almost count on taking a 12 to 14-inch buck.

Hunting pressure is limited by the state, which is why there are trophy-class muleys. You must draw a tag or buy a landowner voucher to hunt deer or antelope. The outfitter usually gets two landowner permits for deer and three or four landowner permits for antelope. You can save money by drawing a tag. Most deer hunters with one preference point can draw the first deer season in late October and early November, and you need three preference points to draw the early December season. Antelope tags are usually easy to draw.