2026-01-20T17:44:07.603Z

I had to think this review through regarding what was provided and my experience as an elk hunter. I was asked by my brother to go on a drop camp rifle elk hunt in Utah early in 2025. I have never rifle hunted for elk and have successfully taken elk with my bow over the years. Spending time with my son and brother was worth it. Now to cover what was provided. The cost wasn't that bad. If you have never hunted elk before, you may or may not know how important e-scouting is prior to going to an unknown area. To do this, you have to be given a pretty specific area where you will be camping. This didn't happen until the day before we were to be there. Also, we were told that 4 people would guarantee that we would have a camp, and could hold 6 if we had additional hunters. When we arrived we had two other hunters in our camp, which we had to coordinate with to make sure we weren't doubling up hunting areas. A significant amount of way points of elk sightings were provided to us. a week or so out from the hunt, But, again, if you have some experience hunting elk, you know they can be on another mountain in a days time. Once we got to the camp, and meeting the additional two hunters, we sat down and made a plan. As an elk hunter, I know that if you want to get into animals, you truly have to get off the beaten path. The problem with where we were camped was, everything was a beaten path. Between the side by sides, trucks and ATV's there was very few places we could go that didn't have other hunters. We ended up driving 2.5 hours (construction added 30 minutes to the drive) to a canyon in the 8000 to 9500 feet in elevation on the 4th day out of 5 full days. We sat and watched a couple of bulls and few cows milling around on private property about 400 meters from the public ground. Hey at least we saw an elk! We went there on day 5 and tried to call them into us, with no luck. By the way, this area was not provided to us by the outfitter. We found it by e-scouting at higher elevation, which I suggested we do. That would be the only elk seen during this trip. As an experienced elk hunter I was disappointed in the following things. Communication - knowing an area is very important for elk hunting. Looking for transition zones and water sources spending hours on OnX or what ever source you have is paramount. Location - As soon as we received the way point of our camp as we were driving to Utah, I did some research and was immediately concerned on how close to a very populated area it was and only a few miles off a paved road. As we got into the area and observed trailer after trailer of hunters all with UHV's I was pretty disheartened. Hunters - I understand we were hunting a general draw area and I guess with my archery background I expected less. If confirmed to me why I won't be rifle hunting in a general draw area ever again. I know you will ask me why I gave it a four (4)? Well if you don't know anything about elk hunting and you don't have the equipment, I guess it was a good deal regarding the cost. But as an elk hunter for 28 years.....yeah, wasn't my cup of tea.

2025-12-02T22:54:27.688Z

Went out and had a great time with Tate and the guys with process based hunter in Utah. We got into elk multiple days of the hunt, saw elk every day and got to hang out with a bunch of good folks. We didn’t get one on the ground but was a great experience and I’m planning my 2026 hunt as I write this. The base camp was solid and we decided to hike into a tough to get to spot for a few days and spike camp, which was a great experience in and of itself.

2025-11-09T17:31:14.022Z

I just completed the Semi-guided Elk Hunting Course and thoroughly enjoyed the program. Tate really packs in a lot of great information into the classroom portion of the course. His systematic approach to hunting elk is an invaluable tool that you can ultimately increase your success.Tate’s two guides, Landon and Griffin were really great to hang out with and learn more about how to implement the program.And I have to give kudos to the fantastic camp cook, Kristy, who provided delicious home-style meals during our stay. We even had a student who is a European classically trained chef who kept raving about her prepared meals.All in all, I can highly recommend this company for any of their hunting related offerings. One can tell that they are passionate about hunting and are really in the space because of the love of the sport.

2025-11-05T02:32:13.986Z

I always like bottom line first - so here it is. If you’re looking for an elk hunting school you are going to be very happy with Tate and his team’s efforts. I would be very comfortable with doing an OTC DYI elk hunt at this point employing “the process “ thought to us. The experience is rough/rustic enough to build your “can do” confidence but plenty of good, hot food to keep you in a positive mood (well done Christy!). I would recommend without reservation.If you go to school you’ll know why I’m showing you a poop picture

2025-11-04T17:22:26.098Z

Just got home yesterday from my muzzleloader class with everyone at PBH. I have nothing but fantastic things to remember from this adventure. Tate has put together a very unique opportunity for dumb dumbs like me to learn how to hunt public land. He's a stand up dude who takes a lot of pride in his business, and has set up a hunting camp that feels like a hunting camp, rather then another top dollar outfitter. His guides he employs, Griffin and Landon, were a blast to be in the mountains with. Full of knowledge, down to earth, and funny as can be! Of course no hunting camp would be complete without good American food, and our camp cook Christy delivered that perfectly, and is a wonderful person and a pleasure to be around. Everything from start to finish was a blast. If anyone is on the fence about whether they should give these guys a try, just let me know which fence you are on, and I'll gladly kick you over it! You can thank me later 😉. Tate, Griffin, Landon, Christy... thank you so much, I won't ever forget that trip! Don't ever change who you are, it was perfect.