Flying J Outfitters Book Cliff spike hunt

[CoHntr82]

For those who do/have done outfitted hunts would you ever consider an outfitted hunt in the Utah book cliffs for spike only? This is a group of family looking to make memories in the woods and hopefully fill the freezer. It would be a few of the groups first elk hunt ever, so they’re not looking for any giants. Besides myself everyone else lives Midwest/texas. We’ve done guided hunts in the past bc those guys can’t get out to do scouting, don’t have all the gear, and it makes it really easy for them. Most are business types that make decent money and don’t get much time in the backcountry. This hunt claims to have very good success and references say it’s a well ran operation. I’ve hunted here in Co a bunch, Montana and NM. Never in Utah. I’d love to hear what some of you guys think of the area or if you’ve hunted with them.

This hunt is priced well (I know eye roll) and I see no major red flags. And I get it…outfitted hunts, “its lazy man’s hunting”, “I’d never do it”, “just save the money and go diy” Etc. I’m over all that, I still do plenty of diy hunting and in the past we’ve really had a good time, especially those guys who don’t have this in their backyard and don’t need to spend time/energy cooking, getting water, cleaning, scouting, etc. Thanks for any help or shit talking

 

[CoHntr82]

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[Garandsrus]

Hi, are you still looking for information on Flying J and Books Cliffs? My buddy and I hunted with them twice. We didn’t get an elk either year. We did have one shot the first year but forgot our range finder and I think shot high. We went in 2018 and 2020.

The outfitter was great but the first year we had a terrible guide. My buddy and I saw all the elk before he did and he was riding in front of us. The second year we had a great guide but saw very few Elk. I think they had a severe Winter kill in 2018 and 2019. We didn’t know that and the outfitter didn’t tell us when we booked the second hunt. The second year, no one in the camp either week got a Spike. It was so bad she was considering not hunting there the next year. We saw very few calf’s also.

I have no idea if the Elk have rebounded. Send me a PM if you want to talk about the experience.