Tallent Outfitters

[Outfitterreview]

Just returned from an elk hunt with Tallent Outfitters. They are based out of Missouri and guide elk 2nd, 3rd, and 4th season in Colorado.Not my type of hunt but went with my aging father who isn’t mobile. Weather was hot. Went 0 for 4. Outfitter claims he’s 85 percent on bulls. He shot 4 during third season out of about 30 hunter’s or more. They were all shot on the BLM land, not his ground. Don’t waste your time renting one of their houses unless you want to watch a truck parade every morning and evening, and some throughout the day. Our cabin was 750 yards from the main lodge and we could hear 3 ankle biter dogs barking in camp. Talked to a guy who was hunting the blm this year who had a cabin last year and never saw an elk last year! So, it wasn’t just the weather. Place is a money grab. The last night one of the outfitter’s buddies drove between the two houses we had rented, stopped got out and shot at a buck. Some of the most rude, inconsiderate, hunters I’ve ever been around on private ground. I felt like I was on public ground. My recommendation is to hunt somewhere else if you are looking for a private land elk hunt.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Username checks out.

 

[Wprinkle]

Just returned from an elk hunt with Tallent Outfitters. They are based out of Missouri and guide elk 2nd, 3rd, and 4th season in Colorado.Not my type of hunt but went with my aging father who isn’t mobile. Weather was hot. Went 0 for 4. Outfitter claims he’s 85 percent on bulls. He shot 4 during third season out of about 30 hunter’s or more. They were all shot on the BLM land, not his ground. Don’t waste your time renting one of their houses unless you want to watch a truck parade every morning and evening, and some throughout the day. Our cabin was 750 yards from the main lodge and we could hear 3 ankle biter dogs barking in camp. Talked to a guy who was hunting the blm this year who had a cabin last year and never saw an elk last year! So, it wasn’t just the weather. Place is a money grab. The last night one of the outfitter’s buddies drove between the two houses we had rented, stopped got out and shot at a buck. Some of the most rude, inconsiderate, hunters I’ve ever been around on private ground. I felt like I was on public ground. My recommendation is to hunt somewhere else if you are looking for a private land elk hunt.

Where do you guide out of?

 

[AHayes111]

I don't know anything about Tallent Outfitters or if what you say is true or not. What stands out to me is why would anyone book a CO elk hunt with an outfitter based in Missouri? I would be very skeptical of any outfitter that is not local.

 

[7mm-08]

OP joined yesterday to create his/her first post on Rokslide to complain about an outfitter - we've never seen this before...

 

[Outfitterreview]

Simply putting it out there to save some people some money. Sorry to “ruin” your forum. The only reason I hunted private was for my father who can’t get around. Stay classy!

 

[Weldor]

Same question as always, did you talk to any previous hunters with him? reference's? It's a good place to start before booking with any outfitter.

 

[Outfitterreview]

didn’t talk to any past hunters but booked through a “what I thought” was a reputable booking company. As I said, lack of success wasn’t the issue at all, the weather sucked. It was everything else that went on with the outfit.

 

[WeiserBucks]

didn’t talk to any past hunters but booked through a “what I thought” was a reputable booking company.

Quit blaming anything else and grab a mirror.

 

[Outfitterreview]

Ride it! You are a troll! Have a great day

 

[HornPorn]

Their website is podunk at best. Harvest pics are of dink whitetail and mule deer. Not sure what you paid for elk, but I see they are only charging $2,500 for a midwest whitetail hunt? That's 2015 prices for a Bush league hunt, I know cuz I went on one in Kansas in 2015 and that's what I paid (I did kill, and I killed the biggest buck in camp that week, but it was a garbage operation). Obviously this outfitter you went with is a bottom shelf operation, and it sounds like you got what you paid for.

A quality private land elk hunt in 2025 goes for no less than $10K, not including tip or travel. Anything less than that, and you really shouldn't be complaining, because you didn't do your research.

 

[Outfitterreview]

I can agree with that! Still a horseshit outfit

 

[WeiserBucks]

Ride it!

Ride what?

 

[MontyMontana]

Other than bad grammar and punctuation, what do they mean "you will not be walking or driving the property unless you rent a camper" then its only drive the private road to access public property? Cabins don't count? Cook outside of the cabin? I have so many questions......

 

[MontyMontana]

And what is "semi guided" do they have an outfitter/guide license?

 

[intunegp]

Other than bad grammar and punctuation, what do they mean "you will not be walking or driving the property unless you rent a camper" then its only drive the private road to access public property? Cabins don't count? Cook outside of the cabin? I have so many questions......

And what is "semi guided" do they have an outfitter/guide license?

"Once you arrive to your shooting bunk house you will stay there for the time of your allowed dates"

Almost sounds like your living quarters and hunting blind are the same thing? I'm borderline tempted to say I've glassed some of their "shooting bunk houses" from many miles away and wondered what the hell they were. A few years ago I was on a high point in the general vicinity and saw several square-ish, too big for hunting blinds but too small for houses/cabins structures basically in a straight line. Whether or not I was familiar with the area, a quick look at their property on OnX shows me that it is not somewhere I would pay to hunt.


One of the pictures in their gallery shows a truck that says something about "Yampa Valley Outfitters, LLC" which shows up online but is clearly the same outfit and possibly just a different name for their Colorado operation. Looks like Tallent Outfitters has had a CO license since 1995

 

[MontyMontana]

"Once you arrive to your shooting bunk house you will stay there for the time of your allowed dates"

Almost sounds like your living quarters and hunting blind are the same thing? I'm borderline tempted to say I've glassed some of their "shooting bunk houses" from many miles away and wondered what the hell they were. A few years ago I was on a high point in the general vicinity and saw several square-ish, too big for hunting blinds but too small for houses/cabins structures basically in a straight line. Whether or not I was familiar with the area, a quick look at their property on OnX shows me that it is not somewhere I would pay to hunt.


One of the pictures in their gallery shows a truck that says something about "Yampa Valley Outfitters, LLC" which shows up online but is clearly the same outfit and possibly just a different name for their Colorado operation. Looks like Tallent Outfitters has had a CO license since 1995

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You're faster than me.. I was googling away on Yampa Valley Outfitters and didn't find much. The blind thing makes sense now... Its like a whitetail set up with blinds/cabins on a "migration route" and when a herd comes through the turkey shoot begins... is this common practice back east or something?

 

[HornPorn]

... is this common practice back east or something?

No, absolutely not

On that jackwagon Kansas hunt I did, they wanted us to stay in the same blind, all day, every day. When we asked to switch to a new spot or even switch spots with a buddy, they were offended. In hindsight, they just didnt have very much property, and they dont want you coming back to camp because they dont want to have to deal with you. Rides back and forth, food, etc. They want you out of their hair so they can beat off and smoke weed

 

[intunegp]

You're faster than me.. I was googling away on Yampa Valley Outfitters and didn't find much. The blind thing makes sense now... Its like a whitetail set up with blinds/cabins on a "migration route" and when a herd comes through the turkey shoot begins... is this common practice back east or something?

Their property in unit 3 is without a doubt a "sit and wait and hope the herd runs by" situation...unit 3 as a whole is largely considered a migratory corridor or wintering ground for elk, and their little plot offers no water or cover or anything else that would hold any members of the small resident population. After looking closer you can see that the "shooting bunk houses" are spread out around the perimeter of their 1000 acres and it is all relatively flat sage country.

Like I said I'm pretty confident I've glassed up these "shooting bunk houses" from afar and wondered to myself why anyone would build any sort of structure in those barren plains unless they were quarters for sheep herders.

 

[MontyMontana]

Their property in unit 3 is without a doubt a "sit and wait and hope the herd runs by" situation...unit 3 as a whole is largely considered a migratory corridor or wintering ground for elk, and their little plot offers no water or cover or anything else that would hold any members of the small resident population. After looking closer you can see that the "shooting bunk houses" are spread out around the perimeter of their 1000 acres and it is all relatively flat sage country.

Like I said I'm pretty confident I've glassed up these "shooting bunk houses" from afar and wondered to myself why anyone would build any sort of structure in those barren plains unless they were quarters for sheep herders.

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I couldn't help and had to look. Appears the "cabins" are scatter in the flats from 300-600 yards apart.