WE ARE NOW BOOKING FOR 2025-26 SEASONS.

HUNTING FOR TROPHY BULL ELK IN THE BEAUTIFUL COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY. THE BEST HUNT OF OUR LIFE ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RANCHES IN COLORADO. WHAT ELK HUNTING DREAMS ARE MADE OF!!!

WE CURRENTLY HAVE DATES AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER FOR 2025.

IF YOU ARE AFTER A 400+ INCH BULL ELK WE ARE YOUR RANCH WITH THE LARGEST PRIVATE ELK HERD IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA. WE TAKE AROUND 90 BULLS A YEAR OVER 400 -700 INCHES.

WE ARE NOW BOOKING FOR THE 2025 SEASON FOR TROPHY ELK HUNTS. FOR HUNTING DATES AT BULL BASIN RANCH GO TO THE BOOKING PAGE FOR AVAILABLE DATES. WE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH A PRIVATE HUNTING LICENSE AT THE LODGE. WE ARE MANAGING OUR RANCH FOR A TROPHY ELK HUNTING OPPORTUNITY TAKING BULLS OF 4-10 YEARS OF AGE WITH MANY BULL SCORING 400+ CLASS BULLS & UP.

BULL BASIN RANCH AND THE LODGE AT CIMARRON IS THE MOST EXCITING ELK HUNTING EXPERIENCE & THE HIGHEST QUALITY LUXURY ELK HUNT IN NORTH AMERICA. WE HAVE THE LARGEST PRIVATE HUNTING ESTATE RANCH AND THE LARGEST PRIVATE HERD OF ELK IN NORTH AMERICA. EXPERIENCE AN AMAZING HUNT AND LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS LIKE NO OTHER THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE HUNT, THE BULLS, LODGING, MEALS, GUIDES, AND OVERALL EXPERIENCE BULL BASIN RANCH IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST QUALITY OF ELK HUNTING WITH LUXURY LODGING AND MEALS, WE SET THE STANDARD TO BE THE BEST. NO OTHER RANCH CAN COME CLOSE TO WHAT WE OFFER. FAMILY-RUN HUNTING OPERATION THAT STRIVES FOR 100 PERCENT HUNTER SATISFACTION AND TO GIVE YOU THE BEST HUNT POSSIBLE IN EVERY WAY.

OUR HUNTING AREA IS THE LARGEST HIGH COUNTRY RANCH WITH 5,000 ACRES. Beautiful high mountain scenery with lush aspen trees thick pine forests and mountain parks with streams and lakes is one of the most beautiful mountain ranches you will ever hunt on. 100 percent success. Our massive elk herd numbering over 1,000 head of elk with vast numbers of bulls over 400 inches allows you to take the bull of a lifetime. This is an incredible hunt set in the heart of trophy bull elk country. The lodge at Cimarron is the most luxurious lodge, with an elevated quality experience and the absolute best elk hunt in North America.

BULL ELK HUNTS FOR 380 to 600 INCH PLUS BULLS RANGE WITH A AVERAGE EACH YEAR OF 450 INCHES+ TAKING OFF THE RANCH SO WE ARE TAKING A LOT OF MONSTER BULLS OFF OF THIS RANCH EVERY YEAR.

WE OFFER HUNTS FOR TROPHY BUFFALO & FALLOW-DEER. THESE HUNTS CAN BE COMBINED WITH AN ELK HUNT. ARE AVAILABLE EACH SEASON AS A SECONDARY ANIMAL OR DURING THE DATES OCTOBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 5 AS A PRIMARY HUNT.

BULL BASIN RANCH IS LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL CIMMARON MOUNTAINS NEAR MONTROSE & GUNNISON COLORADO. EXPERIENCE A HUNT LIKE NO OTHER TO TAKE THAT TROPHY BULL OF A LIFETIME. LOCATED 45 MINUTES FROM MONTROSE COLORADO IN THE BEAUTIFUL CIMMARON MOUNTAINS, ABSOLUTE BREATHTAKING SCENERY - HUGE TROPHY BULL ELK. & THE FINEST HUNTING LODGE IN NORTH AMERICA.

IMAGINE AMAZING MOUNTAIN SCENERY WHILE SEEING AS MANY AS 100 BULLS IN A DAY. ARCHERY AND RIFLE HUNTS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 10TH. THIS IS THE DREAM HUNT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO GO WITH THE VERY BEST.

BULL BASIN RANCH HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF GREAT SUCCESS AND HAPPY HUNTERS. WE HAVE THE BEST PRICE ON A TROPHY ELK HUNT FOR THE OVERALL QUALITY OF HUNTING, ALL OF OUR LODGING, FOOD, AND MOST IMPORTANT THE QUALITY OF BULL ELK ON OUR BEAUTIFUL RANCH. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE HUNTING EXPERIENCE ACCOMMODATIONS, FOOD, SCENERY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE QUALITY OF TROPHY BULL ELK YOU SEE AND TAKE DURING YOUR HUNT AT BULL BASIN. WE SET THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND QUALITY OF ANY ELK HUNT IN NORTH AMERICA. PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK. THERE ARE SOME VERY POOR OPERATIONS OUT THERE THAT JUST DON’T CARE. HUNT WITH THE BEST. BULL BASIN IS A REAL ELK HUNTING RANCH WITH A FREE RANGE QUALITY THAT NO OTHER RANCH HAS, SPOT & STALK & CALLING BULLS IN DURING THE RUT ELK HUNTING AT ITS BEST.

2024 SEASON AVERAGE WAS ( 451 sci )

We Specialize in 400-inch plus bull elk. We have the largest hunting area with the largest elk herd in North America. Bulls from 400 plus to a monster bull scoring over 759! WE TOOK SEVERAL NEW WORLD RECORD BULLS IN 2024 WITH FIVE BULLS GOING OVER 650 INCHES UP TO A 759-INCH MONSTER. BULL BASIN RANCH IS THE LARGEST ELK-HUNTING HIGH FENCE PRESERVE IN NORTH AMERICA. HOME TO WORLD-CLASS ELK HUNTING, GIANT BUFFALO & GIANT FALLOW DEER WITH SOME OF THE BEST GUIDES TO HELP YOU ON THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME. WE ARE THE PREMIER WESTERN ELK HUNTING DESTINATION FOR A EXCITING HUNTING EXPERIENCE & HUGE TROPHY BULL ELK 350 up to 600+ CLASS BULLS. YOU WILL BE HUNTING IN THE LARGEST PRIVATE ELK HERD IN NORTH AMERICA IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HIGH COUNTRY SCENERY IMAGINABLE WITH HUGE TYPICAL BULLS, THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF. 400 inch + BULL ELK WITH BULLS over 600 INCHES. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MAGNIFICENT TROPHY BULL ELK AND AN EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY ELK HUNTING EXPERIENCE WE ARE THE HUNTING DESTINATION WORKING VERY HARD TO GIVE YOU THE BEST ELK HUNT POSSIBLE THE VERY BEST ELK HUNTING IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA.

CALL OR EMAIL LEE COX TO BOOK YOUR ELK HUNT FOR 2025 FALL SEASON 970-433-2098 email bullbasinranch@gmail.com

A Private Hunting LICENSE WILL BE issued to you at the ranch and you do not need a state license or hunter’s safety card. HUNT WITH A RIFLE OR BOW DURING THE ELK RUT SEPTEMBER-1 through NOVEMBER-5

We can accommodate hunters of any physical ability and age.

Choose the style of hunting ground blinds, spot & stalk, still hunting in the mountain parks and elk wallows, calling, driving. EXCEPTIONAL ARCHERY HUNTING. We will put you on the elk and give you the experience of a lifetime.

LEE & JENNIFER COX & family have owned and OPERATED BULL BASIN RANCH for over 25 years. We are family-owned and operated. Our incredible guides work hard to offer you the very best TROPHY ELK HUNTING EXPERIENCE and the most luxury hunting lodge in North America near Montrose Colorado with a regional and private airport. Our wonderful guides are experienced and work very hard to provide the best elk hunt possible. With all this, we offer the most exciting hunting experience & the finest elk hunt in North America. We are known worldwide for the very best trophy elk hunting. Our goal is for you to have the greatest elk hunting experience possible & one of the best hunts you may ever go on. Amazing mountain scenery and an exceptional hunting experience. Our trophy elk hunts at Bull Basin Ranch start at around 380-inch bulls with the majority in the 385-450 range with bulls in the 500-650 inch range taken every year. We will custom-build a hunt to meet your needs no matter your physical abilities. Our family ranch is mostly flat mountain terrain big gentle valleys with aspen and spruce pine forests with huge valleys lakes streams beautiful high mountain sagebrush parks. One of the most scenic elk-hunting ranches in all of North America.

YOU CAN VIEW OUR VIDEO ON YOUTUBE JUST TYPE IN BULL BASIN RANCH this is 26 minute in length video

A TROPHY ELK HUNT at Bull Basin! This is what dreams are made of. Beautiful majestic mountain scenery spruce pine forest, Quaking Aspen Stands, huge mountain parks, streams, and lakes full of trout, as pretty as it gets filled with the bugles of a majestic bull elk. Our Ranch is mostly flat country a high mountain plateau with big valleys and tall rocky mountains in every direction. The largest private herd of elk in North America enjoy luxury lodging and fine dining at our fantastic mountain lodge with professional staff that will be ready to make your perfect stay and hunt the best hunt possible AMAZING elk habitat Hunting in the aspens, blue spruce pine forest huge open sage parks with one of North America's greatest elk herds. You have found the elk hunt that dreams are made of. BULL BASIN RANCH is recognized BY SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL as the number one elk hunt in all of North America. Featured in magazines and several sports shows as the best elk hunting experience out there. BULL BASIN RANCH with our 5-star world-class accommodations, beautiful scenery & our vast elk herd - there is no better elk hunt. We have a private land hunting License, you can hunt with a rifle or bow from September 1 through the end of November 5.

Lee Cox Owner -operator of BULL Basin Ranch I have over 25 years in guiding elk hunts and building & operating one of the finest hunting ranches in all of North America. We have an OUTSTANDING REPUTATION and strive to be the best elk hunting operation in NORTH AMERICA. TROPHY BULL ELK HUNTS with 100% past hunter success and satisfaction. WE GET HUNTERS bringing their wives along, father-son hunts, and first-class corporate hunts. Our past hunters have ranged in age from 92 years old to 8 years old. Bull Basin offers one of the best quality elk hunting experiences for huge trophy bull elk, our high fence area is so large it has a Free-range quality hunting experience. One of the largest elk hunting preserves in North America.

YOU CAN HUNT DURING THE ELK RUT FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 5 WITH A RIFLE OR ARCHERY. WE CAN HELP YOU CUSTOMIZE YOUR HUNT TO MEET ANY OF YOUR ABILITIES AND NEEDS.

 WHAT SETS BULL BASIN RANCH APART FROM OTHER ELK HUNTING RANCHES ( THE HUNTING EXPERIENCE )

100 % PERCENT CLIENT SATISFACTION AND AMAZING BULL ELK.

THE SIZE OF OUR RANCH IS MASSIVE & SET IN STUNNING MOUNTAIN SCENERY.

WE HAVE THE LARGEST ELK HERD IN NORTH AMERICA WITH AMAZING BULLS.

THE FINEST GUEST LODGING & MEALS. IF YOU ARE A GUEST IN OUR MAGNIFICENT LOG HOME OR STAYING IN OUR OTHER LODGE BOTH ARE SOME OF THE FINEST MOUNTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS IN COLORADO.

A WONDERFUL GROUP OF KNOWLEDGEABLE GUIDES.

A VERY PERSONAL HUNTING EXPERIENCE -WE CARE ABOUT YOU AND THE HUNT WE PROVIDE WITH A 5-STAR QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT NO OTHER RANCH COMES CLOSE TO.

CARE OF YOUR ELK TROPHY & MEAT AFTER THE HUNT ALONG WITH GREAT TAXIDERMY AND MEAT PROCESSING AND SHIPPING. 

We will build your hunt around your needs that will exceed any expectations.

You can not find a better-guaranteed elk hunting ranch for quality and price. You will get the best hunting experience for the price out there, beautiful typical trophy elk, amazing food, first-class lodging, the best-experienced elk guides, and staff. You might find a place a little cheaper, but is it worth the difference there are some very poor operations ( 90% of them ) out there and you might end up very disappointed. We are 100 % on satisfaction with our hunters and that is the most important item to us. " 100% satisfaction "  We are"North America's # 1 elk hunting destination".

WORLD RECORD CLASS TROPHY BULL ELK IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN SCENERY 

BULL BASIN RANCH We are only 45-50 minutes out of Montrose Colorado and a quick 50 minutes from the Montrose airport. We have a very modern log lodge with 7 rooms each with a private shower, queen & king size beds, and WIFI. we have several thousand acres of prime Colorado trophy bull elk hunting. The ranch is 7,800 to 9,600 feet in elevation with mostly level terrain. The ranch has a very diverse topography, lakes, streams, covered with blue spruce pine, Douglas fir pine, white spruce, vast aspen tree stands, high mountain alpine sage parks, and high mountain meadows, and many high mountains lakes and streams. In the fall our ranch is breathtaking. Bull Basin Ranch is the ideal habitat for elk with the huge herd of elk that roam our ranch we can guarantee you a successful elk hunt. During the fall elk rut, the elk herds can be found feeding in the big open mountain parks in the evenings and in the more secluded meadows in the mornings then moving into the dark timber for the middle of the day. Hearing bull elk bugle back in the dark timber and calling bulls in during the elk rut is one of the most amazing hunting experiences that there is in all elk hunting!  As the aspen trees on the ranch turn golden yellow, signaling fall, you can start to hear the ringing of elk bulges all over the ranch! With the high density of bull elk on the ranch, the elk bugles can be heard continually throughout the ranch during September and October. With a high bull-to-cow ratio and monster 400-inch plus typical bulls throughout the ranch, it is an amazing sight to see during the fall elk rut. With the beautiful scenery and vast numbers of elk, there is no place with a better setting to be hunting trophy elk at Bull Basin Ranch Cimarron Colorado.

Fall is that time of year that we look forward to all year the rocky mountain elk hunt is underway.  We would like to invite you to come out and experience a true rocky mountain hunt elk with us and experience one of the greatest hunts of your life!

WHAT’S INCLUDED:  TROPHY ELK HUNTS prices cover lodging for TWO nights, THREE days hunting and all meals, guiding, and field prep of your trophy elk capping for taxidermy. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE ELK ALL THE TIME DURING YOUR HUNT THREE DAYS WILL SEEM LIKE A WEEK IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.

We have several very good meat processing businesses in the area that can take care of your elk and also ship right to you, If you are driving or flying we can ship your elk meat out of any were in the lower 48 states. We also work with some outstanding guys who do excellent Taxidermy work to finish off your hunt.