Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt

East Kootaney, British Columbia

This is elk hunting the way it was meant to be. No roads, no engines echoing across the valley, no crowds. Just you, your guide, a string of mountain horses, and the raw wilderness of the East Kootenays stretching further than the eye can see.

A man wearing camouflage clothing and a hat, kneeling amidst greenery, holding large antlers of a dead elk.

Your hunt doesn’t start at a trailhead, it starts in the saddle. With FCO, you ride horseback into the heart of the Purcell’s, crossing alpine passes, winding through dark timber, and descending into remote basins where mature bulls live undisturbed. This is non-motorized wilderness. By the time you reach camp, you already feel it, you’re somewhere different. Somewhere wild.

These mountains are home to hard-antlered, heavy-bodied Rocky Mountain elk that thrive in steep, broken terrain. They feed in high alpine meadows and timberline, then melt into dark timber benches.

And in September? The mountains come alive.

The rut transforms the experience into something electric, bulls bugling across canyons at first light, satellite bulls slipping through timber, the smell of spruce and cold air mixing with adrenaline. You’re not watching from afar. You’re calling, moving, closing distance, engaging.

This is active, strategic, heart-pounding elk hunting.

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If you’ve dreamed of hearing a bull scream across a canyon at sunrise, riding through golden larch under snow-capped peaks, calling a heavy-antlered bull into bow range and packing your elk out of country few will ever see, then this is your mountain.

The East Kootenays still hold places where wild elk thrive and true wilderness exists. And Findlay Creek Outfitters has the horses, the knowledge, and the access to take you there. 

This isn’t a luxury lodge experience, this is leather, sweat, altitude, and adrenaline. It’s the kind of hunt that changes how you define “adventure.”

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BOW SEASON: SEPTEMBER 1st - 9th
RIFLE SEASON: SEPTEMBER 10th - 30th.

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  • THE HUNT

    10 day Elk Hunt - 1 on 1 -$14,500

    Hunt for Rocky Mountain Elk, harvest fee and royalties included.

    Black Bear and Wolf can be included if available with an open season on the booked date.

    Our fees include meals, lodging, guide service, field care of meat, trophy preparation, all government royalties on game harvested, transportation between the airport in Cranbrook, BC and the lodge.

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  • FEES

    All our fees are in US funds. A non-refundable deposit is required to book all hunts. Hunters must be half paid by January 1 the year of your trip. Balance of the hunt fees are due by June 1st the summer before your hunt. Harvest fees for extra animals are due upon arrival as Cash, Cashier’s Cheque or Money Order. No personal cheques will be accepted.

    — Tax and tags not included in price
     — Additional non-hunting accompaniment $5000.00 per person

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  • OTHER CONDITIONS

    Deposits are non-refundable. Deposits may be transferred to another party. We do recommend buying cancellation insurance (1-800-348-9505)

    We can arrange crating and shipping of trophies.

    Licenses are guaranteed for all game (no draw necessary).

    Not Included:
    — Hunting licenses and species tags
    — Tax
    — Non Resident Hunt Preservation Fund (HPF) ($250)

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“I want to thank you for a fantastic hunting experience last September. It was a real pleasure to hunt with you. I really appreciated your steadfast determination and desire to make the hunt successful, it wouldn’t have happened without you!”

- John Delsman