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Big Bend Backpacking & Supported Trekking

Carry it yourself or let camp meet you, from a beginner overnight to the Big Bend 100

Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park, TexasFrom $180/person/day
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Drone view of turquoise water and gravel bars on the Devils River

Devils River Smallmouth, Multi-Day Canoe

Ten years of experience on the clearest, hardest river in Texas

From $1,400/person · 2–4 days

Fly fishing · Smallmouth Bass

Devils River, Val Verde County, Texas

Cinnamon-phase black bear in green timber

Idaho Black Bear over Bait, Selway Wilderness

A two-bear unit averaging over 50% colour phase, with the wolf hunt thrown in

From $2,200/person · 3–7 days

Over Bait · Black Bear

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Camp griddle of vegetables on the riverbank, guests at the water behind

Wine & Food on the Wallowa & Grande Ronde

Paddle by day, chef-prepared feast by night

From $1,495/person · 3 days

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Angler on the Kenai bank at sunset with autumn colour along the far shore

Fall Silver Salmon & Trophy Trout, Kenai & Kasilof Rivers

Football-sized rainbows and the second silver run, with the crowds gone and the hillsides turning

From $550/person · 1–7 days

Fly fishing · Coho / Silver Salmon

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

A small herd of cow elk feeding in an open sage and grass park at first light, a long timbered ridge and an aspen draw behind them

Cow Elk, Unit 38 Private Land

A more affordable way into Wyoming elk

Price on request

Elk

Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Rooster pheasant standing in frosted prairie grass

South Dakota Pheasant Hunt, Golden Triangle

Orvis-endorsed wingshooting on 20,000 huntable acres you never walk twice

From $3,170/person · 3 days

Walk-up with Dogs · Pheasant

Ideal, South Dakota

A mature whitetail buck in grey winter coat standing in thin snow at the edge of boreal timber, his breath showing in the cold, bare red willow crossing the foreground and the birch and spruce behind him thrown out of focus.

Alberta Whitetail Hunt

Big-bodied Alberta bucks where farm land and big timber meet

Price on request · 5 days

Stand / Blind · Whitetail Deer

Alberta, Canada

Whitetail buck standing in autumn brush

Kentucky Whitetail Deer Hunt, Christian County

Nine dated packages from velvet archery to late muzzleloader, on 10,000 managed acres

From $2,000/person · 2–5 days

Stand / Blind · Whitetail Deer

Christian County, Western Kentucky

Guided Montana Wolf Hunt

Guided Montana Wolf Hunt

Hunt one of the West’s most elusive predators through the deep winter mountains of Southwest Montana.

From $3,250/person · 5 days

Glassing · Wolf

Darby, Montana

Mule deer buck bounding through sage

Idaho Fly-In Rut Deer Hunt, Selway Wilderness

Two rut weeks in November, whitetail or mule deer on one allocated tag

From $4,200/person · 7 days

Backcountry · Mule Deer

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Whitetail buck standing in tall dry grass

South Texas Brush Country Whitetail

Boone and Crockett quality bucks on 1,500 family-owned acres

From $3,500/person · 4 days

Whitetail Deer

South Texas brush country

Black bear feeding in tall green grass

Idaho Spring Bear Hunt, Sawtooth Wilderness

A 60% colour-phase population and a 90% success rate, six weeks in late spring

From $4,500/person · 5 days

Backcountry · Black Bear

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Gray wolf in profile against backlit snow

Idaho Wolf Hunt, Sawtooth Wilderness

Calling·Wolf·Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Idaho's wolf season runs almost the whole year here, and SWO hunt them on calling, over bait, and by glassing. Three-day minimum. They are explicit about what they will and will not promise: "Unlike guaranteed trophy hunts, we believe in the intrinsic value of earned success." They control the food, the guides, the stock and the camps, and they do not claim to control the weather or the animals.

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Blue raft beached on cobbles in Hells Canyon

Snake River Rafting, Hells Canyon

Big water through the deepest gorge in North America

From $1,495/person · 4–5 days

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

Wild gobbler strutting in green grass with his fan up

Kentucky Spring Turkey Hunt, Christian County

Three days on Eastern gobblers, on the same 10,000 acres they manage for deer

Price on request · 3 days

Eastern Turkey

Christian County, Western Kentucky

Prairie dogs at their burrows on a dirt mound

Wyoming Prairie Dog

High-volume varmint shooting through the summer

From $300/person/day

Groundhog / Varmint

Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Guided Montana Wolf Hunt

Guided Montana Wolf Hunt

Hunt one of the West’s most elusive predators through the deep winter mountains of Southwest Montana.

From $3,250/person · 5 days

Glassing · Wolf

Darby, Montana

Three brown bears on a gravel bar with a floatplane moored behind

Wildlife & Scenery Package, Kenai Peninsula

For everyone who came to Alaska for the bears, the fjords and the glaciers, not the fish

From $550/person · 1–7 days

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

A mature whitetail buck in grey winter coat standing in thin snow at the edge of boreal timber, his breath showing in the cold, bare red willow crossing the foreground and the birch and spruce behind him thrown out of focus.

Alberta Whitetail Hunt

Big-bodied Alberta bucks where farm land and big timber meet

Price on request · 5 days

Stand / Blind · Whitetail Deer

Alberta, Canada

Mountain lion leaping between dead snags above snowy hills

Idaho Fly-In Mountain Lion Hunt, Selway Wilderness

Eight days behind the hounds in winter, with wolves and bobcats on the same trip

From $4,200/person · 8 days

Hound Hunting · Mountain Lion

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Hunter in blaze orange working through tall brush and grass

South Dakota Dove Hunt, Golden Triangle

Fast birds over high-volume prairie fields, at the front end of the season

Price on request

Dove

Ideal, South Dakota

String of riders on horseback in falling snow

Elk Drop Camp, Selway Wilderness

They pack you in, furnish the camp, and leave you to hunt it

From $3,700/person

Backcountry · Elk

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Loaded red canoe on cobbles below a canyon narrows

Mariscal Canyon Float, Rio Grande

The most remote and least paddled canyon in Big Bend National Park

From $325/person/day · 2–3 days

Mariscal Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Mountain lion facing the camera in deep snow

Idaho Mountain Lion Hunt, Sawtooth Wilderness

Four winter months after the apex predator of the Sawtooths

From $8,000/person

Backcountry · Mountain Lion

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Scimitar oryx standing in South Texas brush

South Texas Scimitar Oryx

Extinct in the wild, and the animal behind the unicorn legend

From $4,500/person · 3 days

Oryx / Addax

South Texas brush country

Featured Outfitters

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BT

Beaver Trap Outfitters

Wyoming

Trophy big game in the Bighorn Mountains, on private ranches, National Forest, and BLM.

11 trips · Since 2006

Minam Store Outfitters

Minam Store Outfitters

Oregon & Idaho

Guided fly fishing, whitewater, and chukar hunting from a family store at the junction of the Wallowa and Minam rivers.

10 trips · Since 1909

Far West Texas Outfitters

Far West Texas Outfitters

Texas

Boutique guided canoe, raft, fishing and backpacking trips through the Rio Grande's Big Bend canyons, the Devils River and the Lower Pecos.

8 trips · Since 2021

Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters

Sawtooth Wilderness Outfitters

Idaho

Roving horseback hunts and pack trips out of Grandjean, in 250 square miles of the Sawtooth Wilderness they hold exclusively.

8 trips

Cameron Outfitters

Cameron Outfitters

Idaho

Guided elk, deer, bear, and lion hunting on 800 square miles of exclusive permit ground in Idaho's Unit 17.

7 trips · Since 2019

Moose Creek Outfitters

Moose Creek Outfitters

Idaho

Fly-in, fly-out backcountry hunts in Idaho's Unit 17, deep inside the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.

6 trips · Since 2017

SC

Steel Creek Outfitters

Montana

Third-generation Montana outfitters offering horseback backcountry hunts, remote wall-tent camps, and hard-hunting predator adventures in Southwest Montana.

4 trips · Since 2017

Kenai Riverside Resort

Kenai Riverside Resort

Alaska

Luxury glamping on the banks of the Kenai River at Soldotna, and customisable one-to-seven-day Alaska fishing and adventure packages built around it.

4 trips

LD

Livin the Dream Productions

Alberta

Guided black bear, whitetail and wolf hunts in Alberta's boreal forest, run by John and Jenn Rivet out of a home lodge.

3 trips

OF

One Fatal Mistake Outfitters

Kentucky

Guided whitetail and spring turkey hunts on 10,000 acres of managed Western Kentucky farm ground, run out of a six-hunter lodge.

2 trips · Since 2019

Lazy J Sporting Club

Lazy J Sporting Club

South Dakota

Orvis-endorsed pheasant wingshooting and full-service lodge hospitality on 20,000 huntable acres of the Jorgensen family's South Dakota prairie.

2 trips · Since 1983

S&N Ranch

S&N Ranch

Texas

A 1,500-acre family-owned ranch in the South Texas brush country, hunting native whitetail and scimitar-horned oryx.

2 trips

Top Hunting Trips

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Prairie dogs at their burrows on a dirt mound

Wyoming Prairie Dog

High-volume varmint shooting through the summer

From $300/person/day

Groundhog / Varmint

Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Mule deer buck bounding through sage

Idaho Fly-In Rut Deer Hunt, Selway Wilderness

Two rut weeks in November, whitetail or mule deer on one allocated tag

From $4,200/person · 7 days

Backcountry · Mule Deer

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Montana Backcountry Elk & Deer Combo

Montana Backcountry Elk & Deer Combo

Ride nine miles by horseback into a remote Montana wall-tent camp and hunt elk and deer deep in the Big Hole backcountry.

From $6,550/person · 7+ days

Spot & Stalk · Elk

Darby, Montana

Bull elk with a heavy rack standing in snowy timber

Idaho Elk Hunt, Sawtooth Wilderness

Seven days chasing bulls on horseback, with no fixed camp to tie you down

From $6,500/person · 7 days

Backcountry · Elk

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Rooster pheasant standing in frosted prairie grass

South Dakota Pheasant Hunt, Golden Triangle

Orvis-endorsed wingshooting on 20,000 huntable acres you never walk twice

From $3,170/person · 3 days

Walk-up with Dogs · Pheasant

Ideal, South Dakota

Bull elk standing on a rocky ridge above the timber

Idaho Guided Elk Hunt, Selway Wilderness

Rifle hunting bugling bulls in the early season, on guaranteed outfitter tags

From $6,800/person · 8 days

Horseback · Elk

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

Scimitar oryx standing in South Texas brush

South Texas Scimitar Oryx

Extinct in the wild, and the animal behind the unicorn legend

From $4,500/person · 3 days

Oryx / Addax

South Texas brush country

Chukar standing on a rock against the sky

Snake River Cast & Blast, Hells Canyon

The Mecca for chukar hunters, floated camp to camp

From $3,200/person · 4–5 days

Walk-up with Dogs · Chukar

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

A mature whitetail buck in grey winter coat standing in thin snow at the edge of boreal timber, his breath showing in the cold, bare red willow crossing the foreground and the birch and spruce behind him thrown out of focus.

Alberta Whitetail Hunt

Big-bodied Alberta bucks where farm land and big timber meet

Price on request · 5 days

Stand / Blind · Whitetail Deer

Alberta, Canada

Whitetail buck standing in autumn brush

Kentucky Whitetail Deer Hunt, Christian County

Nine dated packages from velvet archery to late muzzleloader, on 10,000 managed acres

From $2,000/person · 2–5 days

Stand / Blind · Whitetail Deer

Christian County, Western Kentucky

Pronghorn buck standing in tall autumn grass

Wyoming Pronghorn Antelope

Archery in August, rifle in October

From $3,000/person · 3–4 days

Pronghorn

Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Mountain lion leaping between dead snags above snowy hills

Idaho Fly-In Mountain Lion Hunt, Selway Wilderness

Eight days behind the hounds in winter, with wolves and bobcats on the same trip

From $4,200/person · 8 days

Hound Hunting · Mountain Lion

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho Unit 17

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Angler on the Kenai bank at sunset with autumn colour along the far shore

Fall Silver Salmon & Trophy Trout, Kenai & Kasilof Rivers

Football-sized rainbows and the second silver run, with the crowds gone and the hillsides turning

From $550/person · 1–7 days

Fly fishing · Coho / Silver Salmon

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Drone view of turquoise water and gravel bars on the Devils River

Devils River Smallmouth, Multi-Day Canoe

Ten years of experience on the clearest, hardest river in Texas

From $1,400/person · 2–4 days

Fly fishing · Smallmouth Bass

Devils River, Val Verde County, Texas

Steelhead held at the surface, mouth open

Wallowa & Grande Ronde Steelhead

Steelhead that come up for a skated fly

From $3,500/person · 5 days

Fly fishing · Steelhead

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Angler wading a shallow clear river, timbered mountains behind

Sawtooth Alpine Lake Fishing Trip, Sawtooth Wilderness

Camp on a high mountain lake and fish for wild trout

From $425/person/day · 3+ days

Rainbow Trout

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Brown bear standing chest-deep in a river with a salmon crosswise in its jaws

Ultimate Fishing Package, Kenai Peninsula

Fishing, fishing, and more fishing — and barely the same water twice

From $575/person · 1–7 days

Fly fishing · Chinook / King Salmon

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Rainbow trout held over the water beside a fly rod and reel

Wallowa & Grande Ronde Trout

A blue-ribbon trout fishery few anglers know is there

From $700/person · 1–4 days

Fly fishing · Rainbow Trout

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Angler in a drift boat holding a bright rainbow trout above the river

Snake River Smallmouth, Hells Canyon

World-class smallmouth, with a shot at a prehistoric giant

From $3,200/person · 4 days

Fly fishing · Smallmouth Bass

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

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Three brown bears on a gravel bar with a floatplane moored behind

Wildlife & Scenery Package, Kenai Peninsula

For everyone who came to Alaska for the bears, the fjords and the glaciers, not the fish

From $550/person · 1–7 days

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Rafts and paddlers on the Grande Ronde below timbered slopes

Grande Ronde Wild & Scenic Rafting

Forty miles of roadless canyon, splash without the fear

From $995/person · 3 days

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Sunset over limestone benches and a still green pool

Lower Pecos Canoe Expedition

One of the last wild places in Texas, and one of the hardest to get down

From $425/person/day · 3–8 days

Lower Pecos River, Val Verde County, Texas

Riders and pack mules on a high open ridge among dead snags, ranges beyond

Selway Wilderness Summer Pack Trip

Horseback into high mountain lake country, built around whatever you want out of it

Price on request

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Riders and a loaded pack string stopped on a timbered ridge, peaks behind

Sawtooth Wilderness Pack Trip, Grandjean

Anywhere you want to go, on their horses, with a three-day minimum

From $425/person/day · 3+ days

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Wall-tent camp in a green meadow, woodsmoke rising, guests talking

Hunting & Wilderness School, Selway-Bitterroot

Six days of elk-country fieldcraft, built for the hunter who goes unguided

From $2,400/person · 6 days

Kit Carson Basecamp, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Floatplane moored at a lake shore below the mountains

The Essentials Alaska Package, Kenai Peninsula

The broadest week Alaska has to offer, from a glamping resort on the Kenai River

From $575/person · 1–7 days

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Tray of plated appetizers garnished with cilantro

Wine & Food on the Snake River, Hells Canyon

Thrilling whitewater by day, glamping by night

From $2,150/person · 4 days

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

Sunlit canyon walls narrowing over dark water in Santa Elena

Santa Elena Canyon Float, Rio Grande

Limestone walls 1,500 feet overhead on the Big Bend's most popular canyon float

From $325/person/day · 2–4 days

Santa Elena Canyon, Rio Grande, Big Bend, Texas

Loaded pack mule working up a forest trail

Mule Packing School, Selway-Bitterroot

Six days learning to run your own string, ending with a pack trip into the wilderness

From $2,400/person · 6 days

Kit Carson Basecamp, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Rafts and guests gathered against a canyon wall on still water

Lower Salmon Guided Rafting

White sand beaches and big water, Idaho style

From $1,685/person · 4 days

Lower Salmon River, Idaho

Aerial of a limestone mesa and cliff line with the river below

Temple Canyon Canoe Camp, Rio Grande

One night on a sand beach under towering limestone, built for families

From $325/person/day · 2–3 days

Temple Canyon, Rio Grande, Texas