A small outfitter in the Halvorsen Range
Cedar Fork Outfitters (sample) has guided hunters in the same four units since 1994: one camp, a handful of guides and a string of horses.
One camp, the same country every year
We started with two horses and a borrowed tent (sample). Today we take about forty hunters a season, never more than six in camp at a time.
Small numbers mean quiet country, guides who know every ridge, and time to teach first-timers properly.
Licensed and insured
Ask to see any of these before you book. We are glad to send copies.
Outfitter license
No. 0417 (sample)
Forest permit
Units 214 and 215 (sample)
Landowner permission
Unit 316 farms (sample)
Liability insurance
Held in full (sample)
Guides
Licensed, first-aid trained
How we hunt
A few rules every guest and guide agrees to before the first morning.
Fair chase
On foot or horseback, on open land, with no baiting and no high fences.
Safety first
Blaze orange on firearm hunts, unloaded on horseback, and a guide who can call off a day.
Leave no trace
We pack out everything we pack in and rest each basin for a season in turn.
Nothing wasted
Every animal taken is packed out the same day and goes to a licensed processor.
Guides and camp staff
The same people, season after season (sample).
Ruth Halvorsen
Owner and head guide (sample)
Born in the valley; has guided Units 214 and 215 since 1994.
Dale Moreno
Elk guide (sample)
Archery specialist and hunter education instructor.
Ana Whitfield
Guide and wrangler (sample)
Looks after the horses and the pack string.
Tom Becker
Camp cook (sample)
Breakfast at 4:30, every day, for twenty years.
Plan a hunt with us
Tell us what you would like to hunt and when. We reply within two working days (sample).