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Milligan Brand Outfitting, Inc. has exclusive hunting rights on 100,000 acres of private ranches in Northern New Mexico's Unit 4 and Unit 78 in Southern Colorado. This game-rich environment is so famous for its abundance of elk that many veteran elk hunters refer to this area as "Elk Central". We have trophy deer and bears as well. 82% mature branched antlered bull rifle success over the past 15 years. All New Mexico elk licenses are guaranteed by landowner permit - NO DRAW Easy access, with exclusive hunting on private land with limited hunting. No horses needed. Bow hunters have enjoyed a 69% opportunity (kill, pass, miss or wound) over the past two seasons. Bow hunters have a 32% harvest success over the past 6 seasons. 65% repeat clients.

A Word From Ray
When I took my first clients in the field back in 1987—I had no idea that today it would be my life’s work. As it turns out I was preparing to be an outfitter my whole life. Educated in Natural Sciences, I began working as a park naturalist. Then for 14 seasons as a commercial long-line fur trapper from 1975-1988. After fur fell out of fashion and the market crashed, it was time to find a new career. A life long hunter, I found outfitting a natural transition.

Truth is, the outfitting is a “feel good” business. Sharing experiences with intelligent clients every week, and making dreams come true, is very rewarding. The Staff and I have great passion for the task. We can’t get every client an elk on every hunt, but we have averaged 82% success on mature bull elk rifle hunts over the past 15 years. This is why we have been able to have a 65% repeat client business. We learned a long time ago that “word of mouth” advertising is the best advertising. Our objective every week, in every state and in every country is the same. We strive to meet or exceed your expectations.

And that my fellow hunters, is the bottom line.

THE LAND - OUR LEASES

All of our leases hold elk year round, except during the harshest winters. These twenty-four ranches vary in elevations from 7,000 feet minus to 10,000 feet plus, which cover five life zones. East to west they are spread out 35 miles and 25 miles north to south. All of our leases are private ranches, with exclusive hunting rights, in one of the highest success areas in the world. Additionally, we have significant land mass on the major and two minor migration corridors that are in the area. A final fact of pertinence is that many of our ranches border on, or are adjacent to such game-rich areas as The Sargent, Rio Chama and Humphries Wildlife Areas as well as two tribal reservations - The Jicarilla and Southern Utes.

This wide varitey of habitats and life zones is the reason we have had such a high rate of success (77% rifle) the past fifteen seasons. Regardless of the weather, we have been able to get into the elk - cause we have land - high, low, and in between.

THE STAFF

Our team of guides and cooking/creature comfort men are really exceptional. They care about our clients in an honest, sincere manner that is reflected by the fact that each season we have over 65% repeat clients. As for the 35% of new clients, more than half of them come out with repeat clients.

My guides are all adult men who range in age from 25 to 52 years. The average age of our guides is 39.6 years. Also, your guide will know the majority of our ranches as they have worked an average 7 1/2 years for The Brand.

I think I have made it clear that you will not be getting an 18 year old guide that was hired out of a saloon the night before your hunt. Rather, a mature hard working professional guide, who received his guiding schedule in June.

My cooks and camp jacks are cut from the same cloth as the guides. They will accomodate your every creature comfort need the best they possibly can. Our cooks have worked for The Brand an average of 8 years and average 40.3 years in age.

THE OUTFITTER

I was born in western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh vicinity) and spent the first 26 years of my life in the area. I met my wife Colleen in college, and after our graduations and wedding, we headed west. Now, 26 years and four kids later, we reside here on our small ranch in the San Juan Mountains of Northern New Mexico, near the Colorado border.

For the past 29 years I have basically made a living in two ways; commercial fur trapping (14 years) and outfitting (15 years).My trapping career was a great run that started in the early 1970's and took me to twenty-one states long-lining for prime pelts. Along the way, I developed a line of trapping lures and equipment and wrote four books on the subject. Today, my trapping business is much smaller, but is still alive and well.

Then in the mid-eighties the trapping industry was brought to its knees by the well meaning, but misguided people of the anti-fur movement. Why anyone would not want to make use of a beautiful, natural, and renewable resource is a question that still haunts me to this day. Well, by 1987, Colleen and I have three children and one on the way, and I do not have a viable income. I look around and decide to stay in the woods, choosing the second most politically incorrect profession known to man. So Milligan Brand Outfitting and Guide Service, Inc. is born.

Since those humble beginnings in 1987, my outfit has grown to one of the highest success outfits on the continent. The reason for this success is not only the great staff, the terrific hunting grounds and the concerned outfitter. The success is based on people who love their jobs and take pride in rendering their clients a value for their hard-earned dollars. Couple that with the "Brand" men being people persons, and that spells success in a nutshell.

Milligan Brand Outfitting
Ray & Colleen Milligan
HC 75 Box 87 Chama, NM 87520
Phone: (505) 756-2630
Email: Ray@milliganbrand.com