Thunder Ranch - Utah, Uintah County, Jensen

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• Bull elk up to 380” have been killed on both the Headquarters Unit in Utah and the Blue Mountain Tract in Colorado. Utah rifle and archery tags are available over the counter.
  
• While hunting the Headquarters Unit in October 2009, we averaged seeing 300 elk per day (80+ bulls). Currently the ranch is harvesting up to 20 bulls per year, and up to 50 cows per year.
  
• Archers have the opportunity to hunt in the natural reserve along the Green River. There is a bull elk rifle season in early October, affording the unique opportunity to hunt during the rut with rifles.
  
• While these are absolutely wild, free ranging elk, they simply do not want to leave the ranch because of the abundance of feed, cover, and water. Because of the gentle topography, this ranch presents an ideal hunting scenario for those who have little interest in chasing elk in steep terrain at 12,000 feet.
  
• Mule deer and antelope inhabit the ranch as well. In 2009, a 180” mule deer was killed here.
  
• There is also fabulous turkey and waterfowl hunting on the property.
  
• The owner operates a commercial hunting business, charging $7,900 for bull elk hunts and $900 for cow elk hunts (Thunder Ranch, LLC).
  
• The Blue Mountain tract affords the opportunity for the owner to hunt in two states. This property sits in the famous Colorado game management unit 10, known as one of the best big bull and big buck units in the state. A 390” bull was killed on this property in 2008. Deer and Elk tags are available through a landowner draw program, and a landowner should be able to draw archery tags every 3 to 4 years and rifle tags every 6 to 7 years. These landowner tags are transferable. Every year other landowners are offering them for sale, which would enable one to hunt every year on the Colorado tract so long as they’re willing to seek out and purchase landowner tags.

• Flaming Gorge Reservoir and its tailwaters are located 40 miles north of the ranch. Flaming Gorge Reservoir is known as perhaps the finest Mackinaw fishery in the lower 48. The Utah State Record Mackinaw, 51 pounds, was caught here; and 30 plus pound fish are common.
  
• The Green River tailwater stretch just below Flaming Gorge is known as one of the best trout fisheries in the world. In 1996, a 30 pound brown trout was caught here, and 18” browns are common. Browns self-reproduce and are the main attraction, but the river is stocked with rainbows and cutthroats too. This stretch is easily waded or floated, and remains open and fishable year-round.

• Dinosaur National Monument offers wonderful horseback, hiking and biking opportunities, with hundreds of miles of improved trails. The Colorado parcel, with its wide open range expanses, is ideal country for riding horseback or atv-ing.