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Welcome to the J Bar H Outfitters website. We are happy you took the time to visit our site and hope it will provide the information you are looking for. 2024 marks our 26th year to outfit this area and we are blessed. We are booking now for years 2024 through 2026. Our "Availability" Page has detailed information about the season dates and availability. Our hunting camps are in Colorado Game Management Unit 12 which is heralded nationwide as home to the largest migratory elk herd in North America, and J-Bar-H Outfitters is a respected and proven Outfitter in this unit. There is a four-point antler restriction which has improved the quality of the bulls in our hunting area. No motorized vehicles are allowed, further improving the quality of your hunt. All of our tent camps are accessed by horse or mule only. Our camps are in a non-motorized part of the White River National Forest and contiguous parts of the Routt National Forest just north of the Flattops Wilderness. Our hunting area is in GMU 12. We do not hunt in the Flattops and apologize that a tag line you may have seen on a web-search depicts that we do hunt the Flattops. Despite our efforts, we cannot get that deleted! At J-Bar-H Outfitters we specialize in providing personalized service and do our best to meet the individual needs of our hunters. While we cannot control the weather or the wildlife, we can control our service. You can expect 110% from your J-Bar-H staff. All of our guides, packers & wranglers are knowledgeable of our permit area. Our guides are friendly, courteous professionals who are medic first aid trained. J-Bar-H Outfitters is fully licensed, bonded, and insured. |
J-Bar-H Outfitters is a full-time professional outfitting service owned and managed by Jeanne Horne. Jeanne first started outfitting in 1998. Her love for hunting and the outdoors started at an early age growing up with parents who enjoyed hunting and fishing. In 1998, after spending 20 years in the Real Estate Development field, Jeanne was able to realize a dream by becoming a big game hunting outfitter. It's a passion that drives Jeanne to continue working at a business that she truly cares about.
Jeanne served on the Executive Board for the Colorado Outfitters Association for 12 years prior to being appointed by the Governor to serve as a Commissioner on Colorado's Parks and Wildlife Commission from 2012 to 2017. She takes an active role in the future of hunting, fishing and wild places in Colorado. At J-Bar-H every effort is made to hire good, dependable staff to handle your outfitting needs. We work hard to be knowledgeable of the hunting area, the elk patterns in our hunting area and their migration routes. We believe our homework will greatly enhance your opportunity for a successful hunt. While our Photo Gallery has many photos spanning from 1998 until present. The photos that scroll across this Base Camp home page are some of our hunters from the 2019 through 2023 hunting seasons. We want to reflect the most recent and accurate portrayals of the elk harvested by our hunters. If you are looking for a 300 class bull, we are not the outfitter for you. That class of bull is hard to find on public land and there are few and far between that have been harvested in our hunting area that would score that high. However, if you are looking for a good quality hunt in an area that is known for a large number of elk, then we are the outfit you have been looking for. J Bar H Outfitters is an equal opportunity provider/employer operating under a Special Use Permit on the White River and Routt National Forests, is licensed in the State of Colorado with Outfitter Registration Number 2758, bonded and insured. All information contained within this website is subject to change without notice. Contact: Jeanne Horne Mailing address (May through November) P.O. Box 59 Hamilton, Colorado, 81638 Base Camp: 1185 Rio Blanco Cty Rd 53, Hamilton, CO 81638 Winter Address (December through early May): P O Box 3228, Fredericksburg, TX 78624 Phone: (970) 942-7143 New Email: [email protected] Colorado Outfitter’s License #2758 Psalm 23 |
We are blessed with over 85% repeat clients. In their own words .... our hunters say it best!
Having never met you Jeanne, I placed the fate of our 4 member group in what you told me, and you did NOT let us down. Your passion to your craft shows in all aspects of the camp. Your staff went above and beyond all expectations to help and their "love of job" showed all the time we were with them. We did not bring home any elk, however, it did nothing to dampen our enjoyment of the hunt. We were into elk every day, and went to sleep with them talking to each other. We all had opportunities with elk less than 20 yards and as archery hunters we can't ask for anything more than that. I will be telling anyone that will listen that J Bar H is the place to contact.
~ R. Cariello, OH
Jeanne, words can't describe what we experienced. It took 49 years to fulfill my life's biggest dream and I'm so happy I chose J Bar H. From the hunt to the food to the people just perfect. The thing we didn't expect was to come away with friends. See next year!
~ M. Leesman, IL
Jeanne,thank you for a great hunt. We had 100% opportunity for each of us to harvest an Elk. If I could get over the "Bull fever" we would have had another nice bull for sure. I can honestly say it was the best Elk hunt of my life (this was my 16th hunt). You and your crew did a great job and the camp was 1st class. The moment we arrived you made us feel welcome and we could see how hard you strived to make our trip successful and enjoyable. The meals and company at base camp were fabulous, the horses and packers were great, the camp and memories unforgettable. Thanks again. We want to sign up for another hunt!
~ P. Thiry, MN
I can easily understand why Jeanne Horne and J Bar H Outfitters was named the Outfitter of the Year for 2011. My 2012 elk hunt was simply World Class. The food was great and was home cooking at its finest. For one who has a fear of riding horses I really enjoyed my ride into camp and the calmness of the horses was fantastic. The camp was well equipped and clean. We had not been in camp more than 15 minutes and we heard the bugle of elk. I have been elk hunting with a bow for 16 years and have never been in amongst the elk like with J-Bar-H Outfitters. This has been my second time to hunt with J Bar H and I will be back in 2015 at age 69 to hunt. Thank you Jeanne and crew for a GREAT HUNT.
~ D. Kussmaul, IL
Dear folks at J Bar H, I would like to thank you for the great archery elk hunt this past week. I had never been on a guided elk hunt and was pleased with the results. Even though I did not harvest one, with our guide we were in elk every day. It is a thrill to see bull elk in the full rut. I had a cow elk 20 yards from me and could not raise my bow. That's why you call it hunting. Thanks again for another great hunt.
~ B. Paulsen, WA
Having never met you Jeanne, I placed the fate of our 4 member group in what you told me, and you did NOT let us down. Your passion to your craft shows in all aspects of the camp. Your staff went above and beyond all expectations to help and their "love of job" showed all the time we were with them. We did not bring home any elk, however, it did nothing to dampen our enjoyment of the hunt. We were into elk every day, and went to sleep with them talking to each other. We all had opportunities with elk less than 20 yards and as archery hunters we can't ask for anything more than that. I will be telling anyone that will listen that J Bar H is the place to contact.
~ R. Cariello, OH
Jeanne, words can't describe what we experienced. It took 49 years to fulfill my life's biggest dream and I'm so happy I chose J Bar H. From the hunt to the food to the people just perfect. The thing we didn't expect was to come away with friends. See next year!
~ M. Leesman, IL
Jeanne,thank you for a great hunt. We had 100% opportunity for each of us to harvest an Elk. If I could get over the "Bull fever" we would have had another nice bull for sure. I can honestly say it was the best Elk hunt of my life (this was my 16th hunt). You and your crew did a great job and the camp was 1st class. The moment we arrived you made us feel welcome and we could see how hard you strived to make our trip successful and enjoyable. The meals and company at base camp were fabulous, the horses and packers were great, the camp and memories unforgettable. Thanks again. We want to sign up for another hunt!
~ P. Thiry, MN
I can easily understand why Jeanne Horne and J Bar H Outfitters was named the Outfitter of the Year for 2011. My 2012 elk hunt was simply World Class. The food was great and was home cooking at its finest. For one who has a fear of riding horses I really enjoyed my ride into camp and the calmness of the horses was fantastic. The camp was well equipped and clean. We had not been in camp more than 15 minutes and we heard the bugle of elk. I have been elk hunting with a bow for 16 years and have never been in amongst the elk like with J-Bar-H Outfitters. This has been my second time to hunt with J Bar H and I will be back in 2015 at age 69 to hunt. Thank you Jeanne and crew for a GREAT HUNT.
~ D. Kussmaul, IL
Dear folks at J Bar H, I would like to thank you for the great archery elk hunt this past week. I had never been on a guided elk hunt and was pleased with the results. Even though I did not harvest one, with our guide we were in elk every day. It is a thrill to see bull elk in the full rut. I had a cow elk 20 yards from me and could not raise my bow. That's why you call it hunting. Thanks again for another great hunt.
~ B. Paulsen, WA