I have not been to NM for elk in several years but the last time I was there landowner tags were going for 4K. So the outfitter has 4K out of pocket before you get there. If the price of the hunt is 7500 and the outfitter has 4K in the tag he is actually charging you for 3500 for a 5 day hunt. $700 a day less whatever he is paying the guide, cook, wrangler and his costs for food, gas and other supplies, etc., etc.
Not as much left in it for the outfitter as you might think.
Seems like a reasonably priced hunt to me. Unless you draw a tag, this is what you can expect to pay to hunt a trophy bull elk in NM,
