What's the cheapest elk hunting outfitter in Tennessee?

Check the unit before you compare two prices

Read that price as per animal, not per day and not a deposit. Three of the four packages below are priced the same way: a flat total for one elk, not a nightly rate you multiply out. One package on the list breaks that pattern, priced flat instead of per animal — check the unit on each card first.

Cheapest and most-trusted are different questions

The outfitter ranked highest below isn't the cheapest one. Caryonah Hunting Lodge leads on review volume and rating, a trust score built off hundreds of reviews, not a price sort. Wilderness Hunting Lodge, which actually holds the price floor here, ranks last of the five. Both are real, rated operations answering different questions.

The floor is lower once you factor in what you don't need to buy

None of these hunts need a Tennessee hunting license. They're private-preserve bookings, sitting entirely outside the state's wild-elk permit lottery, confirmed against the wildlife agency's own rules and two of these outfitters' own sites. That's real money back in your pocket that most other Tennessee hunts don't hand you.

Two outfitters, no listed price

Two of the five outfitters, Caryonah Hunting Lodge and Clarkrange Hunting Lodge, list no elk price at all. That's a gap in what they've published, not a sign the hunt is free, or worse. Call and ask.