How much does a guided elk hunt cost in Montana?

Why Linehan Outfitting Company tops the list below

The ranking doesn't just crown the highest star average — it weighs a rating by how many reviews back it up, so a thin perfect score doesn't automatically outrank a deeper one a notch lower. Linehan leads because its rating holds up across more reviews than the others near the top, not because nobody else scored as high.

Where the number can trick you

Some of these listings price per hunter, some price the whole camp, and a few quote a flat rate for the trip. Mixing those up will make one outfitter look twice as expensive as another for the same hunt. A handful of the raw listings buried the real day-count rate behind a license add-on or a doubled 2x1 guide fee before they were priced out correctly — the range above already sorts that out, so you're comparing hunts, not fees.

What this range doesn't split

If you've seen a summary split Montana elk into a bull price, a cow price, and a public-land price, that's a different cut than the one below. This page splits by weapon — rifle, archery, muzzleloader — not by trophy class, so don't expect the breakdown to match a bull/cow/public-land split you've seen elsewhere.