Now that I have built a house in the area and am not in my hunting cabin myself during the season I was kicking around the idea of renting out by the week. 2 queen beds small kitchen with propane stove/oven , outhouse, no electricity, Coleman lanterns for light. borders some BLM land on one side and a good Block Management area on another, another good Block Management area is 5 miles south and a 20,000 acre state owned ranch that allows access is 5 miles in another direction, What would be a fair price for something like that . Just trying to figure out if it is worth doing something with. Thanks.
fair price for renting a hunting cabin
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dan maule
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CoHiCntry
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We rent ours out for $100-$125 a night for 2 people & $15 extra per night per person over 2. 3 night minimum. Our cabin is 4 bedroom with a loft, full bathroom, kitchen and generator powered. Can sleep probably 12 comfortably. It's basically just like your house but a little smaller. It's also in unit 61 in Colorado & a short drive to an OTC unit (62). I would think this would be really appealing to guys but it goes unoccupied half the time during hunting season. Especially for guys dragging a camper from back east with fuel costs, or the price of hotels in town. All the elk around the cabin bugling isn't extra either. 
Finsandtines
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You might try to compare what you have to listings on VRBO. I have been booking all my trips the last couple years through them. awesome sight. If you all haven't tried it out you should.
Just for comparison here is a cabin a guide rents out in the Ruby mountains of Nevada. It does have power and propane for cooking and heating. If I remember correctly it sleeps 6 comfortably. We went on a horseback ride with the guide there once and it is quite roomy inside and fully stocked with everything except your sleeping bag and personal items. It is on posted land but it gives you access to all the forest service and blm land behind the locked gates.
It isn't cheap for sure.
~ Cabin Rental for Unguided Big Game Hunts ~
DIY (Do it yourself) UNGUIDED Hunts for all species $1,000 per week per person UNGUIDED
These are hunts that include cabin facility use only and direct access to Ruby Mountain Wilderness area through our private land. Absolutely NO guiding services are provided. You do your own cooking and hunt arrangements. These spots are limited and recommended for experienced hunters and our prior clients.
~ Cabin Rentals - Non Hunting Season ~
Ruby Mountain Cabin - Jiggs $500 for 3 days for parties of 2-6 except during deer & elk season No guiding provided
Ruby Marsh Cabin $500 for 3 days for parties of 2-6 except during deer & elk season No guiding provided
For rental during hunting season see D.I.Y above
It isn't cheap for sure.
~ Cabin Rental for Unguided Big Game Hunts ~
DIY (Do it yourself) UNGUIDED Hunts for all species $1,000 per week per person UNGUIDED
These are hunts that include cabin facility use only and direct access to Ruby Mountain Wilderness area through our private land. Absolutely NO guiding services are provided. You do your own cooking and hunt arrangements. These spots are limited and recommended for experienced hunters and our prior clients.
~ Cabin Rentals - Non Hunting Season ~
Ruby Mountain Cabin - Jiggs $500 for 3 days for parties of 2-6 except during deer & elk season No guiding provided
Ruby Marsh Cabin $500 for 3 days for parties of 2-6 except during deer & elk season No guiding provided
For rental during hunting season see D.I.Y above
Colorado Cowboy
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My wife & I have used VRBO for accomadations in Hawaii, Belieze & Costa Rica. We are planning a trip to the Cook Islands and will probably use that service too. We have been very happy with it.
CForest
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I would have a hard time paying more than $100/night. But that is just me. About 10 years ago we used to rent some small cabins, they had 2 sets of full size bunk beds and a table/chairs and a furnace. No power or running water. We took our own generator and propane for cooking and the furnace if needed. They were on the river and in the heart of prime hunting country. Paid $60 a night and didn't matter how many people. However like I said that was about 10 years ago so things could be a bit higher now. This was central Montana.
dan maule
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PlainsHunter
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minn elk chaser
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I just rented a ranch house in New Mexico for late season elk hunt for $50.00 a night per person. Has all the utilities and is furnished with all the cooking items.
PlainsHunter
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No outhouses for me either. They are good places to get stung by a black widow or a scorpion when you have to go at night.
JimP
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That is when you learn who your true friends are. Remember City Slickers II when the one guy thought that he had been bitten by a rattler?
My dad owned part of a silver mine in Nevada and while I was out there with him one summer the call of nature came to me in the middle of the night. I picked up the flashlight and headed to the privy. Once seated and doing my business I was playing with the flashlight like any 7 or 8 year old will when I heard a thump at my feet. I turned the light onto what I heard and noticed a very large snake at my feet. Needless to say I didn't need to wipe and my feet didn't touch the ground from the outhouse to the cabin. That morning I told my dad that he needed to go kill the snake out in the outhouse, old Joe asked me what kind of snake it was? I told him that I had no idea and he then asked me if it looked like the one up in the rafters of the cabin. Needless to say I needed to change my shorts.
Come to find out to control the rats and mice in the area they kept gopher snakes around the cabin. They had tried cats but the coyotes would get them and the snakes did a fine job.