Elk ranchers back in business as market rebounds

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Elk ranchers back in business as market rebounds

Area ranching family is riding an up-trend as prices for velvet, antlers climb higher
Robert Schultz raises elk for sale on a ranch east of Mancos. The calves that these pregnant elk will produce are planned to be sold to ranchers who raise elk for meat or for trophy-hunting.
Robert Schultz, one of the owners of Schultz Elk and Cattle, searches for a member of the captive heard in the brush on his ranch. The ranch is now in its second season.
A bull elk gazes at a visitor at Robert Schultz’s ranch. Elk meat, antlers and antler velvet are in demand, and the prices have rebounded after hitting lows in 2007 and 2008.

Elk ranchers back in business as market rebounds

Robert Schultz raises elk for sale on a ranch east of Mancos. The calves that these pregnant elk will produce are planned to be sold to ranchers who raise elk for meat or for trophy-hunting.
Robert Schultz, one of the owners of Schultz Elk and Cattle, searches for a member of the captive heard in the brush on his ranch. The ranch is now in its second season.
A bull elk gazes at a visitor at Robert Schultz’s ranch. Elk meat, antlers and antler velvet are in demand, and the prices have rebounded after hitting lows in 2007 and 2008.