Purchase your PA Hunting License and apply for the Elk Tag drawing on MAY 1st 2026!
270 Walker Place Lane, Karthaus, Pennsylvania 16845, United States
Welcome to Trophy Rack Lodge PA Elk Hunting at it’s Best!
About Us
Elk Hunting in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania elk tag is one of the most sought after tags because of the huge bulls that roam here. The herd numbers 1300 to 1600 after the 2020 arial population count and occupies a 3,500 square mile Elk Management Area that includes 14 Elk Hunting Zones (EHZ). The PA Game Commission has done a remarkable job in managing the state’s herd, and it shows in the quality of the trophy elk that we have the privilege to guide for.
In 2019 the elk season was expanded to include a 2 week archery season in mid September during the rut. Along with the regular season in November, a late cow season was opened in the first week of January 2020. Both new season were a tremendous success. The 3 sesaons are evolving and now include bulls in the late season which began in the 2021 season.
We look forward to all the excitement of guiding your PA bull and cow elk hunts. Our goal is to make your hunt of a lifetime memorable and successful, we will work hard to guide you to your trophy PA elk !
Our Guides
All the Trophy Rack guides are local avid outdoorsmen who are experienced and dedicated to making your hunt successful. They set trail cams, check out hunting territory, share information that they gather with each other and work as a team before and during the hunt. They will provide you with personal service and friendly hospitality. Our guides know where to find the finest bulls in your zone!
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Our Knowlege and Experience
Owners Larry and Vicki Guenot established a successful hunting preserve in 2003 until 2016. Larry had spent his entire life hunting in the heart of the PA wild elk range and has seen it’s herd spread and multiply. This naturally expanded to guiding for the PA wild elk hunt in 2009. He knows the rugged land of the area known as the PA Wilds and our long standing results show it! The preparation for elk season starts long before opening day. He plants food plots, establishes relationships with landowners, scouts, hires experienced elk guides and organizes our team.
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Record Book Elk
TRL hunters Bob Cook above, David Kurtz lower left and Ron Marney, lower right, Steve Winters, bottom. All have a place in the PA record book!
Make Your Choice Trophy Rack Lodge
You did the hard part and got the tag, let us take you to the finish line!
*photo courtesy of Mark Nale
Trophy Rack Lodge, Proud to be the KECA Guide!
Doug Willis was the winner of the 2025 KECA tag. His perfect day with Trophy Rack Lodge was complete with his 8X7 trophy bull officially scoring 412 6/8 BC nontypical taken in EHZ 14. Another over 400 class bull guided by Trophy Rack Lodge!
2024 lucky KECA tag winner is Jerry Amalog of Latrobe PA. Jerry WON his KECA pack of 5 raffle tickets and one of them was drawn as the winner of the KECA tag for 2024! Now that is one lucky guy! He ended his hunt in EHZ 12 with a beautiful bull on the ground!
Shawn McLaughlin of Lewisburg PA received the phone call all that entered the KECA bull hunt raffle hoped for, the 2023 tag for the package that included complimentary guiding, food and lodging with us at Trophy Rack Lodge. Shawn held out for a trophy and he got exactly what he and the Trophy Rack guides worked so hard for, a monster 9X8 bull in EHZ 14!
Roy Moon of Butler PA Won the 2022 KECA tag. He and a friend were visiting the Elk Center in Benezette and bought raffle tickets to support the Keystone Elk Country Alliance, never thinking he would possibly win. Well, he got the phone call and it was game on!
Roy brought his daughter0 Amanda, the two always hunted together and she was with him to celebrate with a bull down in EHZ 12, she was not happy going to miss this elk hunt!
Gary Laudeman was in disbelief when his phone rang with the news of him winning the 2021 KECA tag! His hunt ended with a massive bull killed in the rut in EHZ 13.