Flat Top Wilderness Guides

[Tim14167]

I'm starting the process of looking for a guide for a 2027 Late Mule Deere Hunt. Anyone have any experience using Flat Tops Wilderness Guides? Looking for some incite, the good, the bad, and the in-between. Suggestions? Thanks

 

[Hnthrdr]

The former owner has an account here… he probably has some input @Cliff Gray

 

[Cliff Gray]

Tim, some of the best deer hunts of my life were there. we killed some phenomenal deer. Now keep in mind I haven’t hunted, guided, or stepped foot in there during third or fourth rifle for four or five years now.

A couple of the guys still working there are guys that worked for me for five or six years when I owned it. As a group of guides we learned how to hunt that country and punched way above our weight class a lot of the seasons. But it was a variable hunt... year-to-year based on weather conditions and then also a bit of a longer term cycle. Lots of hunting pressure, so I am sure that comes into play. Some years it was incredible—about as good as I’ve seen anywhere. Other years, it was tough. 3rd and 4th season there are usually some bucks to be found but it can be a grind in certain conditions. the genetics there are no different than notorious CO units like 44, just gets hunted way more and has more remote country.

Honest, hardworking guys and probably the best wilderness hunting facility on earth (yes i'm biased)

That’s the good and the bad. If you go into it with that in mind, you will have a blast. The whole horseback thing makes it a lot of fun.

And I’m sure there are folks on here who’ve hunted that region more recently—inside or outside the wilderness—and they might have more up-to-date insight on deer quality.

Good luck. It’s beautiful country. I miss it.

 

[Tim14167]

Tim, some of the best deer hunts of my life were there. we killed some phenomenal deer. Now keep in mind I haven’t hunted, guided, or stepped foot in there during third or fourth rifle for four or five years now.

A couple of the guys still working there are guys that worked for me for five or six years when I owned it. As a group of guides we learned how to hunt that country and punched way above our weight class a lot of the seasons. But it was a variable hunt... year-to-year based on weather conditions and then also a bit of a longer term cycle. Lots of hunting pressure, so I am sure that comes into play. Some years it was incredible—about as good as I’ve seen anywhere. Other years, it was tough. 3rd and 4th season there are usually some bucks to be found but it can be a grind in certain conditions. the genetics there are no different than notorious CO units like 44, just gets hunted way more and has more remote country.

Honest, hardworking guys and probably the best wilderness hunting facility on earth (yes i'm biased)

That’s the good and the bad. If you go into it with that in mind, you will have a blast. The whole horseback thing makes it a lot of fun.

And I’m sure there are folks on here who’ve hunted that region more recently—inside or outside the wilderness—and they might have more up-to-date insight on deer quality.

Good luck. It’s beautiful country. I miss it.

Thank you for your incite. I actually ran across your YouTube page and web addresses and linked you to the Flat Top Wilderness Guides. I appreciate the Feedback.