The FT Guides Team Blog

It’s time for our annual Colorado mountain goat unit recommendations! If you are looking for bighorn sheep unit info checkout our 2020 bighorn sheep guide, because this article is all about the big white fluff balls only. All the goat units that I’m familiar with …

2019 treated us well on the bighorn sheep front, but we’ll still top it in 2020. We harvested several of the largest rams in the units we guided, and left some great sheep up on the mountain. In many units there have been changes on …

Booking Update Going into March, we have the following draw sensitive hunts open. Please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested. 2-3 Open Guided Lodge Spots 1st Rifle Season – Elk/Bear – Great hunt for those focused on elk or interested in …

2020 Booking Please contact us at booking@ftguides.com if you are interested in booking a trip for 2020. With the great economy we have many early bookings, and want to make sure that our repeat clients get on the schedule. We are also booking our Summer …

Hunters: JV and Jess Hawthorne Guide: Evan Koster In the early part of the 20th century, author Zane Grey spent several weeks in the Colorado mountains. He hunted, fished and explored the wild alpine now known as the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. Much like today’s …

With winter time cabin fever setting in, my maps and GPS are laying on the table as I plan future scouting trips. The words “ELK-14” and “SPOTTED FROM-14” (my way of keeping track of waypoints) bring back memories. I had been off the mountain for …

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fish the West, before there were ski towns and asphalt roads? The fishing must have been incredible! Fish that have never seen an elk hair caddis or prince nymphs; that’s what I used to think …

As March approaches, I feel cabin fever setting in. Maybe I’m just tired of the short days, sick of looking at the same bobcat and coyote tracks avoiding my traps. Or maybe it’s seeing the bull elk close to the road with both sets of …