Triple Three Outfitters
Triple Three Outfitters
Rated 5 out of 5.0 based on 123 Outfitter reviews.
Contact: Phil Rutt
Location: Buffalo, Wyoming
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer, Elk, Mule Deer, Black Bear, Pronghorn Antelope, Mountain Lion, Coyote
State(s) Hunted: WY
Comments & Special Offers: Top quality private ranch hunts in north central Wyoming.
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note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.
outfitter review submitted by: Tom Carlin on Nov 19 2006
Species Hunted: Whitetail/antelope
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: Strong Recommend
Reviewer Comments: I was on a whitetail/antelope combo hunt in early November. There were 4 other hunters in camp and everyone had tagged out by the 3rd day of hunting. Craig has outstanding guides and access to incredible land. The antelope are absolutely trophy class. The deer are good (115-130 class), but not monsters. It does provide a spot and stalk opportunity for whitetails that is unique. Food, accomodations, etc are terrific. I would strongly recommend this hunt for people that want to see a lot of game, tag a good animal, and have a great "outfitted" experience.
outfitter review submitted by: Dan Hagy on Nov 15 2006
Species Hunted: Mule Deer/Antelope
Game Quality: Good to Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent: Bunkhouse
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Top Notch
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: Accommodations: Craig has 2-bunkhouse/cabins w/2-bedrooms and a bath in each as well as an outbuilding that serves as a kitchen, lounge and eating area where hunters and gides can relax during non-hunting hours. It is very comfortable with all the comforts of home and then some. The food is plentiful and tasty. Craig provides a variety of drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic. There is a barn on the premise utilized for hanging game. In town are 2-meat processors available. There are many options available for processing meat from exchanging your game for pre-processed wild game to quick cut/wrap. The local taxidermist makes regular visits to Craig's in case you desire a mount. Looked to me like he does a quality job at a fair price. Our hunts took place out of a truck. Primarily spot and stock. We did some walking. However, you can see more country from the truck. The east side of I-90 is open the first 2-weeks of the season. This is more open and desert type country with canyons, coulees and sage brush. The deer tend to be less dense, but I was told the quality of racks is better then the foothills of the Bighorns. The big bucks are tougher to root out of their hidey-holes. They are there however. We spent many hours glassing. I would recommend a good set of binoculars. The antelope were plentiful and were at the tail end of the rut. Consequently, the bucks were pre-occupied with where the does were and less concerned with us making stalking less tenuous. Craig leases hunting from several ranches within a short drive from the acommodations. The guides tend to be older then other guided hunts I've booked. I was impressed with their dedication to a successful hunt for all the clients. They are excellent at judging animal quality and only give recommendations on quality. Whether you shoot or not is up to you. It was obvious all the guides enjoy their work and want to put you on the best animals possible. I ended up shooting a 4x4 with good mass and tall tines. The front tines were not deeply forked, but more of a crab claw. My dad hunted with me and shot a 4x3 with about the same mass and dimensions (24" spread). We both shot decent antelope. Around 14" with good cutters and mass. Both were mature bucks. We relyed on the guides as far as judging the antelope quality. My understanding is the drought affected the horn growth this year. In particular due to the lack of spring rains there was very little early growth of grasses during horn growth and the lack of nutrients may have hindered horn development. If I had known this to be the case, I still would have gone on the hunt. My animals were easy stalks with shots of less then 100 yds. We looked at several antelope and I took the best one we saw. My dad had to work a little harder. The antelope stalk was about a 2000 yd hunch walk/belly crawl and wait for the goat to appear. I believe the range was 160 yds. It was a very exciting stalk as we had to wind our way through several does on each side and much of the time we were exposed visually. His deer was shot at dusk after about a 1-hour hunt. The price of the unt and the time for hunting seemed very reasonable compared to other outfitters I looked at. It seems the quality of game is in the upper range of what can be found in Wyoming. Craig is an entertaining guy and concerned with the satisfaction of the hunters. He assisted with the paperwork for tags early on and kept in contact. This area currently is not a draw for either deer or antelope. If you desire a relaxing but exciting hunt, this is the place for you. Send an email if you deisre to see photos of the hunt.
outfitter review submitted by: Terry Zimmerman on Nov 13 2006
Species Hunted: Mule Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: YES
Reviewer Comments: Craig, Donna and Everyone who works at the camp, are great people and treat you like family. The food is unbelievable and you will not go hungry. The four of us in our hunting party were on a mule deer hunt, and the amount of game we saw was unbelievable. All four of us in our hunting party filled up by the end of the 2nd day. A great hunt.
outfitter review submitted by: John Lawrence on Nov 13 2006
Species Hunted: Mule Deer/Whitetail
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Good
Camp Condition: Good
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Great
Recommend: Yes!
Reviewer Comments: I have hunted with several outfitters for elk and deer over the past 6 years. This trip was as advertised. Lots of game, honest and good people. I shot a 4x4 muley and my buddy shot a 150 class 5x5 whitetail on the second day. We will be back next year and will try for an elk tag.
outfitter review submitted by: George P. Davis on Nov 11 2006
Species Hunted: Elk
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: The hunt was an hunt of a life time for me. I saw a lot of bull 6X6 elk in the area we were hunting. The guides were every experenced in hunting elk and had horses and ATV,s to assist in the hunt when required.
outfitter review submitted by: Mike Hansen on Oct 23 2006
Species Hunted: deer
Game Quality: very good
Accommodation Quality: very good
Camp Condition: very good
Food Quality: good
Guide Experience: good
Other Personal Experience: good
Overall Impression: very good
Recommend: yes
Reviewer Comments: This was my second hunt with Craig and Donna, and it won't be my last. The camp is comfortable, the food good, lots of land to hunt and plenty of animals. These people take you right in and treat you like one of the family, and they are good people. There were 4 of us there in Sept. and we shot 4 nice deer with archery equipement. There is no reason to go hunting here and to not go home with a respectable deer. Oh, and by the way, the 2 antelope hunters in camp both shot P and Y goats the first morning out too!!! Great hunt!!
outfitter review submitted by: Scott Lee on Oct 11 2006
Species Hunted: Antelope
Game Quality: excellent
Accommodation Quality: excellent
Camp Condition: above average
Food Quality: excellent
Guide Experience: excellent
Other Personal Experience: excellent
Overall Impression: excellent
Recommend: DEFINITELY
Reviewer Comments: Great hunt. Excellent guides, accomodations and food. Saw lots of animals. They knew where to expect animals and placed hunters in their path. Recommend that any archery hunter give them a call.
outfitter review submitted by: Mike Coppersmith on Oct 6 2006
Species Hunted: antelope/mule deer
Game Quality: excellent
Accommodation Quality: excellent
Camp Condition: excellent
Food Quality: excellent
Guide Experience: excellent
Other Personal Experience: excellent
Overall Impression: excellent
Recommend: absolutely YES
Reviewer Comments: My brother and I took our Boys (ages 14 & 15) to Triple Three Outfitters in Buffalo, Wyoming for their very first mule deer & antelope hunt the first week in Oct. 06. I've been waiting since the day he was born to go on this hunt and it turned out better than I ever thought. The very first day we were there he shot a coyote, a 14" antelope and a 27", 5x6 mule deer! What a thrill, I got the antelope kill on video. All four of us tagged out in four days. The antelope were 13" - 15", we killed two 4x5's, one 5x5 and one 5x6 mule deer. Our guides were awesome, they were very professional and helped us with our animals. They field dreesed, dragged, hung and capped them out for us. In the evening a local taxidermist stopped by camp and took care of our animals. We never went hungry either. We had a great breakfast every morning, the guides had a cooler with plenty of water and soda and we had sandwiches in the field for lunch. Then when we got back in the evening, Craigs wife Donna always had an unbelievable dinner waiting for us. The accommodations there are very nice. The four of stayed in a real nice two bedroom cabin with a full bathroom (toilet/hot shower), we had a refridgerator, stove and a t.v. w/V.C.R. I'm not good enough with words to say every thing that should be said about triple three outfitters, so if anybody would like to know more, please call me anytime(or e-mail). I'll post my phone number below.
outfitter review submitted by: Bert Crosson on May 9 2006
Species Hunted: Merriam Wild Turkey
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Great
Camp Condition: Great
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: Absolutely
Reviewer Comments: Craig and Donna are terrific people who do everything in their power to ensure you a wonderful hunt. While the jakes were plentiful, we had a difficult time finding a mature gobbler but Craig worked very hard to find a mature bird for us. We were able to connect on a beautiful Merriam gobbler on the very last afternoon of the hunt. The Smiths are wonderful hosts and really make you feel right at home. I was amazed at the numbers of antelope and mule deer we saw while hunting with Triple 3. As an avid big game hunter, I've already discussed with Craig and will be booking an antelope/mule deer combination hunt in the very near future.
outfitter review submitted by: Forest Hendrickson on Mar 8 2006
Species Hunted: mule deer/antelope
Game Quality: excellent
Accommodation Quality: top notch
Camp Condition: excellent
Food Quality: over the top
Guide Experience: excellent
Other Personal Experience: excellent
Overall Impression: excellent
Recommend: allready have!!!
Reviewer Comments: we didn't have the best of weather temp was in the 80's for a late Oct hunt.Craig and his staff never gave up!! They had us on deer every day! The antelope hunting was unreal! You have to see these ranches to believe them! Everybody in our party of 3 got there deer and antelope.Nice animals to be proud of for sure.I hope to go back soon!! You will not go wrong w/ triple three outfitters!!
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