OUTFITTERS STEAMBOAT LAKE OUTFITTERS T By Luci Franklin
here’s much more to hunting than just the kill. The release of the arrow or pull of the trigger may be the best part, but that neglects the hard work that got you there. Steamboat Lake Outfitters, established in 1986, works that moment and all those that lead up to it. Owners Russ Lambert, Jamie Cesana and Mike Deill began working at the outfitter in 2008 and became owners in April 2013. Cesana started hunting in 1998, a year after she moved to Steamboat. Lambert, 45, who moved here from Maine in 1994, and Deill, 42, who hails from Grand Junction, have been roaming the woods and chasing big game ever since they were kids. Lambert and lead guide Jimmy Horne know all about the pre-game work. Their base camp just outside of Clark, where clients stay in cabins or wall tents, provides the gateway to horse- and mule-led hunting trips that take hunters deep into Routt PHOTO COURTESY OF STEAMBOAT LAKE OUTIFTTERS National Forest and the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area in 12 different GMUs. continued on page 74 Guides with Steamboat Lake Outfitters lead hunts in 12 different GMUs.
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