About AEI Guide and Outfitter
Our mission at AEI Outfitter (Adventure Experiences, LLC) is to provide clients with an epic outdoor experience that is worthy of remembering! Though one of our main goals is to set our hunters up for successfully harvesting an animal, our ultimate goal is for the overall experience to be one that you will remember fondly for the rest of your life! We work hard to create a full hunting experience that leaves you feeling like part of our family and leaving with a desire to return someday.
Founded with a passion for outdoor adventure in the mid 1980’s by Tim and Linda Kempfe, AEI Outfitter has continued to pursue their goal of creating life-giving adventure experiences throughout the Gunnison and Crested Butte Valley. When first laying eyes on the current property in Taylor Park, Colorado, Tim and Linda knew this was the perfect base camp for adventure. With our base camp facilities located right in the middle of some of the best hunting and fishing opportunities and surrounded by the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and the Continental Divide, we truly are blessed to adventure in one of the most beautiful landscapes found anywhere.
We believe that God has given us some of the most magnificent mountain scenery to adventure in, and this perfect creation of landscape and wildlife serves as a constant reminder of how blessed we really are to pursue wild game in wild places!
"For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."~ Romans 1:20
Our encouragement for everyone who chooses to hunt with us is to enjoy and embrace the whole adventure! Enjoy the scenery, and the beautiful and amazing country that God created for our hunting pleasure. When the journey and adventure can be a virtue in itself, your expectations are more often met. And if you are fortunate to kill an animal, that just becomes icing on the cake!
Located in Scenic Taylor Park
AEI Outfitter operates in the early part of the hunting season in Taylor Park, Colorado. Here, in Taylor Park and the Gunnison/Crested Butte Valley, you will find spectacular views in every direction and some of the most pristine wildlife habitat in the west. Elevations range from 8,000 feet to more than 13,000 feet at the mountain peaks, making for the perfect Colorado hunting backdrop. The base camp property is ideally situated on 1,500 acres of private land in the heart of prime elk, deer, moose and mountain goat habitat. Set under the spectacular backdrop of the Collegiate Peaks mountain range and Continental Divide, we offer fully guided, semi-guided, & private land/stand big game hunting during Colorado’s archery, muzzleloader and rifle seasons.
Later in October, when the animals migrate to wintering grounds, we set up our hunting base out of Gunnison, Colorado. From Gunnison, we have easy access to all of our late season deer hunting units; GMU 54, GMU 55, GMU 551 and GMU 67. Our expansive guide and outfitting permits span over 500,000 acres of Gunnison National Forest, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service.
Whether you are looking for peace and solitude in the breathtaking beauty of the great outdoors or a solid start on a lifelong passion, AEI Outfitter can offer you an unrivaled outdoor experience - one to be remembered and cherished for years to come.
AEI Outfitter has been guiding and outfitting hunting and fishing wilderness adventures in Taylor Park and the Gunnison/Crested Butte Valley, Colorado since 1984. We are an equal opportunity service provider and operate under special use permits from the USFS, BLM and NPS. We are a Colorado licensed Guide and Outfitter; CO Outfitter License #1206
Colorado Hunting Guides
Our Standards
AEI Outfitter does not take lightly the fact that hunters CHOOSE to hunt with us, when there so many other options out there! Consequently, we work tirelessly and take great pride in how we operate, always striving for improvement and finding ways to add more value to our client’s hunting experiences. Below are a few ways that we work hard to provide an exceptional experience for our clients:
- Holding every staff to high standards, morals, character and ethics
- Year-long observation and studying of local wildlife habits and trends
- Keeping comfortable and clean accommodations and always trying to improve them
- Training and hiring guides that are passionate about hunting guiding
- Countless hours of glassing and pre-scouting
- Constantly learning, through field experiences, more about how animals move through the areas that we hunt
- All our guide staff have lots of field experience in the area and hunting western big game
- All our guide staff holds First-aid and CPR certificationsStaff are always willing to go the extra mile for the needs of our clients
Our Staff
Lewie Foltz - AEI Outfitter Director
As the director of AEI Outfitter, Lewie's goal is to create an environment for you to have an epic Colorado hunting adventure. From recruiting clients, to hiring and coordinating AEI's professional staff, to guiding hunters and anglers into the backcountry himself, Lewie is passionate about his job. He has been hunting and fishing since he was a toddler and followed up his adventurous childhood with a degree in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Tech. Lewie is a successful and passionate hunter and fly fisherman who takes great pride in creating memorable wilderness adventures for clients, friends and family.
Jake and Sami Brenner - AEI Outfitter Coordinators
Jake and Sami help make our hunting operations run smooth. From helping coordinate logistics and paperwork for clients, helping take care of our property, kitchen and support staff, and even guiding and helping pack game off the mountain, they do it all! Jake and Sami are an integral part of AEI's operation. The rest of the year, the Brenner's manage AEI Base Camp, where groups come from all of the country to have wilderness adventure experiences and grow in leadership and spiritual truth. www.aeibasecamp.com
Our Hunting Guides
We have some of the most honest and hardest working guides in the Rocky Mountains! We promise that we will put forth maximum effort and even go the extra mile to give clients the best opportunity and hunting experience possible. Our professional hunting guides are experienced and put in the time necessary to know our hunting territory like the back of their hand. The team is constantly learning throughout the year more and more about wildlife habits, hunting strategy and effective techniques.
