I did my 1st Colorado archery fully guided hunt this past fall. I had a great time. Sometimes our guide took us back to a drop camp late morning, to start a fire in stove, warmup, eat our lunches, nap. The drop camps were just a basic outfitter style tent, woodstove, put together tables, and plenty of cots. They also had all the kit & cooking needs in them. From my experience I'd definitly have NO problem doing a drop camp hunt with this outfitter someday. Its less than half the price of a fully guided hunt. But you do have to bring your own food, and do your own camp chores. Which I wouldn't mind. The way I see it if your a non-resident, only visit Colorado ever so many yrs., don't want to invest the $ into all the base/spike camp needs, plus all the extra work of setting up, packing in & out. A drop camp is the way to go. The other advantage is its gets you way back in, where most do it yourselfers can't access w/o horses & mules. Outfitters pack in & out all your gear & food. I asked this same question once a couple yrs ago doing my own research. I was told most Outfitters place drop camps where the not so good hunting is, they save the better spotsfor the guided hunts. Well with this Outfitter I found that to be NOT TRUE. We hunted areas that had drop camp setups w/o any hunters in them at the time.1 day we even hunted a area with a drop camp nearby that had hunters in it. We stopped in first, the guide knew the hunters well, regulars. We shared info, and went out to hunt that evening.
The Outfitter I hunted with is www.winterhawk.com