Let me clear this up before Buzz has a stroke over the topic. I don’t have the exact numbers in front of me, but if I was a betting man, the number of nonresident outfitters has declined in the past 10 years. Not to zero obviously, but has gotten lower than in the past. Those are the legal ones...
Ya know Buzz...you can call me whatever and look down that nose of yours at me or do whatever....doesn’t rattle me. I guarantee I’ve been cussed by way better men than you and probably will again. It makes me smile that there are a handful of folks on here that 100% disagree with what guys like...
Goddamn! A guy goes out to do a few things, comes back in and has to defend himself. Yes.....I do have a guide that is from CA. He is also a client that every couple years when he doesn’t hunt here he guides a hunt. If you knew how much I don’t have to pay him.....you wouldn’t really worry about...
Tag: $700...ish (for deer combo)
Hunt: $6500 (on average)
Motel room the night prior to arriving in camp: $120
Tip for guide: $750
Tip for cook: $200
Dinner before arriving at camp: $50
Gifts for wife at local gift shop: $100
Meal after leaving camp and prior to flying out: $50
Motel room the...
That last sentence was one of the best yet! But with that being said.....will also be the biggest hurdle as well. I couldn’t agree with you more, but everyone thinks differently as far as a “trophy” is concerned or their thoughts on a ”quality experience“. Not sure how to make that happen.
What Eric is saying could possibly/probably happen this year is that less outfitted clients could draw, those tags will be drawn by DIY hunters that instead of hunting on private with no access, will be hunting the public or BM. We all already know that there is an overcrowding issue and this...
You are somewhat correct......but apparently we have been successful in our marketing if we have the clients putting in for the tags every year, both past clients as well as new. I’ve always thought that repeat business shows signs of success no matter if you sell cars, insurance, real estate...