I don’t know anything abut these outfitters but this is all solid information!
Pack a pistol you can shoot good and is 100% reliable. Most problem kills are because of a less than perfect first shot followed by a malfunction.
I agree with some of the above comments. Fresh kills are possible to find by spending time looking for them, especially if you follow fresh lion tracks in the snow. Many lions we track with hounds have a kill or return to a kill.
Probably the only feasible way to go about hunting them without...