Like I said the guides might have been freelancing but I have had run-ins with them on properties they had no permission to be on while the guides had clients. Hopefully it was a batch of bad eggs but it sure put a bad taste in my mouth.
Honestly if you are wanting to hunt those NE units I wouldn’t mess with a guide. The bucks are all about the same trophy size and permissions are fairly easy to get.
Be careful with them. Ran into some shady guides that work for them. Now the guides might have been out freelancing but just make sure to know the names of the properties and keep an eye on onx.