How much to tip pack out crew

[Wild-Wil]

On my latest bull, my guide called in an additional helper to help us pack it out. It was challenging terrain, but between the three of is got it out in one trip..so Very heavy packs, and about 5 hours.

I have no idea how much to tip the extra guy.

Thoughts?

 

[mike.adams.467]

Last time I called for help a buddy and I got mine out after a long day of packing and using game carts. I gave him a $200 gift card for a sporting goods store for his time and effort. He was very appreciative.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

He’s getting paid, so for something like that I’d say $100 or less.

 

[mike.adams.467]

He’s getting paid, so for something like that I’d say $100 or less.

Here we go....

 

[rclouse79]

Half of a backstrap?

 

[Indian Summer]

Before I answer that I have a couple questions. Did he also pack you in and out of camp? Is he also serving as a camp jack feeding horses, stocking your tent with firewood, hauling water, and helping the cook, etc.? If so, $200 for the week.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

Here we go....

What? A helper who’s brought in for five hours of work he’s already getting paid for?

I mean, a $100 dollar tip seems fairly generous.

We don’t know the total guide cost, nor do we know if the helper was helping the whole time, or if he was just a guy brought in for literally five hours of work.

I agree with your statement as well. If I disrupted my buddies whole day and he spent it helping me get my animal out, I’d bend over backwards to show him I was appreciative. But we’re talking about a paid employee of the guide, who the OP is saying came in for five hours to help.

 

[Indian Summer]

What? A helper who’s brought in for five hours of work he’s already getting paid for?

I mean, a $100 dollar tip seems fairly generous.

We don’t know the total guide cost, nor do we know if the helper was helping the whole time, or if he was just a guy brought in for literally five hours of work.

I agree with your statement as well. If I disrupted my buddies whole day and he spent it helping me get my animal out, I’d bend over backwards to show him I was appreciative. But we’re talking about a paid employee of the guide, who the OP is saying came in for five hours to help.

You really are a dumbass. Have you ever hunted in the mountains? Have you ever done a guided hunt? You don’t “bring someone to them into the mountains for five hours”. It takes five hours just to get everything ready to go into the mountains. Did you read my post? It’s a more likely scenario. And if he is not guiding, that means he is at the bottom of the pace scale. He might be making $50 a day. Do yourself a favor and stick with do it yourself hunting. You can’t afford a guide. And nobody wants to guide you anyway.

 

[DangerRanger]

Feel like maybe we should at least get our questions answered before insulting people in defense of our idea of what happened

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

You really are a dumbass. Have you ever hunted in the mountains? Have you ever done a guided hunt? You don’t “bring someone to them into the mountains for five hours”. It takes five hours just to get everything ready to go into the mountains. Did you read my post? It’s a more likely scenario. And if he is not guiding, that means he is at the bottom of the pace scale. He might be making $50 a day. Do yourself a favor and stick with do it yourself hunting. You can’t afford a guide. And nobody wants to guide you anyway.

Holy moly bud. Do you go around day to day just angry at the world?

You’re assuming a lot of info that the OP hasn’t provided.

The OP asked how much to tip a helper who was brought in only to bring the animal out, and he specified it was five hours of time.

So, let’s say it was a $5,000 dollar guide. $500 dollars for the guide would be the typical base tip. Another $100 bucks to the low man who came in to help is very reasonable.