Outfitter Rant

[sndmn11]

Shouldn't they at least let the original group try to at least tag out before they move in on the same herd?

For the guys to find the elk, then call in the other hunters is BS and you know it.

Sounds like there were plenty of critters to find a couple to shoot. But we know that not all outfitters are worried about folks shooting stuff.

Here are things I picked out.

My guide was a sincere guy from the area but was not skilled

the guides do a 2:1. I have harvested several animals on the ranch and BLM land

The second night we saw some elk and backed out

there was plenty of animals and grounds on the main ranch.

set up on the ranch border but about 800 yards away from us but we and they clearly saw each other.

I read this all as a client who has an understanding that success can still be had, several years' worth, even with other hunters on the same property. Elk were run into every day, the client hunter didn't kill any, so that client's conclusion is that others must be to blame.

There's zero reason another hunter cannot be within eye sight.

There's zero reason an unremarkable group of elk cannot be hunted by someone who also paid to hunt them. "We might hunt them/there later", is an open door for someone else to say, "ok, I will hunt them now", because there's no reservation system.

It sounds more like the guide was unsure of how to kill animals and it looks better when the clients are holding the optimism of seeing animals with, we will hunt them later" rather than it being demonstrated the lack in real skill and ensuing sadness. Plenty of animals, every day it seems, with no killing tells me they weren't run off and someone wanted killing rather than hunting.

 

[WRO]

It’s the main outfitters fault, we always hunt as a team even when it’s 1/1 or 2/1.

It’s on the outfitter for making sure his guys play nice in the sandbox..


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