"i can't see how i guide earns his take for a week of hunting?"

Now there's a crazy statement!!!! I've never been guided myself, but can see the true benefits in the use of one, that's for sure!! I'm not just talking about private lands, ranches or LE Units either. Guys or gals who aren't experienced in elk hunting, especially bowhunting elk can use all the coaching and help they can get.

Elk are a tough animal to harvest, and there's many ways to look at it. The animal itself, the country it lives in, the sounds it makes, and so on. If you don't have a decent handle on all these you're going to be going home with tag-soup in most years of hunting them. Sure it's great just to be out there, but most have a purpose once there.

I've taken many people elk hunting, most have taken their first elk which I was privledged to call in for them. I can tell you for a fact in most cases these friends and family didn't have a clue on what to expect for such a hunt, even though they had been many times in the past with others or on their own.

Once they go out with someone who can truly help & educate them, it can make all the difference in the world to their enjoyment & successes!!

Example----Maybe you're a rifle hunter and a succesful one at that. but you'd like to give bowhunting elk a shot. --- I have a friend who was in this position, he'd taken 16 elk in a rowwith a rifle, all on public land and all bulls. He asked me to take him elk hunting and teach him a couple things about bowhunting them to better his odds as he'd been out a couple of times with no luck and was getting frustrated. I sayed sure.

After just one morning of elk hunting we were walking back to the truck, and he sayed to me that that was truly a learning experience what we had went through that morning, it was so different than rifle hunting that he felt like he knew nothing at all about elk like he thought he did.

So I can see guys interested in using guides, especially if you don't have 10years lying around going through all the trials & errors that are neccessary before you really start figuring out what makes them tick in Sept.

So for you guys using guides in this capacity, I say it's a very smart move!!!!--ElkNut1