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Old 05-08-2005 | 11:47 AM
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Default RE: tell me the difference.......

First off, who buys a cub every year????? And, most of the bear hunters i've been around had a perment camp set up, and made a LOT more money off it than just bear hunters!!! Also, if they are flying long distances to get you with there cub, that was charged extra.
EASSSSYYY there, that was not inteneded to mean people buy a Super Cub every year. Yes, maybe the figures are high, or exagerated, but it is just to show that they have to make a living just like everyone else. I am not trying to start an argument on what the cost of a hunt should/shouldn't be, but its just for the sake of proving a point, that everything costs money, and people will pay as long as there is someone who will provide a service. That cost of that Super Cub could also mean what the cost of a new vehicle every couple of years down here would cost. I know people that are guides, that do guide a LOT of people, but they also buy new equipment quite regularly, and new vehicles more often than a lot of people could even think they could. When you have a camp more than 200 miles away from a hub, but you can't fly, you drive to pick up the clients, and that puts a lot of wear and tear on a vehicle, which means more money to buy a new one every two or three years. I think guides are being forced to keep their clients happy, and one quick way (you would keep me happy anyway, if I were going on a once in a lifetime hunt) would be to keep top notch equipment in top notch shape. That's not an easy task, and compound that with the cost of new vehicles and other equipment, and it adds up quickly.
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