RE: colorado scouting service
One more point. I think you would absolutely have to be exclusive with the info each year. In other words, when you sell info to someone, you agree not to give this same info to anyone else that season. Of course, you can provide info on the same area for each different season (archery, gun, etc) but only one person per season gets the info on that area.
I think the real forte of this kind of service is the hunts that take a few years to draw. If you do it for normal areas that are OTC (in the case of elk) or deer units that can be drawn every year, sooner or later, the 'honey hole" will become well known and overrun with hunters. At least that is a potential problem I see.
Not sure about hiring the guides either. First, I am not sure you can make enough money to justify paying them unless you charge way more than what is already being charged. And second, it may be a conflict of interest for the guides. As an outfitter, would you want your guides to be giving out info about the areas that he/they hunt? This kind of business probably works best as a 1-2 man show.