RE: SHOULD THE HUNTER TIP A GUIDE?
It's not all the same concept really, different hunts means different levels of effort by the guide. If a guide is with me all day, using his knowledge and experience working the elk call, the lay of the land, setting me up and calling in bulls for me, this is different than a guide who puts me in his truck, drives me to a stand, hands me a radio and leaves.
One is lots of full time effort, the other is a taxi driver.
Do each deserve a tip? That's your call, but it is like the buffet analogy, a waitress came to your table and took your order and said "buffet is over there". Both get tips, one worked more and did more and was responsible for more and deserves more.