EKM,
I'm going out on a limb here but it looks like you were used and abused a little too much. I hear ya, I took 2 "aquaintences" out with me last year to Wyoming for my first western hunt and they turned out to be a couple of slobs and embarrassed the hell out of me ( I won't go into the long details ) . The guys I normally hunt with, who are more like family to me really just couldn't make it out so I agreed to take these 2 clowns. I guess I really should blame myself for breaking a basic rule like hunt with who you trust.