I have a question for all of you that book guided hunts. I booked a wilderness pack hunt in Wyoming in September. I was disappointed in the actions of my guide and wonder what is appropriate for future hunts.

After locating some bulls he decided to try an ambush for the evening hunt. He tells me that he may not answer their bugles to keep from giving away our position. I'm fine with that strategy and actually hunt that way myself. The problem started at about 2:00 when the first bull bugled. The guide answered him immediately, therefore giving away our postion, with an unfavorable wind direction. After telling me he wouldn't answer the bugles, he answers the first bull! The wind is blowing across the meadow, the bull circles to the downwind postion and winds us before offering a shot at 200 yards. He never stepped out of the trees! This same scenario played out again a few hours later with the same result.

Now after many years of hunting whitetails, I know how important wind direction is in planning your stalk or shot. This guide didn't seem to take into account the wind direction at all.This guide is no rookie either, he guides brown bear hunters in Alaska as well as other elk hunters.

My question to you all is, on my next hunt, should I give any input to the guide on mythoughts on hunt strategy? This was my first, but not last, elk hunt. I did not score on an elk but had a terrific hunt experience. I don't want to come across, to any future guide, asbeing aprick orun-gratefulhunter but I believe in the same situation I would've done things differently and had a better chance at scoring ononeof those bulls.Next time, do Igive any input and howdo I go about it? Thanks!