ORIGINAL: JD IN ALBERTA
Fair enough...points well taken. My terminology of a lazy oufitter not willing to do anything is a "goof", I just know too many guy's like that. One thing you mentioned was he had 4 stands set up for you guy's, did you see nothing at any of the sites or you just stayed in the one spot? I'll tell ya though, sometimes the weather and deep snow does keep the whitetails in the bush since it's easy to get around and they can usually forage for food thre, so I disagree with you on that front. Some times (even during the rut) you may not see deer in an area. Either way, not much you can do about it now. I don't think a lawsuit will do ya much good, just leave a bitter taste in your mouth. Are you through with hunting our province? Like I said I'm sure if you do some good research you can find someone willing to work hard for you and show you a good time up here. Good luck to ya!!
JD I will bow to your knowledge of hunting in your area however I will say this ... when coming home on the plane and while in Edmonton I spoke with a number of hunters who saw a lot of rutting ..in the same weather as we were in ... not all but most saw movement ...as for a lawsuit my friend and myself feel that our outfitter did not full fill his obligation as a guide or an outfitter thus breaching our contract. We feel we gave him an oppurtunity to do the right thing ..he called us yesterday with a insulting offer so we plan to file a complaint with APOST even though we fill its doubtfull we will get any satisfaction from them. I am in a unique situation in that my buddy is a contract attorney in Durham NC, he feels that Don was remiss in his obligation to us as clients ..so I suppose we will just see where it goes from here. I have no bitter taste for Alberta..its a beautiful area of the world ...very nice people in general..and would love to hunt there again and would never judge other outfitters based on this hunt ... but I honestly think if I ever come back it will be to Saskatchawan ..
dd