I have to agree 100% here. If I was paying thousands of $ to have a chance at a big bull elk, I would be expectingan above chance at killing one.

Would it be less of an accomplishment? There is still a lot involved to harvest an animal, assuming it's in a fair chase situation, that it would depend on the hunt itself. Example .. . If I hunt a particular bull all week,he keeps giving the guide and me the slip, but in the end, I successfully take the animal, I would feel just as accomplished as if I shot a big buck at home, after hunting hard all week.

On the other side, I would feel more satisfied with said elk hunt, than I would if I hunted a stand that someone put me in and I shot an animal in the first hour aof light, after doing zero work ..... but that's me