OK we've heard from a few guides/operators ...there are indeed some good people in the industry..I said some. but what about the caribou guide that flys into camp for the first time ever on the same flight you did...or the guide school 23 yr old whom drove the herd stock into camp 3 days before you arrived and has no knowledge of the area other than what the outfitter showed him on the topo map back at base...or the "guide whom drives an old stakew body 4x4 truck out to the bear bait dumps a 5 gallon bucket of table scraps onto the pile and sends you up a shaky treestand..then comes back 1 hr after dark stinking of diesel fuel from his regular job as a truck mechanic??????
Is there anyone whom believes these are not the industry standars and that good quality guides are no longer the norm? Rest assured when an outfitter finds a good guide he tries his best to hang onto them season after season but in lieu of a polished vet a trip to the local tap room is notunheard of looking for idled construction workers whom have some knowledge of hunting.
BTW I'vehunted with each of the examples I gave above over the years.