tsoc in some state/areas/countries it is mandatory to hire a guide if you are a NR. I toolove my own DIY hunts and have taken 2 or 3 a year out of my home state many times over my hunting career.
Of late I've gotten into DG hunting in southern & eastern Africa. The option to tip is just that and option but you mustuse a PH whom is employed thru a safari company because of quota animals.
Like I've oftensaid I'm not after life long relationships with a guide, andbeing female I've endured more offers for tent partners and pats on my ass than I care to recall from guides whom expected a generous tip at trip's end...then I exercise my option and leave them "stiffed". EC