If you ever get the chance, do it. But go for the experience. I could have stayed in the lodge til it was time to go hunting but I ran bear baits with the guide. I hung out with the guides and learned a ton. After hunting I would hang out with them til 12:30 or so, then up at 6 to start running the baits. There were guys that left within 2 days of tagging out and it actually cost them as much to rent a car and leave then it would have to stay and hunt bear ( they were hunting mulies). I rode around with some of the guys just looking for and at deer. It was so worth the money, I paid for a once in a lifetime adventure. Some of the video is really cool.