Not only with the other answers you have recieved, but usually when you go to an outfitter, your hunting for trophy animals that will score and look big. A lot of hunters dream of putting down a huge 7x7 elk or a 5x5 whitetail with tines 14 inches long. Hunters want that, they will pay for it, hence that what outfitters will charge. However, that doesn't change the fact that we all wish they were cheeper.