only time I see africa/water holes is for bow hunting, which is pretty typical way of hunting many western US species.....

I love to bowhunt, but I really want to gun hunt africa. I don't want to sit on a water hole with a bow, plus to me african just has this sense about it touch to the past wit ha big bore rifle, dangerous game all around you. May be life/death.

Big billy/dall? I think there are quite a few non wilderness units you can hunt without a guide for those. Least goats in the lower 48 is possible to hunt w/o a guide I'm quite certain. If you really need a guide in a respective state, find a buddy who lives there to pay the $10 or whatever and have him tag along. If you can.