So which one is it? are they separate or tied together?

The truth is they go hand in hand, bothcost apretty significant amount of money to hunt, both are limited to the number of hunters who can participate and both take up large tracts of land that would otherwise be available to the public either through publicor private acreage. By you paying for a hunt in Canada and somehow try to excuse it because of it's location or mandatory regulations does not change the fact that by putting money into an outfitters hand you are in essence adding to the very problem you denounce.

Outfitter hunting in Canada effects the outfitter/lease hunting here in the USA even if only by cost analysis, marketing strategies or comparative extrapolation (I propose it's more though). If it's working well in Canada (or anyplace else for that matter) then more will be inclined to try their hand at it here in the states, thus ADDING to the problem.