Thanks for the input everyone. Not sure if it changed my thoughts much but it was good to seehow some others feel on the subject.

A few of the outfitters that I looked at in New Mexico offer drop camps and scouting services. If I paid for a scouting service one year, I probably wouldn't feel like that was sacred information and wouldn't feel bad about hunting that area over again in future years without paying for updated information.

I still wouldn't feel right paying for a full guided hunt with an outfitter one year and then turning around and doing a DIY hunt in the same location andhunting the same spotsthe next year. I realize it is public land, and that doesn't give them exclusive rights to it, but something seems wrong about it to me.