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Old 06-15-2003 | 10:30 PM
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TrophyConnections
 
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From: League City TEXAS USA
Default RE: please check this out if you are going to use an outfitter!!

Checked out the site and kind of like it. I' m an outfitter and glad to not see our name in the line up for good or bad. I know that our business is buildt on honesty, integrity and word of mouth is the only true concrete reference. I admit that I and my guides make all efforts to make a clients hunt a success by accessing over 200K acres across Texas, but even then I' ve only been skunked with a client once. Did not charge and refused the tip. I have hunted with many outfitters and swapped hunts with others and have had very poor results. I still did not post my opinion of those outfitters, because you just never know what all the circumstances are that made that hunt possible. I have learned what to ask before I decide to travel 3000 mile to hunt. Ask for pictures, web site, letters of reference, number of acres, number of hunters per season and just before you. If you are hunting a place that has no maximum number of animals for harvest, chances are, it is over hunted. When booking a hunt we ask if you are a hunter or a shooter. There is a difference and you should know how to pick your outfitter based on this. Driving around until you see something to shoot, and get out to shoot it is not hunting, its shooting. Setting stands, stalking, getting close to your quarry is hunting. All of this is entertainment and ok with us, but we ask you up front what type of hunt you are after. Remember that as the opportunity to harvest an animal increases so does the price normally. Just like you don' t call an outfitter and request a 200 class deer for $200 dollars. If it was that easy we would all have one like that on our own wall. I' d be pleased to send anyone a questionair as to all the things you should ask before booking a hunt, even with us. Outfitters are suppost to provide a service, not a screwing to support their mis-managed funds. Ask for proof of being a real business " registered with state" (ie. LLC, INC, ...) verses a DBA " Doing Buisness As" or nothing at all except what they can change their name to next week. I' m still a hard working man and hunter and don' t want anyone to be taken advantage of, do to ignorance. Don' t be affraid to ask a question, if you get a bad responce from a question, they probley don' t have an answer or not big enough to admit they don' t know! RED FLAGS.
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