Hey Inester:
When we price our hunts it is all about accounting and a profit percentage first. In our case the profit percentage turned out to make the hunt cost too much. We try hard to be competetive with our prices. While I believe we are one of the best as far as trophy quality, quality of hunt and a success rate of 100%, I still try to set my prices in the middle of the price range for hunts in our area. So I guess to answer your question... tip is not figured into the price of the hunt in any way.
A tip should be given only if you feel your guide (owner or not) gave you an effort worthy of a tip. In a perfect world the tip would be based strictly on effort of the guide. However a tagged animal really makes a difference of the tip. I know the desire to tag a good trophy can very much sway the tip or at least the size of the tip. Sometimes the hunter cannot afford a 10% or 15% tip. If that is the case, tell your guide you would like to give him more but cannot afford to but you really appreciate his effort. A guide is always broke and would rather starve and hunt that have a real job with a desk or a computer to work at. Contrary to popular belief, guiding and outfitting is a labor of love because it very rarely can put groceries on the table for more than a couple months a year. If I was a full time outfitter, I would have to charge at least $1,000 more per hunt just to make a living. While I feel our hunts are worth that much (comparetively speaking) the high prices have to stop somewhere. At this point we are trying to do our part to keep the cost down as much as we can. One more thing about spending your hard earned money on a hunt with a guide or outfitter... call as many references as you can to make sure you are not getting screwed. That is your responsibility. If you get a bad hunt and didn't check the references... you can only blame yourself. CHECK REFERENCES.
Bugleward