When in the guide' s world, best to let him be hisself. If he don' t like you, or thinks you ain' t gonna like him, its gonna affect his service. The best guides ain' t " people" persons. Some are, but if that means suckin' up to over-educated, over-weight, know-it-alls then chances are the people skills will go by the 3rd day. I reckin' I was happy to be able to pick my clients outta the bunch. The outfitter figured I couldn' t complain too much if he let me pick my poison. Course, I complained anyhoo. Don' t git me wrong, mos' my fellers were great an' we had a very high repeat rate. I never figured out what a feller could do with 4 big trophy bulls. I still ain' t got one hangin' in my own house after all these years. Gonna fix that this fall. Last year we had an' old guide who filled in at the last minute. He didn' t like to walk much. He filled all his hunters with " ride-by" shootings. Some were complainin' after a day in the saddle without seein' elk, an' seein' two other hunters fill their tags with other guides. They sure shut up when they killed bulls. I think that guide had the biggest bull of the season, the only 6x6 that week. He could curse a dude right outta the saddle if he bellyached too much, but he was a good guide.