Hey Finnbear:
I will give you this -- I do not know you and I am not a shrink. I will also agree that a tip is not guarenteed nor is it or should it be expected for a poor performance. However it is important to have the expectation of a tip if the performance is good or even better than that. I am however someone who is careful not be a holier than thou kind of guy. There are a lot of outfitters who act that way and to me that is unnecessary and unacceptable. What I will say is, I try to be a better person than you appear to be. I have read your other posts and you are certainly a taker with probably zero compassion for the challenges of others. I would guess your favorite response to someone with challenges is something like, "Tough... deal with it." Granted there are times when that is a good statement to make. You feeling a honey hole shown to you by a friend is now fair game to you and your previous points here, speaks volumes of your type of personality. If a fellow hunter or friend shows you his honey hole, that should be an absolutely sacred secret. You should never go there unless you are with that friend or you ask his permission EVEN IF IT IS ON PUBLIC GROUND. Any friend who would burn up a honey hole is not a friend. There just are some things that are not acceptable. I am sure I will not fix your ways and I am sure you think I am just some jerk with some unearned disdain for you and only you. I try to live every day in the field as though I was being filmed for a TV show to show anyone what it's like to be a good person who hunts or enjoys the outdoors. If you can say you would be proud to be filmed and show anyone what you do afield then I have mistakenly judged you wrong.