My name is Shay Mann and I work for Barry Cox and Del Sol Wilderness Adventures. My screen name is Shay Mann and my phone number is 541-912-0340, so I have nothing to hide. I know of the trip that this anonymous poster is referring to. I won't get into a big he said she said battle on hunting forums. But as most of you know there are two sides to the story.

I will be the first to say that there were a couple of logistical issues, but they were solved to the best of our ability considering the circumstances.

The assumption being made is that this camp is a summer camp and only a hunting camp afterthought is extremely misleading. We can have camps that are used as summer camp as well as elk camps. This is the same camp that Cameron Hanes has hunted out of for many years. This country is tough. Elk are not around every tree. You have to work for it, you have to climb mountains, hike for miles and overcome the mental and physical challenges that ANY true wilderness elk hunt demands. Unless you are hunting on ranch with fences.

All but one of the guys in the group are from the Midwest area, hunting primarily whitetails. I'm not trying to sound insulting, but wilderness elk hunting is nothing like whitetail hunting. That is why you don't see many people back there. Elk don't reside behind every tree, and in every draw or canyon.

As I'm writing this, I'm starting to get a little irritated or at least concerned that we are getting a bad rap in this regard. I previously stated that I won't get into a "he said, she said" But I think I may have just changed my mind. This isn't the first post from this author on a hunting forum, misleading others of the situation that happened last year.

We had two archers from California that booked a hunt, and stayed in the exact same location. First year elk hunters, they didn't kill an elk. But had shots, and have already booked for next year. They hiked out, bivy'd out and did all they could to get them the best opportunity. The loved it....