RE: please check this out if you are going to use an outfitter!!
If you guys that spend all your time trying to dig up info would just call these outfitters and talk with them, you would be saving yourself a ton of time. Asking for brochures, referances and success rates does not prove a thing, they all could be fabricated. The way to get the info you need is by making a list of every possible question you can think of and ask away. Just by the way he answers the questions will give you a good idea of what he is all about. If he can say that he gets most of his weeks booked with repeat buisness, he is probably on top of his game.
The biggest thing to remember is that no matter how successfull your guide may be, if he does not have a hunter that will listen to his words of advice, the trip will most likely go bad!!!