Dan,
I am with you.. The reason I chose not to go with IMB is they acted like I was talking to a corporation or something. Bragging about having 14 fortune 500 companies as sposnsors etc.. The guy I booked with was like hey, we shoot great dear every year, here are a dozen references some good, some bad, come and hunt with me if you would like. Stand up guy. And his land gets very little hunting pressure. My group gets the first crack at 7000 acres of prime whitetail grounds. It just felt better to me.
Check him out if you would like.
riverridgeoutfitters.com