Is it me or do I truly notice more threads on this Board and others about well known outfitters whom have given the average Joe the "shaft" on their hunt of a lifetime while being promoted by TV hunting personalities?
ie., Sage Mountain/Wolf Creek, Table Mountain/Dave Watson, etc. on the TV show a glowing report is done in front of a beautiful trophy animal on the outfitter and his services. But when Joe Schmo saves up and books with the same outfitter he get a sub par trip and feels he wasn't shown the better areas of the ranch 'cause they are being held in reserve for the TV crew.
I had this happen to me once on a caribou hunt in Quebec where I was given a rookie guide that had never been in the area before...as a matter of fact he flew in on the same plane I did... while a TV personality was given the Royal treatment. Again it occured to me in Illinois on a whitetail hunt when I hunted prime pre rut chasing period on one of the outfitters ranches only to not see a buck over 115" in 12 days of hard hunting...only to find out 3 other ranches were being held unhunted until another TV crew and hunting celebrity got there the following week.