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I have no issues with outfitting and guiding, I think it's great. I have issues with dishonest and corrupt outfitters and guides.[/QUOTE]

And that is what this thread is about, the old bait and switch scams or prefered treatment some outfitters give TV personality hunters.
I personally have been in a camp on a trip that cost me 2 weeks of valuble vacation time that once used couldn't be reclaimed and with a few thousand dollars invested in the trip only to be told by the guide," the owner wants us not to go onto that ranch an disturb the elk there..." and when I pressured the guide as to why he finally related to me," Mr X. from the popular TV hunting show is coming next week to film an elk hunt there an there are a few really high scoring bulls held up on that ranch..." That is BS not to mention unethical and it seems as though more and more stories like this are getting made puiblic by irrate Joe Schmoes whom are tired of this treatment. Treatment that seems to be a spin off of the modern age of TV hunting shows. I for one am leery of any show that depicts a hunter whom has several farms under his sole lease and control, is capable of passing a mature buck because "he just needs 1 more year to really reach his full potential at 7 yrs of age,etc" then is haled as the greatest whitetail archer whomever drew a bow. That isn't real life hunting that's farming whitetails for the TV industry and will lead to the down fall of hunting in the future, IMHO.