RE: Are outfitters ruining hunting?
Ruining hunting....geeesh that' s kinda harsh.
We (outfitters) offer a service. I can' t speak for all, but my partners and myself do everything in our legal power to put game in front of our clients....if it' s a deer hunt, yes we select the best spots to place our hunters to get the best opportunity for a shot....it' s still fair chase hunting and there is no garuantee the whitetails are going to show up. We plant food plots, do the scouting but how different is it to going to your buddies land and having him tell you to go to a certain spot....other than the fee' s.
If it' s a turkey hunt, we scout, we guide and call and do everything in our legal power to put a gobbler in front of our client. Most times from the clientel that we have, most are either first timers looking to learn the ropes....and we feel from what a client learns while hunting with us, makes them a better hunter and gives them the tools they may need to hunt on thier own. This is especially true for first time turkey hunters.
The second kind of clients are the, " don' t have anywhere else to go" , type clients....especially out of staters coming into PA for the first time. Most of you don' t know what hunting PA is all about. Our deer population is exploding, but...on public land, there is a orange coat behind every tree....and it' s not a nice place to be. We offer over 2000 acres of private, fair chase property with a limit of hunters so that a client will not see another hunter all day. How many places can you do that on public property.
We offer a service for a nominal fee......if we fill our tags, we can' t hunt...this way we hunt along with our clients and expand our season.
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