Providing a service is NOT the intention of outfitting......its to make money. I don' t believe anyone provides services out of the goodness of their hearts.
And preachers don' t preach out of the goodness of their hearts, churches cost money, garbage men don' t pick up your garbage for free, it' s a service and it cost money.....your dentist, doctor, mechanic help you out, but not out of the goodness of their heart but they still provide a service.
Food plots cost money not to mention gas, time, equipment, treestands, food....that we provide as part of our service......some are hogs about it, think of it as a product....supply and demand......I guess I don' t like being lumped into the hogs of the industry....
We take off work to guide as owners and operators, shouldn' t we get paid as part of our service.... Last rifle season a client from NJ shot a heck of a nice buck for little cash....not much different than paying cabin dues, for a license, your favorite lease.....the only difference is we do the leg work.
Some outfitters are hogs...like perhaps some like Arctic might gave info of....
I do see the threat of outfitters leasing up property. If our business grows, we hope to lease more....but with fair chase animals available.....growing them in a natural enviroment does cost a lot of money.
Just one outfitters opinion.