We have clients that ask us the same questions, you'd be surprised what the cost of doing LEGITIMATE business is these days. Given the #s you posted (a 4k hunt), if you think the outfitter is taking home 3K, your #s are off. The outfitter (if legit) has license fees, time scounting to put you on game, insurance, equipment to maintain, lease or mortgage payments on the land you're hunting, etc. If you're that worried about it, you should do a DIY hunt, if you harvest something, great, if not, you'll realize that 4k would have been $ well spent.

Example, we quoted among other trees, removing a lg. Cherry tree in a guys back yard earlier this summer. He didn't want to pay $1,800 to have our CERTIFIED ARBORIST & experienced crew remove the tree over his deck, fence, neighbors landscape & patio so he tried it himself w/ his son. He climbed up a ladder, didn't cut a notch, just a back cut, & the top of the tree went the wrong way. It could have killed him or his son, thankfully it didn't. It only smashed the fence, ruined $600 worth of his neighbors plants & trees, also took out the grill, patio furniture, & sitting wall around the patio. Total cost $2,300 he said, plus he had to clean the crap up! Needless to say he paid us to come in & remove the other trees...