"It is very unfair to blame the hunter who is using an outfitter. If an outfitter takes you to an area to hunt, normally people dont ask to see their lease, hunting land permission slip or property tax info."

Sorry, but that's a copout just like everything else nowadays where it's always somebody else's fault! No matter where you go on a hunt it is up to the HUNTER to know he is legal---no ifs, ands, or buts!!! If you are going to a new area it is very simple to check ahead of time at the register of deeds in the county where you will be to see exactly who owns what and then to insure that either the outfitter is properly licensed by the BLM or NSFS out west or he has a written document to cover the property he's taking you too, regardless of where you are in the US. I hope in this case the OP isn't hung by the whatevers, but it's his fault for "assuming"!