The way hunting is going nowadays there are a lot of more than "shady" characters getting involved just to make a buck however they can. If I was even thinking of going on an outfitted or guided hunt I would be asking the owner of that operation the names and phone numbers of "EVERY" person that hunted there over the last two or three years, not just ones of his choosing. If they won't do that, right away you should figure that it's not an honest operation. I'd bet that not one of the people on this thread that are bitching about getting taken to the cleaners did that and I will shed no tears for any of them if/when that's the case. Why would anyone pay that kind of money to a "STRANGER" for "ANYTHING" nowadays without doing plenty of research to eliminate any possibility of being swindled the way this world is?!!! For them to get screwed the way some of them are stating and then take the crooks "word" that he will refund their money, etc. and leave the premises without at least the satisfaction of being remunerated boggles my mind. There sure must still be a lot of trusting, naive people in this world, including some of the hunters on this thread that are bitching about beng taken!