Originally Posted by homers brother

I think it's a little of both. The owners are all about making as much money in the short seasons they have to work with. It's difficult to find good guides if you're a shifty operator to begin with - word gets around ... or so I hear.

I have very little good to say about these guys. They're just not in the same league as the true outfitter with a good remuda of saddle horses, a pack string and a camp up the Thorofare who hires guides who can wrangle and find game rather than "guides" who can drive pickups and ATVs and point out the animals casually grazing in Farmer Fred's field.