RE: Your experience with outfitters?
I have been one of the lucky ones. I have gone on over 20 guided hunts, most of them in the past ten years since I retired. So far, I have had only one really bad experience, and on that hunt, I took an elk and a mule deer. One thing I have learned is that you get what you pay for in most cases.
If you tell me what you are interested in, I might be able to help more.